Google Duo hits 1 billion downloads on Google Play

Back in May of this year, Google’s video chat app Duo reached 500 million installations. Six months later the app has reached the billion-download mark. This comes both from people who installed the app as well as those that get the app pre-installed on its phones. Duo launched around the same time as Allo, the latter wasn’t quite as successful as the former. Allo will be shutting down in March 2019. 

Source: Phone Arena 

Bethesda gives ‘Fallout 76’ three free games

Bethesda is hoping to make up for all the issues that plague Fallout 76 by offering players a free copy of Fallout Classics Collection. These include Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics. It’ll be playable on the PC but the offer will be given to any player who logged into the full Fallout 76 game this year—whether you played on the PC or console. According to Bethesda, the freebie will be available in early January. While this doesn’t address the ongoing issues of the game, the developer is hoping this will appease its gamers a bit. As Engadget points out, though, one other way Bethesda can make up for things is by fixing the game and its issues.

Google Canvas lets you doodle right from your browser

You can think of Google’s new web app as a web-based version of Microsoft Paint. Called Chrome Canvas, this web app works on browsers that support WebAssembly (which include Chrome and Firefox). Just type in canvas.apps.chrome in the address bar to launch the app. It’s a place where you can doodle or take down notes without much fuss. It sticks to the basics for now with only a handful of tools with varying opacities and widths. It also has a colour palette that lets you pick from any hex tone.

Your work will automatically save to your Google account and the sketches will be exported in PNG. You can revisit these doodles on whatever device can access your Google account. Chromebook owners can install canvas right into your app drawer by just tapping on the three-dot menu and selecting “Install Canvas” option.

Source: Inquirer.net

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