Google Meet's full-day free calls are extended until June 30th

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Google has chosen to extended longer Meet calls for free users once again, meaning you can stay in chats up to a full day until the end of June 2021. When Google the company gave free access to Gmail account holders, it waived that 60-minute limit for calls. And it was initially supposed to come back on September 30, 2020, and then March 31, 2021. But it looks like Google wants to help you stay in touch with your friends, family, and co-workers through the pandemic.

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Moog Sound Studio offers you a complete synthesizer studio experience at home

Maybe you aspire to create electronic music, but you are uncertain about where to start. Moog Sound Studio is making it easier for you. It comes with all the equipment, cables, accessories, and educational tools needed to enter the world of analog synthesis for the first time or continue to explore sound in an immersive new way. 

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You can add pronouns to your LinkedIn profile soon

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It'll soon be possible to include your preferred pronoun on your LinkedIn account. The company is "reimagining" profiles to make these more inclusive. According to LinkedIn, recruiters and job seekers have said that knowing a candidate's pronouns is vital in the hiring process.

LinkedIn is also introducing "cover stories," designed to provide a "quick peek at your personality." The company is also introducing a "creator mode" to allow you to showcase your expertise. LinkedIn plans to highlight posts from profiles that enable creator mode and recommend other users to follow them.

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Facebook won't rule out blocking news in Canada if there was 'really no choice'

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When the Australian government passed a bill to force Google and Facebook to pay publishers for the news it surfaces on the platform, the latter tried to play hardball initially and took out all news content in the app for its Australian users. The company and the government have since worked out an agreement. But with the Canadian government thinking about passing similar legislation, we might see the same thing happening here.

Facebook Canada's head of policy, Kevin Chan, spoke before a parliamentary committee on Monday saying that if a law forces Facebook to pay publishers each time their news content is shared on the social network, it "fundamentally breaks the premise of how a free and open internet works."

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