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One of the most frustrating things for new Chromebook owners who are accustomed to Microsoft Excel on Windows is coming to Google Sheets as an alternative, and missing out on a few features that its competition did well. One of the things that I heard a lot in stores was that customers wanted a way […]
Love it or hate it, Google Chat exists in the left-hand sidebar of the Gmail interface. Regardless of how that makes you feel, there is one thing that I’m sure we can all agree on – it’s notoriously difficult to resize. Most of us will primarily resize the chatbox to minimize it so we can […]
Understanding how your local desktop and network environment can affect your video call quality for meetings can help you improve them. This can be especially helpful while working from home because many users are utilizing personal computers to perform work as opposed to a company-issued device. With tons of browser tabs open, other software running, […]
Google Workspace users should start seeing more options on the Google Meet homepage for joining or creating different types of meetings within the next two weeks. When you click “New Meeting” after receiving the update, you will see three options – create a meeting for later, start an instant meeting, and schedule in Google Calendar. […]
Ever since Google announced their Tab Groups feature, I’ve been using them for pretty much everything. After adding flags for tab group collapsing and freezing, they’re becoming somewhat of a power tool for productivity. When I switch over to my Windows desktop for some editing work or game development, I’m just a bit sad that […]
Within Google Docs, autocorrect and smart compose are now officially available while commenting. These features should help you to comment quickly and with confidence by reducing your chances of misspelling something or making grammatical errors. I say that both smart compose and autocorrect ought to exist everywhere, so placing it in Docs comments now is […]
During my time as a Chromebook Expert in big box stores, I’ve seen many business owners large, medium, and even small return their devices after getting them home and realizing that the Google Play Store was not able to be used on them out of the box. What they didn’t realize is that consumer Chromebooks […]
After Zoom announced that they were going to allow their software to run on Nest Hub Max, they also dropped news of extending their 24-hour calls through March of 2021. Now, Google is rivaling that with its own extension on unlimited 24-hour calls in the free version of Google Meet through March 31, 2021, for […]
The rate at which technology is evolving is becoming quite baffling. For companies that continue to utilize legacy software solutions, they are oftentimes locked into slower, less responsive experiences and are limited to specific devices. On the flip side of the coin, those that wish to transition their infrastructure and teams to the cloud face […]
Anyone who has spent any time around the Chrome OS ecosystem is likely familiar with a little product known as Cloud Ready. For nearly a decade, Neverware has worked diligently to bring the Chrome OS experience to aged out Windows and macOS hardware. For countless educational institutions, enterprises, and home users, Cloudready’s custom Chromium OS […]
If you are seeing news around the internet about Google’s services being down (Twitter was especially blown up in the early morning hours with outage hashtags), there are some things you need to know. Mainly, it’s not the first time it has happened, and it won’t be the last. As a matter of fact, an […]
Over the next two weeks, Google will be making it easier to natively edit Office files in Docs, Sheets, and Slides which come to you as Gmail attachments by adding a pencil icon to the attachment itself. This means that opening these files will now just take one click! Previously, you’d have to click the […]
