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Google+ Notifications Sidebar
The new icon for Google+ notifications is not the only change: previously read notifications can only be found in Google+, which now has a notifications sidebar. “Use the tray on the right to browse...
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Google Zeitgeist 2014
Google announced the list of the top trending searches in 2014: Robin Williams, World Cup, Ebola, MH370, ALS, Flappy Bird, Conchita Wurst, ISIS, Frozen and Sochi. There’s a site that shows more...
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Add Google Drive Files as Gmail Attachments
You can now attach Google Drive files to Gmail messages. When you compose a message, click the Drive button, pick a file and select “insert as attachment” at the bottom of the pane. Then click “insert”...
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Add Google Docs, Sheets and Slides to App Launcher
You can now add Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides to Google’s app launcher from the navigation bar. Just visit each desktop app, click the app launcher and then click “add a shortcut” at the...
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Chrome Data Saver, Compression Proxy for Desktop
Chrome has a data compression feature that works in Chrome for Android and Chrome for iOS. There’s an unofficial extension that enables the compression proxy in Chrome for desktop and Google works on...
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Gmail Links to Google Inbox
Gmail now promotes Google Inbox. If Inbox is enabled for your account, you might see this message in Chrome: “Good news – Inbox by Gmail is enabled for this account. To use it on the web, go to...
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Gmail Updates Right-Click Menu
Angelo Giuffrida spotted a small Gmail update and I wanted to share it with you: “Not really groundbreaking, but interesting to note that Google updated the Gmail right-click menu. The line between...
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Google Slides Imports OpenDocument Presentations
Google Drive’s support for OpenDocument files has never been a priority for Google. Until today, you couldn’t even open .odp files in Google Slides. “We now offer support for importing all three major...
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Reduce Data Usage When Playing YouTube Music Videos
YouTube doesn’t offer yet an audio-only version for the desktop, but there’s a simple way to save bandwidth when playing a YouTube video in a different tab or in the background. Let’s say you’re...
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Word Origin Google Search Card
Last year, Google updated the dictionary card and added a lot of useful features, including etymological information, a translation box and a graph that shows the use of a word over time. If you only...
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