My Samsung Galaxy Tab

My Samsung Galaxy Tab Home Screen

Does it make me disloyal to my love for Apple? I love my MacBook Air,but I bought myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab. My friends say I’m betraying Mac,but here’s what I said to them:

Well I do feel a little disloyal,but [...]

gMail and CloudMagic for Searching

Now that you’re using gmail,do you ever find yourself writing a message,but needing information from a previous message or from your Contacts? It can be annoying to save the current message as a draft,(1) or open a separate copy,(2) just so you can search (3) for what you need.

There’s [...]

Why gMail? Labels Not Folders

Labels in gMail

Most email applications let you set up folders for storing messages you want to save. You have to decide what category your message fits into,if you want to keep it (but not in the Inbox),make sure you have a folder with that name,and store the message there. Then,when [...]

Google Search Cheat Sheet

Want a quick and easy lesson in sophisticated searching? Check out,bookmark,and/or print outhttp://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html

Cross-posted at http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/google-search-cheat-sheet/

The Many Uses of Google Apps

I firmly believe that re-inventing the wheel (often done on the web) is superfluous,so when I find useful material,I don’t re-create it,I give credit and link to it.

Richard Byrne at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ has great,easy-to-understand information on what’s free on the web,aimed especially at teachers but useful for others too. One of [...]

Google Search’s Market Share

Fascinating information about Google Search from TechCrunch –http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-mobile-search-market-share/

Amazing!

gMail Labs –and “Canned Responses”

Sending the Same Message with Small Changes

When you want to send messages that are almost exactly the same to many people,but you want to make small changes,you could copy &paste and alter and send to individuals. Or you could use the Google Labs feature, Canned Responses.

Google Labs is found by clicking [...]

Google Docs Rock!

Before I talk about Google Docs,I want to be clear that I get nothing in return from Google;I am simply sharing the possibilities that Google provides,to try and be a web mentor. I find Google Docs incredibly useful. The video below explains how Google docs can be a useful web tool.

Google's Free CalendarGoogle’s Free Calendar

Google Calendar is a very handy free tool,and very easy to set up and use. As I mentioned in my previous post,it’s easy to find information on how to use web tools. Here is a link on setting up your own Google Calendar:

http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/about.html

Once you get used to it,[...]

Google,a Many-Splendored Freebie

One of the most significant aspects of the web is as a learning tool. Once you hear of or find a tool you want to use,you can almost always find information on how to use it,usually by googling –and then you can learn how to use it by reading the instructions available [...]