Before I start on today’s column I have a little flashback to last week. I mentioned other voice recognition apps like Office’s new Dictate.ms last week. I received an email from a couple of readers last week chatting about Google Docs. Yes, Google Docs has speech-to-text capabilities also. However, I have never tested it. I…
Looking over my articles, I realized I’ve never written about a few fun — but widely unnecessary — tricks available through Google. Keep in mind, to use each of these tricks, you must start with a fresh Google.com page, not one from a previous search. You can also use the, “I’m Feeling Lucky” search button,…
As many of you know in past lives I have been a mortgage loan officer and a residential real estate appraiser. I have also been a buyer and seller of my own homes. I have quite a bit of knowledge about the topic; however, it is not current since I have been out of that…
I get emails from readers occasionally that cause chills to run up and down my spine. Well not really but they do ask about doing very dangerous things online. So this week we are going to take a look at the Double Click "Do Not" list from questions I have answered. Do not purchase items…
This week I will continue with the second half of the links we talked about last year at DoubleClicks.info. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly. Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each. Dropbox – bit.ly/aszzao. A very good cloud…
Last week I mentioned a trip to the "big city" and using my GPS. So today, back to my big city experience. I was going somewhere and had just reinstalled Waze. I was also running the family GPS. They both directed me the exact same way on my 25 mile/35 minute trip. About three quarters…
Two warnings precede this information today. First, I like most Google products and am a big Google supporter (read prejudiced). Secondly, I work for Ntelos Wireless. Since I am going to mention phones I should warn you of any other possible prejudice. When I talk about smartphones, etc. I am giving my personal experience not…
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