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Unwanted public(ity)

I have encountered a privacy issue with Google hangouts that it seems Google has not considered. I am teaching a small graduate class and we are using Google hangouts. The quality of hangouts is better than the service purchased by the university and easy to use as well. Because I meet with these online students [...]

Posted 18 May 2013 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Feedly as a replacement for Reader

One of the biggest tech stories of the week was Google announcement that it would shut down Reader. This service is used by many to organize their RSS feeds – the syndication that announces new content. It is possible you follow such feeds using another app, but it is likely that this app loads information [...]

Posted 17 March 2013 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Hardware, platforms and corporate strategies

I just purchased a Google Nexus 7. I bought the 8 gig version because my prepurchase investigations had convinced me that it would be all I would require for my personal needs and because I have multiple devices in the same “space”. The following image displays several of my options (iPad, Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus). [...]

Posted 26 July 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

iGoogle

The Official Google blog just offered a post within which it was announced that several services would eventually be discontinued. Among these services was one I use daily – iGoogle. Google describes IGoogle as a personal home page. I think “start page” or “launch page” would be a more appropriate description. Perhaps my amazement as [...]

Posted 06 July 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Docs Research Tool

Google has added an interesting new feature to Google Docs. Under the Tools heading you will find “Research“. Select text and then select the research tool. A pane will open with the results from a search on the selected text. You can preview individual hits from the search. You can then use the tool to [...]

Posted 17 May 2012 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Takeout

I do my professional writing in Google docs. Using a cloud service allows me the flexibility of working from any location using pretty much whatever equipment I have available. I also trust Google storage more than I trust my own storage. I am betting my equipment and backup behavior is less reliable than the equivalent [...]

Posted 15 February 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Policy change for Google +

TechCrunch reports that Google + will now be available to anyone eligible for an account – anyone 13 and over. Google has added some new features which are age dependent. It reminds teens when they are posting to “public” and automatically removes them from a video hangout when an adult enters. This sounds like a [...]

Posted 27 January 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: