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Now, if you’re using Gmail and Google Chrome, you can get the best of inserting images and the drag and drop feature. That’s right, insert images by dragging and dropping them from an outside source directly into Gmail. While this may not be the biggest news ever, it has been a feature I’ve long looked forward to and wish it was available in all browsers. According to Google Software Engineer Michael Davidson, that is going to change: Thoughts, questions?...

UPDATE 11/2/2010 – Facebook has acquired drop.io so the service no longer works. They removed all links to the service. The first thing I love about drop.io is the simplicity. The first page on drop.io contains everything you need to get up and running in about 10 seconds. Let’s take a look: Take a look here for a Demo drop site. First off, notice there is “no” registration required. You are not asked for your email address or any other kind of information (Note, reading the privacy info, they do not collect your IP address....

Favorites and Collections In iOS 13 (and iPadOS 13 for iPad), Apple has added the ability to create favorites and collections in the official Maps app. Favorites are often-visited spots such as your business, local shopping center or restaurant, or residence. Favorites spots are identified in the Maps app with travel time to that location and suggested routes. Collections, by contrast, are for travel planners who want to learn more about a city....

Seriously. Nowadays it seems like they are everywhere you look on the net. Infographics Are a Crutch for a Lazy Writer. Being a tech writer, I notice it’s used as a crutch for writers just to get an article up. The writer only needs to compose a paragraph, then embed a huge obnoxiously long Infographic. What happened to real research and journalism? Anyone can write four sentences and post a huge Infographic!...

According to the report Facebook was the most visited website in 2010, accounting for 8.93% of all visits in the US (that’s for the time between January and November 2010, but it’s hard to imagine that December data could change things too much). Facebook was followed by Google.com with 7.19%, and Yahoo Mail – 3.52%. Yahoo was fourth, with 3.30% and YouTube was fifth – 2.65%. Could that mean that people have stopped searching for information and only want to look for other people’s vacation pictures?...

Funny WiFi addresses [sic] are the new funny answering machine messages. You all remember when answering machines came out, right? Or at least you’ve seen this episode of Seinfeld? In an era when no one uses the phone anymore (except telemarketers and Robo callers), the wireless network SSID is where you can share your punnery with random neighbors and passers-by. The Reddit thread led to some absolute gems which I’m pretty sure you can steal for your own amusement....

We’re going old-school today! Today Frogger turned 30 and on the anniversary, Konami has released a new updated version for the Apple App-Store called Frogger Decades. Today, the price is $1.99 and you can pick-it-up for both the iPhone and the iPad. Wow… now that brings back memories! – Brilliantly designed levels, and features with high definition textures and graphics! – Touch screen controls let you help Frogger do what he does best!...

This week Microsoft has two groovy deals going to help Mac fans jump onto the Microsoft Office boat. If you want to score on Office 2011 for Mac Business edition for a bargain, upgrade pricing is the way to go. Of course, you can also use it to get the Home & Student edition, but who would want that? The Home version doesn’t even have Outlook! But nonetheless the Home & Student has a special sale price this coming weekend....

The Google docs video player looks similar to YouTube, in fact, it is a clone! So what you are really getting is YouTube quality but with a private Google docs setting. According to the Google support site, videos are supported in the following formats: WebM files (Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codec).MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files – (h264 and mpeg4 video codecs and AAC audio codec).AVI (many cameras use this format – typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM)....

The app is simple and it runs much smoother than the previous mobile web-app interface. You can add photos and text, and instantly create new blog posts or small memos. If your device has a camera, the Blogger app will allow you to directly upload photos. So far, the app is only available in English, however Google reminded everyone that you can still use the app to write posts in any language you prefer....

Rescheduling Meetings in Google Calendar If you have a large organization, when it comes to scheduling a meeting, it can be a tedious process, but Google is trying to make things easier with new additions to Calendar. A couple weeks ago the company added Out of Office Mode to Calendar. It helps your coworkers know when you’re not available to respond to requests or accept meetings. And today’s announced new feature will help your organization manage meetings, too....

Download and install the Tabulate extension for Google Chrome. Once installed, a small anchor icon appears in the upper right corner of Chrome. Click the icon and Tabulate will generate a link for all of the open tabs you have in Chrome. Copy the link and share it with everyone collaborating on your project. When the person opens the link, it shows a list of links to the tabs you have open....

Recently the web giant introduced a few new search options at their Inside Search event. Some new Mobile features were implemented, but the desktop search ones are the grooviest. Nearby location shortcuts First of all, let’s talk about the new mobile search feature. Google is focusing in on local, and they’ve made the Google mobile search page more convenient. You now get shortcuts to Restaurants, Coffee Shops and Bars on the home page, allowing you to search for these locations faster....

Google has made another update to the most frequently visited page on the Internet. The “I’m feeling Lucky” button now covers a lot more than just luck. You can use it to search for just about anything based on random emotions tied into a button that now spins when you hover over it. Google posted the update on its Google+ stream, and according to the users it has polled, the most popular feeling is “hungry”....

Now, why would Nokia give us all these great deals? Windows Phone 8 won’t be available as an upgrade for current Windows Phone 7.5 devices, and the new OS is coming soon. And once it’s out, people will start losing interest in Mango devices and sales will drop no doubt quickly so Nokia is thinking – sell em while we can! Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

At the beginning of the year we mentioned that Google and some of the other big names on the internet were teaming up for an IPv6 test run. Now, it’s here. We have roughly 4 hours until IPv6 day starts; which could be either June 7 or June 8 depending on where you live in the world. For most people, you probably won’t even notice that this is happening. But, for all the network techs and geeks out there this is a pretty big deal....

Installing New Portable Apps The first and obvious one involves going to the menu, click Apps then Get More Apps. Next you’ll be able to download the new apps you want.These are apps which are sure to work with the platform. Your new apps will be downloaded and installed and you’ll be able to find them in the menu in no time. Now, let’s say you’ve downloaded a paf.exe file (that’s the format Portable Apps uses for easy installation) and you want to install it to the platform....

Editor Update – Adding an extra time zone to Outlook 2010 is possible however a little different – which is why I’ve created a new tutorial for it. How To Show Additional Time Zone’s in your Microsoft Outlook Calendar 1: Open Outlook and Click Tools, Options 2. On the Preferences tab, Click Calendar Options button 3. Click Time Zone button 4. Time Zone Options Check the box Show an additional time zoneType a Label in the Label BoxClick the Time zone Down ArrowSelect the second time zoneClick OK – (Just keep clicking OK until you’re out of the options menu)...

So, what’s all this data validation jazz do? Simple – it constrains the values of a cell to a pre-set list or specific range. For example, if you had a “Status” column in a spreadsheet keeping track of your various projects for your multiple clients, you could limit the valid entries for that column to “Completed,” “In Progress,” “Cancelled,” etc., etc. In this way, you make your Google Docs spreadsheet more user-friendly (less typing—you can choose an entry from the dropdown menu) and help prevent typos and errors....

That’s changed, thanks to AirPlay to Mac. This feature makes it possible for your Mac to receive content using the AirPlay wireless communication protocol from other devices that support it. If you want to AirPlay from an iPhone to a Mac (as well as an iPad), here’s what you’ll need to do. What is AirPlay to Mac? AirPlay to Mac is a new macOS Monterey feature that allows you to share, play, and present content from other AirPlay-compatible devices on your Mac, such as your iPhone or iPad....