You can buy refurbished 15-inch 2018 MacBook Pro models from Apple

Apple has just added 2018 models of the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar to its refurbished stores in the US and Canada. So, if you’re on the lookout for a cheaper model, now might be the time to act. The laptops have a 15 percent discount compared to the brand new models. Apple promises these models are thoroughly inspected, tested, cleaned, and repackaged. All come with the manuals and cables that came with the brand new models and you get the standard one-year warranty effective on the date the notebook is delivered. You can also get three-year warranty if you purchase AppleCare+ for Mac.

Source: MacRumors

Gboard introduces floating keyboard to Android app

While not exactly a new, groundbreaking feature, a new floating keyboard mode is coming to Gboard on Android. Version 7.6 of the app will let place the keyboard where you want to. If you want to use it, just head over to the expanded menu option on the top left corner of the keyboard. When you have this on, you can freely move the keyboard where you want to and resize it if you want. 

Source: XDA Developers 

Chrome 70 enables picture-in-picture mode on the desktop

The latest version of Google Chrome makes picture-in-picture mode a default feature in the web browser. As we already know what picture-in-picture mode does, it keeps videos in a floating window that’ll follow you around as you browse or even as you open another program. A few conditions though, the developers need to support it and you’ll need to keep the original tab open so the video keeps running. But once you updated your browser to Chrome 70, you just need to head over to YouTube and when you start playing a video right click on the video twice until the Chrome dropdown menu shows up. You can just select Picture in Picture option from there and then you’re good to go. 

Source: Engadget 

Google Assistant gets its own web app for list and notes

Aptly called List and Notes, this new web app appears to give Google Assistant a place to store any list- or note-taking you might want to do without having to rely on third-party apps. What about Google Keep Notes or Google Tasks? We’re not quite sure what Google is doing here either. But if you just want a barebones list- or note-taker, then there’s this. You can’t do much beyond adding titles and or making your lists or notes so if you already use the other Google apps, then you’re better off sticking with those. You also just have an option to mark off items or delete them entirely. Google hasn’t really announced this feature yet but it is already live if you want to try it out. It does allow for saving between devices, if that’s important but since it doesn’t sync with the aforementioned services, we are a bit confused as to why this exists in the first place. 

Source: 9to5Google