Published Oct 24, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond surface-level tips.

Before joining AP, I wrote for tech publications such as Gizbot in 2023 and iJunkie (formerly known as iPhoneHacks) from 2021 to 2022.

Gemini Notebook works strictly with the sources you give it, whether they are PDFs, Google Docs files, or notes, and helps you reason within that material.

That constraint is what makes Gemini Notebook feel trustworthy. However, it also exposes its biggest limitation. Each notebook exists in isolation, with no way to cross-reference the other.

If I had financial documents in one notebook and long-term goals in another, I couldn't ask questions about both.

That's where Gemini comes in.…