There was a period of time when some people thought that the internet was going to eventually going to be the death of television (like it will be for newspapers). Now it doesn’t look like that will happen. In fact, Google is combining TV with the internet for a great new user experience. [...] Read more »
I remember when the first flash drives/thumb drives came out. They held about 128 mb of data, and cost about $80. I remember thinking, “What a gimmick – those will never catch on.” Was I ever wrong about that! Now, less than 10 years later, the humble flash drive is becoming obsolete. You [...] Read more »
Google is constantly changing and evolving. Most of the things that they do are not evident to most people, because all you see is the Google search screen when you need to find something. However, one change that they are rolling out now is becoming a bit annoying to some users: their new search [...] Read more »
How does search engine optimization work? That is a question often asked by many people. Everyone wants their website (whether it is a personal site, or a business site) to show up on page one of Google. But how does that happen? More importantly, how can you make it happen? [...] Read more »
Recently I helped out one of my clients with an Outlook problem. Bob uses Microsoft Outlook to read email from his Gmail account (I use the same procedure myself). Suddenly, Bob found that he was able to receive email in Outlook, but he could not longer send email. He would get [...] Read more »
We all use Google regularly. I use it many times throughout the day. When we use something that often, we tend to just do the same thing(s) routinely so we might miss some of the other features that are available. Google has a link right above the search results called “Show Options” [...] Read more »
If you have not heard of Google Gadgets before, this might be of interest to you. To take advantage of it, all you need is a Google account (a Gmail account is the same as a Google account). First, go here: www.iGoogle.com and log in to your Google/Gmail account You will see all [...] Read more »
This is a topic about which I have written before. But it bears repeating. Your internet provider sells you a service – connecting you to the internet. Along with that service comes other things. One of those things is an email account. You should not use this email account. I repeat: don’t use the [...] Read more »
Usually when you do a Google search, you are just looking for information. And there is certainly a lot of it available, no matter what your search phrase is. And you probably know that you can do a Google search for virtually any type of image. Just type in the name [...] Read more »
Sure, you can find just about anything you want on the web using Google. But did you know that you could also use Google to learn about your fellow human beings? Google has a feature called Google Suggest. You have probably seen it. When you are at the Google search page, [...] Read more »
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