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Grab all your Google data

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Jesse Zylstra

Google has always been good about helping users leave them. In fact, they make it really easy to leave. You can literally pack up your virtual Google bags and port yourself to different web services anytime. Google Takeout is a … Continue reading →

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Google Reader Retiring July 1st, 2013

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Jesse Zylstra

Google has announced that it will be retiring Google Reader on July 1st. I’m rather surprised. I happened to like this product, and I know quite a number of other people do as well! Google announced on the Google Reader … Continue reading →

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Gmail and Search Field Trial

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

What’s this? A middle-of-the-week post? Google is now testing a new feature with Gmail to allow search results for your email to appear in your web search results (when logged in as yourself). This is a fantastic way to remind … Continue reading →

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Quick Gmail Tip

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Replying to a long email? In your reply, its easy to select the text that you want quoted at the end of your email. Simply select the text you want included in the reply email, and hit the “Reply” button. … Continue reading →

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Browser Plugin: HTTPS Everywhere (Chrome, FireFox)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

I use my computer on a network of which the security isn’t so great. Much of the traffic is behind a hub and more data is visible to other computers on the network than what probably should be. One way that I … Continue reading →

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Hate Youtube Comments?

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Do you hate Youtube comments? Can’t stand to read what others say? Feel alone in your intelligent opinion? How would you like to see Youtube comments as they really are? Replace Youtube comments with Herp-Derps! Here is a plugin available … Continue reading →

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Question: Does Google Love Me?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Yes, Google loves you very much.

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FCC Report on Bandwidth Speeds from StopTheCap.com

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

StopTheCap.com has recently released a very good writeup of the FCC report regarding bandwidth throughput as tested by the FCC. This is especially interesting if you are the subscriber of a major provider. The major providers included in the report … Continue reading →

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Review: Google Drive

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Google Docs had been showing me a banner advertising to me a new tool that Google has to offer: Google Drive. Overall, I’m not that impressed. It isn’t entirely useless, but I just don’t see it as being very successful. … Continue reading →

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Google Memorial Day Doodle

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

A reader recently asked me about my previous Google Doodle post that I made after Memorial Day of last year, this is an excerpt of what I wrote back: “Myself, I have a lot of respect for people who have … Continue reading →

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