George's Technology Blog

Priority Inbox, a New Gmail Feature

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:07:02 +0000

Gmail’s new Priority Inbox is a great new feature posted earlier today on Gmail’s blog. It was interesting for me to note that I have a personal email account and a newer work email account and I can use Priority Inbox on my work Gmail account. On this subject their post says: Priority Inbox will

Google Calendar gets cool Scheduling Options

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:32:38 +0000

Google Calendar is getting some cool scheduling options over the next day or so according to their Easier event scheduling in Google Calendar post. Finally, we’ll be able to choose to repeat an event on a Friday, every 2 weeks. From the screenshot (provided by the folks at Google) we can also choose how often

Trying Mystique Theme for a Day

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:22:22 +0000

I thought I’d try out a new theme for a bit, any feedback would be appreciated, and make sure to let me know if this is your first visit or not. Mystique 2.4.2 Feature-packed theme with a solid design, built-in widgets and a intuitive theme settings interface… Designed by digitalnature. Tags: light, white, two-columns, three-columns,

Call Phones in Gmail

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:29:56 +0000

Filed under ‘new and cool things you can do with your computer’ Google has rolled out an improvement to Gmail voice and video chat that lets you call regular phones (with your headset/microphone). Call Phones in Gmail According to Robin Schriebman a Google Software Engineer: Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for

How to add a new user to Windows 7

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:48:49 +0000

This info applies to Windows 7, and I understand it also works in Windows Vista. Click Start > Control Panel > under User Accounts and Family Safety, click Add or remove user accounts. Next, type in your new account name (John, The Laptop, etc…) and choose the account type “Standard user” (see note below). Now

Outlook 2010 users get Google Calendar Sync (32-bit only)

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:13:15 +0000

For Outlook 2010 users out there (with 32-bit systems) who want to sync with Google Calendar your prayers have been answered… FROM THE” GMAIL BLOG: Google Calendar works with a number of desktop applications and mobile devices including iCal, iPhone and iPad, Blackberry, Android, Nokia/Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones. Google Calendar Sync for Outlook is

HTML5 Gmail Video Game

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:29:14 +0000

Play Galactic Inbox, a free, keyboard-based fun game by Creative Technologist Paul Truong. No sound, and its not going to replace your favorite video game, but its a fun play, blast-from-the-past for those old enough to remember Space Invaders or Asteroids. As the post says “make sure you’re using a modern browser that supports HTML5

Internet Explorer Crash and Other Fixes

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:20:25 +0000

As a user of Microsoft Internet Explorer for years, a computer enthusiast since before the days of Windows, and a web designer I figured if my Internet Explorer 8 had any problems it would be easy enough for me to fix using my current knowledge. If you are having problems with Internet Explorer, you may

Updated Contacts and Gmail

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:57:38 +0000

Logging in to Gmail tonight I was greeted with this popup: Contacts has been renovated and Gmail has some spruced-up changes, moving email closer to the top of your window, about 16 pixels higher, according to the Gmail blog. So I read a little bit of the writeup in Gmail help and checked out the

Gmail / Google Multiple Account Access in one Browser

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:22:16 +0000

Wow, I just noticed this new access multiple accounts in one browser feature at the end of my lunch and had to write a a quick bit about it. First, a message from our sponsor (lol). But seriously here’s an interesting quote from Macduff Hughes’ post on the Gmail blog… Now, you can visit google.com/accounts