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Incognito Browsing with Google Chrome

by Barbara J. Feldman January 5, 2011

Users of Google’s Chrome browser have one-click access to private browsing through use of the “incognito mode.” When operating incognito, Chrome will not save cookies, browsing history, passwords, form data, or download history. To switch to incognito mode, click the tools wench (in the upper right-hand corner) and select “New Incognito Window.” To learn more, [...]

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Make Free Phone Calls with Gmail

by Barbara J. Feldman December 22, 2010

Back in August, Google added a “Call Phone” function to Gmail, with free domestic voice and video calls for the rest of the year. Now Google has announced that Gmail calls to the U.S. and Canada will remain free through 2011. To make a Gmail call, you’ll need to install a small plugin. See Google [...]

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Google Launches an eBookstore

by Barbara J. Feldman December 8, 2010

In what is being billed as a major shakeup to Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s ebook business, Google’s eBookstore is now open and stocked with more than three million titles. The Google store supports Nook, Sony, Android, and iOS devices, in addition to reading from a Web browser. The books (whether free or paid) are [...]

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

by Barbara J. Feldman December 1, 2010

Although not a complete cloud solution for Microsoft Office users, Google Cloud Connect is a step in the right direction. What it does do is backup all your local Microsoft Office files (as soon as your press “Save” ) to Google Docs (or “the cloud” as we affectionately call it.) This provides off-site backup and [...]

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Google Announces WebP

by Barbara J. Feldman October 13, 2010

WebP (pronounced “weppy”) is a new open-source image format, designed by Google, that uses a compression algorithm that produces smaller files than currently popular formats such as JPG and PNG. And smaller image files mean faster loading web pages. Hooray! In order for WebP to take off, however, browsers and graphics software would have to [...]

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Get Reading with GoogleBooks

by Barbara J. Feldman August 25, 2010

Have you discovered the free ebooks and magazine available at Google Books yet? Although their My Library interface is functional, now there’s a graphical interface for Windows desktop that’s much more visual, and a lot more fun to use. GooReader is free application for searching, downloading and reading Google Books. A premium version is available [...]

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