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  • My Top Google Home Commands

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    I recently upgraded my phone because my battery was dying, and I received a promo code for a free Google Home Mini. I’m still on the fence about it. There are a lot of basic things the Google Assistant can do for you, get news or weather updates, control your smart home, make phone calls,…

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  • Disney Trying to Hide the Millennium Falcon

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    Oh my goodness, how did I miss this back in June? I guess Disney tried to hide the Millennium Falcon with a bunch of shipping containers at a Star Wars production location outside London. But you can’t hide from The Google. You can see it fairly clearly on Google Maps.

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  • Lightsaber Escape

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    Work is sometimes a battle. Google’s latest Chrome experiment: play here. If you haven’t tried any of these before, your phone acts as a lightsaber controller, with syncing taking place between the Chrome app on your phone, and the Chrome browser on your desktop computer.

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  • Star Wars Themes for Google

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    Update (Nov 23, 18:22): Also do a Google search for the phrase “a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.” Be sure to turn the sound up for the full John Williams effect. Or for my lazy peeps: click here. As if there isn’t already an over abundance of Star Wars stuff to…

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  • Starbucks’ WiFi goes Google

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    Starbucks dumps AT&T WiFi for Google.

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  • Chromecast

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    Anyone buying this?

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  • Roll It: A Chrome Experiment

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    Skee ball google style.

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  • It’s Official: Google Bought Waze

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    It’s Official: Google Bought Waze, my favorite navigation app. And I’ll have you know, I am a waze knight.

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  • Gmail’s New Inbox

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    Wow, that was fast. I already got the new Gmail inbox that they announced this morning.     It’s a brand new inbox on desktop and mobile that automatically organizes for you. The new inbox is rolling out gradually. I noticed a different gmail favicon at the top of the page so keep an eye…

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  • Free select museum admission with Google’s Field Trip App

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    I’ve had this app on my phone since it first came out and I’ve used it a handful of times. Disney museum anyone? I would never go otherwise, because the admission price is so high for what it is. But I guess that’s Disney. https://plus.google.com/+FieldTripApp/posts/LWPVEZofzsj For a limited time you can walk into any of…

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  • PSA: Don’t Be A Glasshole

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  • Google Easter Egg: The Shire to Mordor

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    If you go to Google Maps, click “Get Directions,” select walking, and search for directions from The Shire to Mordor, you get a Lord of the Rings warning in the form of an easter egg that “One does not simply walk into Mordor.” Google must be putting these out to celebrate Google I/O eve 2013.

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  • Google Easter Egg: Atari Breakout

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    Well look at what we’ve got here. Another Google Easter Egg! Enter Atari Breakout in the Google Image Search field. You’ll get results alright, but they’ll turn right into the old school game that I spent a lot of my childhood playing. Or just get the link.

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  • Brevity

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    I’ve been using a tool called Gmail Meter that just came out last week. It analyzes your Gmail statistics and trends. As if Google didn’t know. It’s just sharing the information with you. Gmail Meter is an Apps Script which runs on the first day of every month and sends you an email containing different…

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  • A Google Birthday Surprise

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    I’ve been offline quite a bit these days, but I happened to jump on today. I didn’t realize Google does a personalized doodle for you on your birthday. Scared me for a second at first. It even said “Happy birthday, Jen” when my mouse hovered over it! From the Google blog: Because doodles are such…

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  • Google+

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    I haven’t been online very much recently, but I’ve been playing around with Google+. I’m sure everyone’s on by now (if you are, add me, google plus me, + me, whatever). But if you’re still looking for an invite, leave a comment. Update (July 10): Check out this Google+ cheat sheet: Image courtesy of Simon…

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  • Best Doodle EVER

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    For the next 24 hours on the Google homepage will be celebrating the birthday of musician and inventor Les Paul. You’ll find an interactive, playable logo inspired by the guitar developed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee that made the sound of rock and roll possible. From the Google blog: “As well as his guitar…

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  • Testing Google’s Chrome OS Laptop

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    Update (Dec 21 evening, heh): The screen has auto-adjusting brightness. Which means it automatically turns brighter in a bright environment and auto-dims in darker environments. A couple weeks ago, Google announced that they were giving away some laptops for people to test out their Chrome OS. This weekend, I received an unmarked package (suspicious, right?)…

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  • Google Voice for Students

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    Google just announced they’re giving away Google Voice invites to students. If you’re a student, visit google.com/voice/students and enter an email address that ends in .edu. Your Google Voice invite will arrive in your inbox within 24 hours. Keep in mind that only one invite will be be sent per email address and Google Voice…

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  • The Google ReaderAdvantage Program

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    OOOh, anyone who knows me (or who is a google contact of mine) will know that I’m a prolific Google Reader user. Look what I found today! The Google ReaderAdvantageâ„¢ program is simple. You get one point for each item you read. The more you read, the more you get. Then you can trade in…

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