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My jaw practically dropped when I saw a user on Reddit by the name of PasswordIs54321 post images in the K12sysadmin subreddit of a Chromebook they had accidentally left in the oven before deciding to make dinner. As a Chromebook expert in Best Buy stores for nearly four years, I can confidently say that I’ve […]
Yesterday was officially World Password Day – a day in which everyone celebrates how passwords have kept us safe by cross-checking their own personal security and strengthening their own passwords so that their data remains safe and sound. In fact, last year, the search query “How strong is my password” was up 300%, according to […]
In March of last year, Adobe released a Workspace add-on that allowed organizations to access and share their Creative Cloud files directly in Gmail. They made it easier to share links to your creative assets with external teams and stakeholders with just a few clicks. Now, a new update to the add-on brings access to […]
Starting right now, Google Docs will begin showing you recent edits made to a document, and more importantly, to a specific range of text when you highlight and right-click. If you want to use the menu system above the document, you can highlight some text and then choose ‘Show Editors’ from the dropdown menu. This […]
Last December, Google acquired the Neverware and along with it, the companies popular software platform that essentially turns aging PCs into Chromebooks. For over half a decade, Neverware’s CloudReady software has afforded companies and educational institutions a low-cost solution to utilize the core elements of Chromium OS while still leveraging the power of the Google […]
If you use Google Tasks via the web, you may be interested to hear that it’s gaining inline detail editing for Workspace users. It’s been available for some time now to standard Google account users, and once the switch occurred, I was throw off for a second as I’m accustomed to clicking more times while […]
In a new Keyword blog post, Google took time to highlight some awesome, new feature updates for Google Meet that should go a long way toward making it more useful and more fun too. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the company has transformed the service into a powerhouse for connecting people across the world, […]
Having rolled out to standard Google account users just months ago, the new Google Maps side panel feature in Gmail, Calendar, and other services is now beginning to roll out to Workspace users of all tiers. G Suite Basic and G Suite for Business customers will also be receiving this update, so keep an eye […]
A new developer flag called ‘Help App Discover Tab’ is now available on Chrome OS Canary 92 and it adds an interesting new section into the Explore app on Chromebooks. Joining the Search, Overview, Perks, What’s New, and Help sections is a new robot head icon called ‘Discover’. Despite what you may be thinking, no […]
Google has transformed Meet into a powerhouse for virtual meetings during the pandemic and is now taking to making the app and service more polished. By adding several new tools and back-end features to help you be more productive, Meet is truly becoming the go-to software for distanced learning in education and enterprise even against […]
With over 150,000 nonprofits using Google’s G Suite productivity tools every day, the company has deemed it time to bring them into the Workspace fold. Previously, G Suite for Education and Enterprise for Education were rebranded to Google Workspace for Education. Now, G Suite for Nonprofits is being renamed to Google Workspace for Nonprofits. Along […]
After surprising many with the acquisition of Neverware, the developers of CloudReady, Google is now seeking to integrate it directly and officially into Chrome OS, according to a new Chromium Repository discovered by Kevin at About Chromebooks. Since CloudReady has been around for a while by itself, the initial stages of these two code bases […]
