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In this video, watch as eHow Tech editor Dave Johnson unboxes a Google Chromebook -- and explains why it might be your next laptop.
Google's family of Nexus tablets are compelling alternatives to the iPad. In this video clip, watch eHow Tech editor Dave Johnson unbox some Google tablets and discuss why you might want one.
It is very likely you found this website through a search of Google. Founded in 1998 by two Stanford University students, Google has grown into a massive corporation with net profits over $3 billion. The key to Google’s success continues to lies in its inherent simplicity, and its effectiveness at finding things online that people are searching for. As a result of its success in these areas, Google has transformed many aspects of life that we’ve long taken for granted.
Using all lower case words on Google Docs is something that you can do right from your main Google Docs account page. Lower case all on Google Docs with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Google Blogger is the new name for the previous Blogspot platform. Use Google Blogger with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Google Swirl is an organized image search visualization feature. Find out more about Google Swirl with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Enabling the listening tool on Google Translate will actually allow you to hear translated words and paragraphs. Enable the listen tool on Google Translate with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Moving a file from Google Docs to Microsoft Office requires you to download that file to your computer. Move a file from Google Docs to Microsoft Office with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Microsoft Office and Google Docs are two very similar programs that are different in a few fundamental and important ways. Find out about the main differences of Microsoft Office and Google Docs with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Uploading multiple files to Google Docs gives you access to your documents even when you don't have your computer with you. Upload multiple files to Google Docs with help from a technology professional in this free video clip.
Snapping iPhone photos to Google Earth is something that you do via geolocation technology. Snap iPhone photos to Google Earth with help from an Apple retail expert in this free video clip.
Deleting documents in Google Docs for iPad is something you can do through the "Google Drive" application. Delete documents in Google Docs for iPad with help from a computer and electronics expert in this free video clip.
Headers normally appear on every page in a document; this distinguishes them from any other type of heading or title. If you place a header on just a single page, Google Docs won't consider it a header at all. But it will still act as a header in every other way, listing information such as the document's title, author and publication date. One way to insert this emulated header is to use a text box using Google's Drawing tool.
Though Facebook includes its own chat application, you may prefer to talk to contacts through Gmail's chat service. Unlike Facebook, Gmail chat supports voice and video calls. Gmail chat also integrates with Google's own social networks, including Orkut and Google Plus. Gmail can't import your contacts from Facebook directly, but Yahoo Mail, another email service, can. You can use Yahoo as an intermediary for transferring email addresses from your Facebook contacts to Google Chat.
Linking Google Calendar to WordPress post is something you can do by linking both services together. Link a Google Calendar to your WordPress posts with help from a Web entrepreneur in this free video clip.
Deleting the history on your NOOK Color is a lot like deleting the history on your Web browser. Delete the history on a NOOK Color with help from an electronics expert in this free video clip.
Making a field "non-printing" in Google Docs is a change you can make to a Microsoft Excel, Word or similar document. Make a field non-printing in Google Docs with help from a technology and communications expert in this free video clip.
Visualizing GPS data in Google Maps is something that you can accomplish in just a few basic finger taps. Visualize GPS data in Google Maps with help from a technology and communications expert in this free video clip.
Typing accents on an iPad will require very specific use of one particular feature of Google Translator. Type access on an iPad with Google Translator with help from an Apple retail expert in this free video clip.
Getting all of your Google calendars on your iPad doesn't require you to download any special applications. Get all of your Google calendars on your iPad with help from an Apple retail expert in this free video clip.
Google Earth is a very popular global positioning application available for the iOS operating system. Use Google Earth in conjunction with the iPhone GPS with help from an Apple retail expert in this free video clip.
Deleting the full Twitter history is something that you need to think long and hard about before you actually do it. Delete the full Twitter history with help from a digital, mobile and social media aficionado in this free video clip.
Google Talk now supports webcams for video chatting in addition to text chatting. Start a webcam in Google Talk with help from a digital, mobile and social media aficionado in this free video clip.
Downloading a GPS device to Google Earth can help you get the most updated maps and information available. Download a GPS to Google Earth with help from an SEO copywriter and social media consultant in this free video clip.
Installing Google Analyzer requires you to actually edit the code of your website. Install Google Analyzer with help from an SEO copywriter and social media consultant in this free video clip.
Google Docs is a very powerful service that you can use to keep track of your daily life. Make an editorial calendar on Google Docs with help from an SEO copywriter and social media consultant in this free video clip.
Getting your photography on Google is something you can do by uploading your photos to the Internet. Get your photography on Google with help from an experienced media expert in this free video clip.
In addition to buildings, roads and other street map elements, Google Maps feature user interface tools. These instruments include zoom and pan controls for editing the map's scope, a rotation tool, a control for adding satellite imagery and a control for switching to Google's "Street View." If you want to insert a static map that users cannot edit, remove the user interface to hide these tools.
Uploading Google Docs via a Facebook group is a great way to quickly share information with a variety of people. Learn about uploading Google Docs via a Facebook group with help from a PR and marketing expert in this free video clip.
A Garmin GPS can be used in a very specific way to mimic the functionality of Google's "Earth" software. Use your Garmin like Google Earth with help from The GPS Wizard in this free video clip.
Crowdsourced question-and-answer sites -- where users ask a question and receive answers and advice from other users -- aren’t anything new; one of the earliest, Ask.com, appeared on the scene in 1996. But while the Web still has plenty of general-purpose sites that invite questions about anything under the sun -- and responses from any unvetted reader who cares to tap them in -- a new breed of Q-and-A website has begun to emerge. Newer services are often narrower in scope, with answers provided by experts instead of anonymous users. When you have hard questions that require specialized knowledge and…
When the Google+ social network launched, one of the most talked-about features was Hangouts, the built-in video-chat service that enables up to 10 people virtually to “hang out” at the same time. Now there are Google+ mobile apps that support certain mobile phone platforms, so you can create a Hangout from anywhere as long as you have access to a high-speed cellular network or Wi-Fi.
At Apple's Worldwide Development Conference in June 2012, the Cupertino-based computing company announced that iOS 6.0 -- the sixth iteration of the operating system that powers its iPhones and iPads -- will be released in the autumn of 2012. Although Apple made an unfinished, or "beta," version available to developers in June, it's likely that the final version will push out to consumers around the same time Apple unveils its newest versions of the iPhone or iPad before the holiday shopping season.
The iPad is more than just a great productivity tool. Connect to Google Cloud and print to the iPad with help from an Apple certified technician in this free video clip.
One of the features available for Google Docs spreadsheets is the ability to import information from locations outside of the document. Among the options is the ability to import RSS and other feeds into the spreadsheet. While these feeds should be automatically updated on a regular basis, you may find that they're not updating as you think they should be. This can be due to a number of things –some of which are within your control.
Google Apps offers a unified, browser-based suite of business applications for cloud computing and sharing information in the professional environment, while Concentric, now known as XO Communications, provides domain name registration, website building and hosting and webmail. Though some features of the two services overlap, you can use XO to host your email and develop a website while using Google Apps to share information. This setup may benefit groups such as Web developers.
The Google Apps and Google Apps for Business cloud-based computing services provide online communication, messaging and collaborative working tools to individual users, small businesses and large corporations. There’s no minimum user requirement but the standard, nonbusiness version of Google Apps imposes a maximum limit of 10 users.
If Google reverted your cache date, it likely did so because of a discrepancy within its various data centers. Google's search engine is powered by a complex system, and a change made to it must percolate through the system before it takes effect uniformly. How quickly your cache date will return to normal depends on when it was crawled and how efficiently Google processes the change.
Alongside its textual and image search engines, cloud-sharing Google Docs, news feeds and other services, the massive tech company offers Google Finance, which combines a financial news feed – featuring market summaries, trends and sector summaries – with tools such as a stock screener, currency converter and free online-hosted business portfolios. Numerous plugins for Microsoft Excel integrate financial data from the Web into the spreadsheet software, allowing you to track stock market changes and other news in real time.
Orkut, compatible with Google Chrome, is owned and operated by Google Inc. When you cannot open Google and Orkut, or cannot open Orkut on Google Chrome, it may be that the Orkut server is experiencing heavy traffic in your region. Other causes include slow Internet speeds, a full browser cache, disabled website cookies and using an out-of-date version of Goggle Chrome.
The ability to track sales and sales leads is an important facet of e-commerce. So it's frustrating when you can't use the tracking tools you've set up. If you're having issues with Google Analytics within the Magento content management system (CMS), know that you're not the only one experiencing this problem. One particular version of the CMS -- version 1.4.0.1 -- is known to have a bug that causes issues with Google Analytics. Fortunately, there are ways to remedy the issue that won't take too much time or effort.
Google works with shipping partners such as FedEx, UPS and DHL to provide tracking information for customers. DHL automatically issues a tracking number for each package shipped so the customer can track its precise location. The package can be tracked using the Google search engine, Google Maps or Google Earth.
The PHP language produces dynamic websites for mobile visitors as well as visitors who view your website from a desktop or laptop. The Google Analytics tracking code embeds in a PHP page so you can track visitor behavior. GA is a beneficial way for website owners to track user behavior. Using it with a mobile website has its pros and cons.
A little JavaScript knowledge and Google's Application Programming Interface can help you add professional-looking maps to your Web applications. People visiting your website can view a customized map, zoom in and move the map just as they do when visiting Google's map site. The Google Map API includes useful handler functions that make this type of programming possible.
When you use a Web analytics tracking product such as Google Analytics or Adobe SiteCatalyst (formerly Omniture), you must add tracking code to each of your site's pages. Both Google and Adobe use JavaScript code you install on your Web pages that in turn links to their hosted code, in essence redirecting the visitor's browser to the vendor's site to obtain the code. Problems with the JavaScript code or connection problems with the external site may cause pages to load slowly or hang. Optimizing the code on your pages may help your pages to load faster.
Google created the Google Maps API, or application programming interface, to allow you to create a program that can interact with Google Maps to retrieve information and present it to your program's end user. Although the Google Maps API does not have a specific method for validating addresses, Google's Geocoding API provides information that allows you to determine if Google has information about a specific address.
When embedding a Google Earth map on a website, you sometimes have to allow users to activate and deactivate specific keyhole markup language files. KML files contain additional geographical data such as the location of specific buildings that are of particular interest to your website's visitors. You can remove a KML file from a Google Earth map by editing your JavaScript source code.
If you're conducting business on the go, having your documents "in the cloud" of Google Docs can be much more efficient than keeping those files saved on an individual computer. However, if you're having problems with the formats and templates offered by Google Docs, it can cut down on that efficiency. Some of these issues may have to do with changes to Google Docs, while others may involve your own computer settings.
An API, or application programming interface, has one main purpose: to share data between two pieces of software. While there is no one set programming language used for APIs, most share some common characteristics. The most effective tend toward ideal API characteristics that make them much more user-friendly. An API can do something as simple as share an email address, as well as something as complex as mine all of the information in thousands of documents.
When you notice that your website visitors are hitting a dead end, also known as a 404 "file not found" error, the best way to fix the problem and keep those visitors happy is to fix the problem using a redirect. If you're using Google Analytics on a simple HTML site, a little extra code on your 404 page will help you find the problem, and some additions to your site's .htaccess file will solve it.
