Archive for News

Keep Track of Your Contacts with the Gmail People Widget

by May 30, 2011

Gmail is a great tool for connecting with friends and family, but sometimes it’s hard to find all of the information you need from them. Often enough, you have to look for information in many different areas of Gmail, so now Gmail is making it easier to find all of this information by adding a…Continue Reading

Need Financial Advice? Head Over to Google Advisor First

by May 30, 2011

The web is full of plenty of financial advice, but finding the right financial advice to fit your needs can be quite time consuming. Now you can find and compare many different types of financial data from hundreds of lenders and companies across the nation. Now, Google Advisor will give you detailed information and rates…Continue Reading

Use Google Chat to Keep in Touch with Your AIM Buddies

by May 25, 2011

A few years back, Google teamed up with AOL to allow you to connect to your AIM account right inside of Gmail.  Now Google has made this one step better by allowing you to chat with your AOL buddies on different Google services including Orkut, iGoogle and Google Talk on Android devices.  In addition to…Continue Reading

Use Pin My site to Bring Site Pinning Features to Your Website

by May 25, 2011

Pin My Site, Microsoft’s relatively new pinning feature which integrates with Windows 7, users of Internet Explorer 9, and popular websites has become popular over the past few months. Pin My Site allows websites to share more information regarding their site by not only making it easier to connect to, but by giving users notifications…Continue Reading

Pull Google Places Reviews to Your Site for More Exposure

by May 24, 2011

Your reviews on different Google Places can now seem more important with the ability to share your reviews with others. Now you can share every place that you’ve reviewed with friends, family and strangers. By simply going to your Google Places account and clicking on your picture you will be able to access an Atom…Continue Reading

Update Your Android Phones to 2.3.4 to Avoid Getting Hacked

by May 24, 2011

Researchers have found security vulnerability in Android 2.3.3 in which your login credentials could be stolen.  Since web applications like Google Calendar, Twitter, Facebook and others use unsecured connections to login, you may be at risk when connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot. When you automatically connect to a secured connection, some of your online accounts…Continue Reading

Deposit Your Checks Via PayPal’s Mobile App

by May 23, 2011

Have you ever needed to deposit a check, but never really felt like going the bank? Do you use your PayPal account more than your real bank account? Then how about downloading the PayPal 2.8 app for your mobile device. Since October, it’s been available for iOS, but now all Android users can use the…Continue Reading

Google Finally Launches Pivot Tables for Spreadsheets

by May 23, 2011

Having large sets of data in a spreadsheet can slow down a computer and can often take minutes just to make a simple, calculation for your large set of data. Now you can instantly sort through large sets of data with Pivot Tables for Google Spreadsheets. Pivot Tables allow you to easily work with the…Continue Reading

Bing Provides Small Businesses with a Primer on Social-Powered Search

by May 20, 2011

It’s no doubt being social can help grow your business  in today’s market, perhaps not as much as search, but its importance is still on the rise. Bing sees this and is working with its search engine, along with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to help out small businesses. Bing is integrating social…Continue Reading

YouTube Matches Congress Members with Video Debates

by May 20, 2011

Tired of hearing all the slandered jargon coming from various news stations about different political interests? How about getting your own political view, right from Congress members about certain topics? You now can with YouTube Town Hall, a place where two representatives go head to head about various topics. Video pages include two representatives, with…Continue Reading

Google News Update Streamlines News Consumption

by May 19, 2011

Google News, the aggregator for news around the web, is being given a news-worthy update. The new update helps reduce news clutter and covers more news stories. The first new feature is the click-to-expand, which narrows down the story to the headline, source, time and a short description of the story.  This helps give you…Continue Reading

Google Map Maker Visits Campuses

by May 19, 2011

When Google released Map Maker worldwide nearly a month ago they had a plan on what they wanted to do. Map Maker allows you to edit Google Maps around the world, whether it’s a new road or business or to move something to its correct location. One of Google’s major ideas about Map Maker was…Continue Reading

Missed Google I/O? Catch the Keynote and Sessions Online

by May 18, 2011

If you weren’t one of the nearly 1million people that attended or watched live online the Google I/O events, then you don’t have to worry. You can now watch both days’ Keynotes online on YouTube or read the blog post if you don’t have the 2+ hours to watch both Keynotes. Day 1 of the…Continue Reading