Ever wondered how to add a CC or BCC address during a compose or reply using GMail without using the mouse?
Me too, and I’m glad to have found this online in the Keyboard shortcuts – Gmail Help: Read the rest of this entry »
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GMail: add CC/BCC field in Compose/Reply using keyboard
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/03
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Switching Google Chrome back to use Google.com for searching
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/27
Though the Google NCR trick can be used to prevent the Google.com search site from redirecting to a localized one, you need a few extra steps for switching back Google Chrome when it has configured itself to a Google country domain you don’t understand.
Before you follow the steps below, be sure to configure Chrome to remember where it left off: “Continue where I left off” so it remembers which tabs were open.
Steps for switching back to Google.com in Chrome: Read the rest of this entry »
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Some cool visual traceroute sites/mashups
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/02
It is always cool to see some mashups: apart from great examples, they also make for some good research material.
- Traceroute.V – CodeFromThe70s.org.
(next to JavaScript, it also requires Java. An explanation how it works reveals it is using a quite old IP->geolocation DB) - Email graphic traceroute.
(parses email headers to traceroute the SMTP route the email took) - Insert an url (example: www.parsec.it) and locate where the server is (webserver, mailserver,…) on Google Maps.
(Whereis translates an IP address or DNS address to a geolocation on Google maps) - Google Maps Hacks.
(uses the Whereis to map the output of a traceroute/tracert command into a Google map) - IP Address Lookup, Reverse IP Lookup and RBL Lookup.
(maps IP address or DNS address to Google maps) - Visual Trace Route Tool – Find, Track, and Map the Route to an IP Address.
(traces either from the server, or through a proxy)
–jeroen
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Android Wear Check
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/11
Interesting:
Android Wear is designed to work with Android phones running 4.3 or higher. Not sure what version of Android you have? Visit g.co/WearCheck on your phone to see if it’s compatible with Android Wear.
My Google Nexus 4: check!
–jeroen
via: Android Wear Check.
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Google Voice calling on Android via Google Hangouts 2.3+ APK and Hangouts Dialer
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/10
Google Hangouts on iOS could make Google Voice calls for a while, and it is now finally available for Android too: Official Google Blog: Call me maybe? Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts.
You need two pieces of software for this:
- Hangouts Dialer – Android Apps on Google Play.
- Hangouts – Android Apps on Google Play (2.1.2 is listed there, but you need 2.3 which is rolled out in batches).
Roderick Gadellaa published a G+ post with the link to Hangouts Dialer and the Google Hangouts 2.3 APK at Android Police.
At the thread Free voice calling finally comes to Hangouts! both Allen Edmonds and Brandon D’Souza posted the link to the Google Hangouts 2.3 APK at http://goo.gl/TbRMVE.
You can even configure Hangouts to receive incoming Google Voice calls. Quoting from the same thread:
- Go to Hangouts settings,
- select your account, and
- under Google Voice
- there’s an option to receive incoming calls.
Calling to USA and Canada is free. Other regions do cost money, but the prices are very competitive: http://www.google.com/hangouts/rates
–jeroen
via:
- Official Google Blog: Call me maybe? Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts.
- Derek Ross at G+: Free voice calling finally comes to Hangouts!.
- Google Voice – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Google+ Hangouts.
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[Solved] Nexus 4 won’t turn on or charge (via: Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/20
Had this happen to me this week. Took me quite a while to figure out how to resolve it, then had to restore everything as it was wiped.
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How to change the WiFi network my Chromecast is connected to (via: Frequently Asked Questions – Chromecast Help)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/15
Duh: don’t start the Chromecast extension in Google Chrome, but run Chromecast.app on your Macbook (:
To change the WiFi network your Chromecast is connected to, simply open up the Chromecast app on your phone, tablet, or computer and select your Chromecast from the list. From the Chromecast settings page, select your current Wi-Fi network name and select a new network from the drop-down list.
–jeroen
via: Frequently Asked Questions – Chromecast Help.
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Google NCR: access the Google homepage with “no country redirect”, then reset the language (via: Stack Overflow)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/30
Though the question is still marked as “not a real question” (even after the edit by Michael Mrozek), the answers by User Mr. Smith – Stack Overflow and User FrustratedWithFormsDesigner – Stack Overflow are very valuable, as they describe NCR (no, not the National Cash Register company, but No Country Redirect).
The NCR url will force google.com to stay at the .com domain, not redirect the local country domain:
After that, none of the other Google URLs will auto-redirect to the country site any more: good thing!
Later I found a few other nice pages explaining NCR too (:
- Stop Google.com Redirecting to Local Country or Language Version of Google.
- Google.com automatically takes me to another Google site – Web Search Help.
- What Is Google NCR? | eHow.
- redirect – How does google deal with www.google.com/ncr? – Stack Overflow.
- Tech Dreams: Force Google.com not to redirect to Google.co.in or to Any Localized Google Site.
Another thing is that (if you did not yet know about NCR), you accidentally can end up with the wrong Google.com language. Resetting that is easy too as it answered at How can I force my browser to search Google in English? – Super User.
- Goto http://www.google.com/preferences#languages
- Reset the Google text language
- Reset the Google search results language
–jeroen
via: How to access the main Google homepage (no country redirect) – Stack Overflow.
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Delete specific cookies from Google Chrome on the current site (via: Super User)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/23
Every once in a while, a site goes haywire on you and you need to delete one or more of their cookies to fix it.
There are multiple solutions to this, but I like the one below best because it only shows you the cookies involved with the site you are currently visiting:
On
- Windows, press Ctrl+Shift-i.
- OS X, press ⌥-⌘-i (which is option-command-i).
- *nix, press Ctrl+Shift-j
Alternatively, open the Developer Tools pane from the Tools menu.
Open the Resources pane, and delete the cookies you want to delete.
Thanks akira!
–jeroen
via: Delete specific cookies from Google Chrome? – Super User.
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Handy Chrome extension that surfaces NavTiming, render… (via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/06
Convenient: Ilya Grigorik – Google+ – Handy Chrome extension that surfaces NavTiming, render….
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