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20 years of tech with Jeff: From green iMacs and DVDs to the iPhone era Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT When I started covering technology at USA TODAY two decades ago, I didn't own a cellphone, nor did my company deem it in its interests to buy me one.  My tenure predates text messages, soundbars, talking speakers, QR codes, video chat, Uber, DoorDash, Zoom calls, YouTube, Wi-Fi, affordable flat-screen TVs … you get the idea.  So many changes in such a short period of time! This is my last column for USA TODAY as your Talking Tech columnist. Let’s say...

It was in 2000 that Yahoo handed over its search keys to a scrappy startup that said it had a method for more effective online searches. From there, we got Google stepping out onto its own in 2003 by sending people to its website and popularizing the phrase “Google it.” We got Google Maps (remember life without it?), Gmail (free email without being tied to our internet provider), Google Translate, Google Photos and so many other features that I don’t think we could live without today.  That’s the good side. There’s also Google tracking our every move  to put personalized ads in...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Jefferson Graham It’s that time of year where we make predictions about what to see from technology in 2021. It’s that time of year where we make predictions about what to see from technology in 2021. We already know we’re good for new iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones, new smart speakers from Amazon and beautiful new smart TV sets that will have higher resolution than ever before — at a lower cost. So let’s offer up some tech predictions about what else we might see. Let’s start with a given: Yo...

As of June 1, Google will no longer allow users to upload their photos and videos to Google Photos for free. Google offers 15 GBs of free storage for photos, but that also includes Gmail and Google Drive backup. The ask is that you pay for storage, which starts at $1.99 a month – but for just 100 GB of storage.  I don't know about you, but my Gmail is 41 GBs worth now, I have 15 GBs worth of photos in Google Photos and 1.7 TBs on Google Drive.  Sure, I can clear out Google Drive, but the thing is, my email is a living, growing thing that is just not going to get smaller, no matter how ha...

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