While Google Drive is every bit as capable as its rivals, it doesn’t really feel like Google has seriously thrown its hat into the ring of the cloud sync and storage fray. Instead, it feels more like an add-on to Google’s steadily thriving Google Docs service. It’s as if one day Google took a look at Dropbox and SugarSync, shrugged its shoulders and said, “I guess Google Docs could do that, too....
According to a leak from TechnoBuffalo the Google Nexus Android tablet will be an Asus device. It will be packing a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and a 7-inch touch screen, which leads me to believe it is targeted at the Kindle Fire and not the iPad. Additionally NVIDIA’s Kai project could bring the new tablet into the ideal price point: $199. This news comes just after another leak saying Google is setting up deals with multiple manufacturers to produce an entire line of Nexus phones due in early November of this year....
Today Google just released a new update for the built-in navigation app for Android phones and tablets, and it helps you avoid traffic jams. The Navigation app does this by implementing real-time and historical traffic data then adjusting your directions to give you the fastest route possible. Along with traffic avoidance, Google Navigation is also set to offer multiple alternative routes, detours, and customization of said routes. Want to avoid highways and only take back roads?...
Introducing: groovyBox Cloud Music Player groovyBox is a very simple, lightweight web app that is designed for Dropbox, but will work on any web server. Feature highlights: Supports: .mp3, .m4a, .ogg, .wav, .webmIt’s free as is Dropbox (First 2 GB is free and you can get up to 10 GB of free space)You don’t have to give your Dropbox credentials to a third-party serviceInternational-friendly. Works in any country that Dropbox supports....
The Future of Boot Camp: What’s the Problem? In 2020, Apple announced plans to no longer produce Macs with Intel-based architecture inside. Instead, Apple silicon will reign. Since then, four new Macs have been introduced that use an M1 SoC: MacBook Air (2020, M1), 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020, M1), Mac mini (2020), and 24-inch iMac (2021). More Apple silicon-based Macs are expected to arrive this year and next; eventually, Apple will no longer sell Intel-based machines....
Thankfully, Google has introduced a new tool in the toolbox for students and researchers. It’s called Google Docs Explore, and it’s an amazing tool for streamlining the researching and writing process. The way it works is Explore will scan the text in your article — either the entire document or your highlighted text. It’ll then help you locate sources for your research, and even assist with properly citing those sources....
HotPads has actually been around since 2005. But it’s become more popular in recent years. Unlike sites like Zillow and Trulia, which include listings of homes for sale, Hotpads only serves those looking to rent. What is HotPads? HotPads is a site for finding apartments near cities and surrounding suburbs. It caters to both renters and landlords. Not only to find or rent an apartment but also manage applications and rent payments....
With tags in OneNote, you can visually call out items. Using the built-in tags, you can flag items for follow-up, priority, organization, and identification. In addition to those that already exist in OneNote, you can customize and create your own tags. Tags in OneNote Versions You can use tags in whichever version of OneNote you have and if you use more than one. The main difference with tags between OneNote on Windows and Mac, the OneNote desktop app on Windows, and OneNote for the web is the number of built-in tags available....
Add a Blank Space to Windows 7 Taskbar The Windows 7 taskbar has a groovy pinned icon taskbar system that works quite well. But, despite its flexibility, it doesn’t allow you to space out your icons in whatever way you like. Sure, you can easily change what order icons are listed in (click and drag), but what if you want to separate groups of icons and leave a blank space in-between?...
Note: This feature is available in previous versions of Outlook too. To assign a task, expand the To Do pane in Outlook. Then below the calendars, type in a task and press Enter. In this example I am having a member of my team research the Facebook IPO in detail. Next, right click on the task and select Assign Task from the Context Menu. The Task screen comes up. Now, enter the email address of the contact(s) of the people on your team to assign the task to....
Old Original Article… Have you ever visited a website with absolutely no helpful information, or was it just so riddled with ads that you couldn’t even use it? I could make a list of some of the high-ranking websites out there that are culprits of this, but I’ll save that for another article… In the meantime, I’ll show you how to block useless websites from your Google search results, so you don’t have to deal with them....
This is a great way to throw together a quick webinar or teleconference. It’s dead simple for the presenter and it requires no installation or registration for the attendees. All they need to do is click a unique link that you send them and they are watching. They don’t even need to have PowerPoint installed on their computer, just a browser (MAC or Windows). Step One Open a PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 2010....
Here is where you can locate the default Chrome download folder in Windows 7: %UserProfile%Downloads If that folder isn’t working out or if you’d like to choose where each file downloads, we can fix that in Chrome’s settings. How To Change The Chrome Default Download Folder In Google Chrome Click the Wrench (Tools) icon at the top-right of the window. From the menu that appears Select Options. 2. In the Google Chrome Options window Click the Under the Hood tab....
Note: The legacy Edge worked so sloppily, and updates were so slow to come out, Microsoft retired the original Edge on April, 13st of 2020. It’s also worth noting that Microsoft is getting rid of IE 11 next year. And now, when you install Windows 11, Microsoft makes the new Edge the default browser. This may seem all well and good if you want to use Microsoft products and services exclusively....
We’ll walk you through the options you can set as default when pasting text. Plus, we’ll show you a few other helpful settings to make pasting in your Word document quicker and easier. Open the Default Paste Settings in Word The first step in adjusting your default paste settings is to access them. Do the following in an open Word document. Alternatively, you can click the Paste drop-down arrow on the Home tab and pick Set Default Paste....
Open the Start Menu and type: regedit. Then click the program/app link that comes up. Browse to the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion On a 64 bit system there will be two entries, “ProgramFilesDir” and “ProgramFilesDir (x86)”. Double-click one of these entries and type in the desired directory you would like programs to install to by default. Click OK to save changes and exit. Now all it takes to apply the registry changes is a restart....
Change Microsoft Office Color Theme Changing the Color Theme in Office 2013, including Outlook 2013, Word, Excel, was not possible until the final RTM release, which is unavailable on Technet and Volume Licenses sites at Microsoft. This has been a very sore subject with the Office 2013 Preview as the default White theme has been quite painful on the eyes. So changing the colors was the first thing I checked on after installing the RTM, and I’m excited to announce it is possible, and here’s how to do it....
Change Icon Size on Windows 10 There are a few ways to go about changing the size of desktop and File Explorer icons. The simplest way to change the icon size is to hold down the Ctrl key and scroll up or down with your mouse scroll wheel to get the size you want. It’s worth noting that this trick works with previous versions of Windows, too. You can also right-click an empty desktop area and go to View and switch between small, medium, or large icon sizes on the context menu....
You could use bold text or highlight the word, but nothing beats a good, old-fashioned circle around the word in question. Thankfully, it’s fairly simple to use the drawing tools in Google Docs to achieve this effect. Here’s how to circle a word in Google Docs. How to Insert a Circle in Google Docs Before you circle a word in Google Docs, you first need to know how to insert a circle or oval into your document....
In this article, I will show you how to use filters. It’s easier than you think and a compelling way to clean up your inbox! Automatically Categorize, Label, or Archive Emails using Gmail Filters Step 1 – Open a type of email you want to filter, say everything from one sender or everything, including certain keywords. Then click on the More drop-down. Step 2 – From the drop-down menu, click Filter messages like these....
