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Managing online storage
Most technology users probably have some and probably several online services with a combination of free and paid services. My paid services are Apple iCloud and Google One. The free services I can access are Dropbox and Box. I am … Continue reading
Delete screen shots
Google Photos is a great cloud storage alternative for all kinds of stuff. Recently, Google has cut back the free storage allotment for this content to 15 GB. If you make heavy use of Photos and Drive, you are likely … Continue reading
My Maps Demo
The follow is an embed of Google My Maps showing photos taken at multiple locations while spending a couple of weeks in southern Africa. The map is interactive so you can view a few photos taken at different locations by … Continue reading
Learning with Google 2021
Google recently offered a lengthy session explaining updates in the company’s offerings for education. The event, Learning with Google 2021, was live, but is now available through YouTube. The hour and a half presentation was divided into segments – Google … Continue reading
Google Photos Capabilities
Google Photos is a great service for storing and organizing large collections of images. It has some amazing capabilities many probably never explore. Here is an anecdote illustrating a capability that can be quite powerful. A year or so ago … Continue reading
Justice Department suit may impact you
Let me start with this. You and I are partly responsible for this situation. We spend our time searching and on other social media services and do so without sending money to the companies providing these services. We do have … Continue reading
Google Jamboard
I just completed a lengthy tutorial and commentary on Google Jamboard My tutorial explains the use of the service from a tablet. There are some differences in using the service from a desktop (even though the creation and modification of … Continue reading
Google docs transcription
Kathy Schrock mentioned an interesting Google docs hack she (and I) had not encountered previously. She had discovered that you can open a Google doc, turn on transcription, and then play audio that will be transcribed to the doc. I … Continue reading
Map Google Photos
Google photos has added a great new feature that allows the search of stored photos based on where these photos were taken. It takes a while to roll out this feature to all Photos users so you may not have … Continue reading
New Google Photo Sharing Options
Google has added options for sharing photos and photo albums stored in Google Photos. When sharing an album you can now share directly without creating a link. The default will be to enter Google addresses for those you want to … Continue reading