15 - Google Updates & Technology News with Mr.G

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates Just like Google Classroom, the new Material Design will be available for most Drive services. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/material-design-for-google-docs-sheets.html The new Google Contacts will now be the default on stage 3. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/11/timeline-to-move-users-to-new-google.html Coming soon. Gradebook lets teachers view and analyze all of the grades for a class. Students can see their overall progress in a class. And, locked mode prevents students from navigating away from the quiz in their Chrome browser until they submit their answers. https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/get-quizzing-locked-mode-and-grade-away-classroom/ Coming soon. Docs use machine learning technology to recognize and help correct potential grammar errors in real time. According to the New York Times, Waymo, Google’s driverless car, is attacked by Arizonans. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/waymo-self-driving-cars-arizona-attacks.html According to the Search Engine Journal, Google is Partnering With WordPress to Develop a News Publishing Platform. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-is-partnering-with-wordpress-to-develop-a-news-publishing-platform/286333/ According to TechCrunch, Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/17/google-is-buying-fossils-smartwatch-tech-for-40-million/ According to CNET, Google will use 1.6 million solar panels to run its US data centers. https://www.cnet.com/au/news/googles-new-us-data-centers-will-be-powered-by-1-6-million-solar-panels/ Now there will be a new Operating System for old Android Phones. postmarketOS is a real Linux distribution for phones and other mobile devices. Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones. Currently in alpha. https://postmarketos.org/