Google adds option to instantly delete your last 15 minutes of search history

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is launching a new privacy feature for search that lets you instantly delete your last 15 minutes of search history on mobile, the company announced on Thursday. The new option was first revealed alongside several other search and Chrome improvements at I/O 2021 and is now rolling out to everyone. The option to delete your last 15 minutes of search history is currently only available in Google’s iOS app and is headed to Android later this year. On desktop, your options for…

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American Express taps startup BodesWell for expansion into financial planning

American Express is branching out into financial planning, with a little help from a seven-person startup called BodesWell. This week, the credit card giant launched a pilot of its first self-service digital financial planning tool, dubbed “My Financial Plan (MFP).” The six-month pilot kicked off on July 11 with about 25,000 select Amex cardmembers. American […]

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Here are the finalists to be included in Emoji 14.0 this September

Image: Emojipedia The draft list for the next round of new emoji was announced today, two days ahead of World Emoji Day on July 17th. Contenders include a melting smiley face, a low battery, a disco ball, and several new hand shapes — like heart hands and index finger pointing at viewer — for courting your sweeties or taunting your enemies. The release of new emoji was delayed this year because of the pandemic, and proposal submissions were on pause until April. This list won’t be finalized by the Unicode…

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Oscar and Kiya Frazier Announce New Podcast on The Business Innovators Radio Network called “The Couple-preneurs Show.”

About their podcast, Oscar and Kiya explain, “this podcast focuses on building and amplifying the strategies we teach in our book Confessions: The Truth About Perfect Timing: a Couples Guide to Reaching Everything You Desire in Life. The topics included in this book address head-on – how to get around losing a job, to real-life accounts of almost losing everything. The Frazier’s explain, “This book will drive you to find that burning desire to be better; do more; all while getting closer to your spouse/partner along the way. In this…

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