Google is Watching You know by reading my steady supply of tech articles, podcasts, and other writing that I am a Google fan. I like and use most everything by Google from the search engine, email, photos, document creation, and storage to everything else they provide to us…for free. Check out the podcasts at ghtech.site/ght-yt…
I have mentioned before that if you have an Android phone or use Google Maps on any device, your movements are being recorded. Just browse to “maps.google.com” for a peek. Once there, click the menu (hamburger, three horizontal bars) on the upper left and choose “Your timeline.” Take a look around and see where you…
A few weeks back I wrote about an application you could use to retrieve deleted files from a computer’s drive, SD Card, etc. This was really highlighted when I got an email from Tom in Harrisonburg, about his adventure with that application, Recuva. It began with, "I took a deep breath, downloaded, installed and ran…
A month or so ago Google made a change to Gmail. This change would allow users to send email messages to anyone from their Google+ profiles. In case you are like me and are not a user of Google+ let’s take a look. Google has said that, "Google+ has a ‘social layer’ that enhances many…
When I do talks and meetings with people who read this column around the area, there is a question I get most every time. That question is, "Where do you get ideas for the columns?" That is a great question and there are several answers to it. My favorite place is from emails my readers…
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