Monday 23 December 2013

Christmas tree made of books at Barking library!







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Wednesday 18 December 2013

Here's an interesting development in the growth of chrome OS devices.

Here's an interesting development in the growth of chrome OS devices.



LG announces Chromebase, a Chrome OS all-in-one computer http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/17/5221906/lg-announces-chromebase-a-chrome-os-all-in-one-computer








LG announces Chromebase, a Chrome OS all-in-one computer

Google's Chrome OS is typically found in inexpensive Chromebook laptops, and occasionally a Chromebox desktop as well. At next month's Consumer Electronics Show, however, LG will put it into a...





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Tuesday 17 December 2013

Is it time to ditch Microsoft Windows? Today Windows 7 unceremoniously rebooted my laptop to do a system...

Is it time to ditch Microsoft Windows? Today Windows 7 unceremoniously rebooted my laptop to do a system update. Fortunately as I work in the cloud mostly I didn't lose any data but I was in the middle of an online conference meeting which I was obviously cut off from.



Really Microsoft after all these years can't you do better than this? Look at the way Chrome OS updates itself.





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Friday 13 December 2013

New Google Tips site helps you get more out of Google products. Check it out.

New Google Tips site helps you get more out of Google products. Check it out.








Get your laptop to give directions to your phone.

A bunch of other stuff you can do with Google. #GoogleTips





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Thursday 12 December 2013

One less thing to click. Images show automatically and securely in gmail.

One less thing to click. Images show automatically and securely in gmail.



Images Now Showing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGmailBlog/~3/41XZeQULHq8/images-now-showing.html








Images Now Showing





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Another update from CloudPages, this time we've added Contact Sharing.

CloudPages brings contact sharing to Google Apps.



Paul Lees originally shared:

Another update from CloudPages, this time we've added Contact Sharing.








How to Share Google Contacts with CloudPages | Cloud Technology Solutions

We’re so exited by the recent additions to CloudPages especially the Google Contact Sharing. This has been a much requested feature by our customers and





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Wednesday 11 December 2013

Woo hoo. Google sheets offline!

Woo hoo. Google sheets offline!



New Google Sheets: faster, more powerful, and works offline http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/N6s6uU6Envs/new-google-sheets-faster-more-powerful.html








New Google Sheets: faster, more powerful, and works offline





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Monday 9 December 2013

#hangoutsonair

#hangoutsonair







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Friday 6 December 2013

Farewell to the App Engine "Sharkon" logo.

Farewell to the App Engine "Sharkon" logo.

Exciting times for Google Cloud Platform.








An ode to Sharkon





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Thursday 5 December 2013

#hangoutsonair

#hangoutsonair







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Wednesday 4 December 2013

Unified IM is long overdue. Isn't it crazy that if you have a phone you can call anyone no matter what...

Unified IM is long overdue. Isn't it crazy that if you have a phone you can call anyone no matter what phone or network they use, if you have an email account you can email anyone no matter what mail client or service they use, but for chat messages you have to be on the same platform.



You have too many chat apps. Can Layer connect them? http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/4/5173726/you-have-too-many-chat-apps-can-layer-connect-them








You have too many chat apps. Can Layer connect them?

Jeremie Miller almost brought on a golden age of instant messaging. He invented XMPP — often referred to as Jabber — the common language used by many IM apps to talk to to each other. If your...





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Probably the best update here is the new search capability. Search has always been one of the weakest...

Probably the best update here is the new search capability. Search has always been one of the weakest parts of Google calendar.



Know where to go, stay up-to-date and more with Google Calendar http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGmailBlog/~3/AZ0eHwla8oI/know-where-to-go-stay-up-to-date-and.html








Know where to go, stay up-to-date and more with Google Calendar





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The option to select a custom URL has disappeared for me. It was there for a while and now it's no longer...

The option to select a custom URL has disappeared for me. It was there for a while and now it's no longer suggested. Is there a process for me to request the URL?





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