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Reader Questions, Part 1

Last week toward the end of the article regarding Google Lens, I stated you need to log into Google Chrome to perform a feature of Lens. That is needed to send text from Lens on your phone to your laptop or desktop. I received a few questions saying that sounds useful, but how do they…

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Google Lens, Part 3

For the last couple of weeks, we have looked at Google Lens. Lens is a free app that does many things. To catch up on the first ones I wrote about, visit Part 1 or Part 2 as you feel led. Today I will start with one Lens feature that is not quite perfect. However,…

Google Lens, Part 2

Google Lens, Part 2

Last week, I mentioned a fantastic app call Google Lens. I talked about some basics and thought about doing a part two. From a few emails I got, I ran with it since it was pretty popular. So, here goes. If you want the basics from last week, read that column here. I have been…

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Google Lens, Part 1

One of my friends, Neil, had a few questions recently about Google Lens, which he had just started using. I was going to refer him to an article or two I wrote about it a while back. However, I discovered I had notes about it with updates that I had never published. So, today I…

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Wallets in the Future

For birthdays and Christmas, people receive many assorted presents; however, when I was younger, I seemed to get wallets from relatives. Some were cool, and I liked them, and others not, trifolds, bifolds, etc. Times change. We can still get regular wallets, even today. However, others can choose wallets that are slim for only a…

2021 Sites in Review, Part 2

2021 Sites in Review, Part 2

Here is the second part of all the sites we visited last year. If you missed the first part, check it out here. Once again, if the site addresses are too long for print, I have shortened them using my “ghtech.site” predecessor. They will be continuous characters after that lead without spaces and capitalization counts….

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How & Why I Started

I am often asked how I learned computers, why I write, how long I have written these columns for the Daily News-Record, and how did I get to do the radio show on WSVA? So, for the first of my 2022 articles, let us review something I believe is boring, but you asked a lot….