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• What is Google Wave, anyway?

  

  By macslocum : 18 May 2010 - 04:56 AM

  Google Wave was met with considerable fanfare when it launched in a limited preview last fall. It was poised to revolutionize email, save journalism, and alter the fabric of online communication -- or...

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  • Google Buzz
  • Google
  • Google Wave

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• How to translate text from an image with Google Goggles

  

  By BrianSawyer : 06 May 2010 - 10:23 AM

  If you have an Android phone (version 1.6 or higher) with you, you'll never again need to be left in the dark at a restaurant with a menu written exclusively in a foreign language. Google just imp...

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  • android
  • google
  • goggles

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• How to generate a QR code using goo.gl

  

  By adfm : 07 April 2010 - 03:12 PM

  Google's URL shortener goo.gl will generate a QR code if you append .qr to any URL. The only bummer thing about this is that you can't just go to goo.gl and create a shortened URL. Apparently ...

  Tags:

  • QR
  • Google
  • goo.gl
  • URL
  • shortener

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• How to sync multiple Google calendars with the iPad

  

  By bjepson : 03 April 2010 - 08:17 PM

  If you set up your Google account as a Microsoft Exchange account on your iPad, you should be able to go to the Google sync config page and choose which calendars to sync with your iPad. Unfortunately...

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  • ipad
  • google
  • calendar

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• How to add a Google Wave to Google Sites (via Blogger)

  

  By BrianSawyer : 01 April 2010 - 09:05 AM

  You'd think it would be pretty straightforward to integrate a Google wave into Google Sites (as other Google properties, such as spreadsheets, word processing, video, slideshows, etc. are), but in...

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  • apps
  • google
  • wave
  • sites
  • blogger

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• Sync your Nexus One with iTunes

  

  By adfm : 14 March 2010 - 07:46 PM

  If you're looking for a way to sync your Nexus One with iTunes you should check out iSyncr. It's $3, but worth it. It even does smart playlists. The developer says he'll include Audib...

  Tags:

  • music
  • mobile
  • Google
  • Android
  • Nexus One
  • media
  • sync

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• How to use Google Navigation as a car GPS replacement

  

  By BrianSawyer : 12 March 2010 - 06:48 AM

  Last night, I needed my Garmin to get somewhere important, but when I reached for it in the glove box, I remembered I'd loaned it out to the other car in our family and hadn't gotten it back yet. What...

  Tags:

  • navigation
  • maps
  • google
  • android

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• How to move lots of files between Google Docs accounts (a batch solution)

  

  By macslocum : 11 March 2010 - 08:30 AM

  I recently had to move a bunch of files from a free Google Docs account to a Google Apps Premier account. Exporting documents one by one wasn't an option. There were too many files for that. I needed ...

  Tags:

  • transfer files
  • batch files
  • Google Docs
  • Google

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• Should I wait for a Google tablet?

  Asked by BrianSawyer : 10 March 2010 - 07:25 AM

  

  Answered by GordonMeyer : Mar 10 2010 08:13 AM
  It seems to me that if what you want is an Android-based tablet, you have no choice but to wait until such a thing actually exists. full answer >

  Tags:

  • ipad
  • mac
  • android
  • tablet
  • google

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• How to create safer email links with your Google Profile and bit.ly

  

  By adfm : 02 March 2010 - 10:49 AM

  Google Profile will display a "Send a message" link if you check the "Allow people to connect to me (without showing my email address)" check box when setting up your profile. Her...

  Tags:

  • form
  • link
  • address
  • email
  • profile
  • google
  • google profile
  • bit.ly

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