Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 4:45AM 
Just ahead of the launch for the Samsung Galaxy S20, Samsung Canada is hosting a special sale for a lot of its 2019 product line. Called "Galaxy Days," the promo is happening until January 20th. You can check out the deals over at Samsung's website. And you can check out what's on sale under the cut:
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 7:19PM 
Google has updated its timeline for when it will stop supporting Chrome apps on all platforms. The official end will be June 2022, but some platforms might lose it earlier than that.
Back in 2016, Google announced it would stop support for Chrome apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux, because of the lack of users. Only one percent of its users actively used Chrome apps at that time. So, in 2017, it took out the web apps from the Chrome 2017. In 2018, the tech giant was supposed to take it out from those three platforms, but it didn't happen.
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 10:15AM 
Facebook is reportedly "backing away" from plans to sell ad placements inside WhatsApp. According to The Wall Street Journal, the team in charge of building ads into the Facebook-owned messaging service was disbanded in recent months, with the work they've done "deleted from WhatsApp's code."
But the app won't be completely ad-free. Facebook will still integrate it into WhatsApp's Status feature. Facebook will reportedly focus on WhatsApp features that will "allow businesses to communicate with customers and organize those contacts." WhatsApp co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton—both of whom have left the company—reportedly expressed concern about the impact a commercial messaging feature will have over the strength of its end-to-end encryption.
Source: The Verge
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 4:29AM 
You can now use Google Duo on the web without needing to link your phone number. As Android Police reports, it isn't clear when Google made the change. But now you can make and take calls on the web. It doesn't seem to be fully working for G Suite accounts. You can place calls, but G Suite users can't receive them for now. If you are using a standard Google account, just head over to duo.google.com and sign in (you don't need to have a linked phone number). You will be directed to the main Duo site where you can search through your existing contacts to place either a video or audio call. As for those with a G Suite account, you'll hit a roadblock here as the site will ask you for a phone number for verification before you can proceed.
The biggest issue you might encounter is that with email-only Duo accounts, you will not see those within your contact list who are email-only, too. You can only call them if they appear in your recent log or notifications list. Duo will also annoy you through a notification to add your phone number. But other than that, you will still be able to make and take calls. The change appears to be web-only, and the company hasn't updated the support documentation to talk about this feature yet.
