Tag Archive: google

March 11, 2015 / by Marco / enhancement, esmeedenters, google, playlist, thevoice, thevoiceuk, Youtube

YouTube enhancement playlist

Ok, so by now you would probably know I’m an avid and passionate user of Google products. I have used YouTube since the early days and have seen it evolve to become the most powerful video tool on the Internet. However, there’s an area that I’m really annoyed about and want to rant about it […]

March 3, 2015 / by Marco / browser, Chrome, disable, google, kiosk, restore, tool

How to disable the restore message in Chrome

Yesterday I posted a short article on how to Disable the Chrome Developer tools for the Chrome Kiosk mode setup. Another little handy tip if you’re looking at using the Kiosk Mode, is to disable the annoying message “Chrome didn’t shut down correctly. Restore”. The options are to close the message or to press the restore […]

March 2, 2015 / by Marco / Chrome, developer, google, kiosk, Tools

How to disable Chrome developer tools

If you’re intending to use Chrome kiosk mode (read this article on how to achieve this) then it’s a must to disable the Chrome Developer tool as this is not disabled by default in Chrome. What is the Chrome Developer tool? This is a useful built in tool in Chrome used by developer to debug, […]

January 26, 2015 / by Marco / android, contacts, duplicate, Gmail, google, smartphone

How to merge duplicate information in Google Contacts

Do you have duplicate contacts in your Google Contacts or on your Android Smartphone? Here’s a simple way to remove/merge duplicate contacts: 1. Login to your Gmail account 2. Click on Contacts. There’s a few ways to go into contacts: Click on the Apps icon at the top right hand corner or click on […]

January 11, 2015 / by Marco / backup, data, download, google, photos, takeaway, takeout

How to download all your Google photos

Today my wife asked me how she could download all her Google photos into her computer for backup purposes and that’s where I was stumped. It was a very good question from the wife and I admitted to her that I didn’t have the answer. After a few minutes of research I discovered that Google […]

June 1, 2014 / by Marco / google, speedtest

How to test your website speeds

Here’s a few websites to use to test the speed of your website: GOOGLE PAGESPEED The PageSpeed family of tools is designed to help you optimize the performance of your website. PageSpeed Insights products will help you identify performance best practices that can be applied to your site, and PageSpeed optimization tools can help you […]

July 18, 2013 / by Marco / cursor, google, hand brushes, palm of your hand

Touchfreeze – disable the touchpad while typing

Here’s a little great utility for Windows to disable the touchpad automatically while you are typing text. Why you may ask? Because sometimes, we may accidentally touch the touchpad with the palm of our hands which causes the mouse to move around the screen. So if you get annoyed when you are typing a document […]

July 10, 2013 / by Marco / google, gtalk, line basis, sessions, xxxx

What happened to Google Chat archived chat sessions in Gmail?

I recently noticed the chat sessions in Google Chat are archived in Gmail on a line by line basis. So each line is a new email. In the past, a chat session was just 1 long email containing the full conversation…what happened? Upon further investigation it appears that the change on my account is due […]

July 4, 2013 / by Marco / domain host, domain name, google, headaches, search result

Never let your domain name expire!

What I’ve learnt in the past few years about managing websites, page ranking and SEO is that your website is your biggest digital asset. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learnt is NEVER, EVER let your domain name EXPIRE. I recently forgot to renew the domain name businesslegions.com and when I received the last and […]

May 25, 2013 / by Marco / channel interface, google, playlist, video tab, Youtube

Where is the Youtube Playlists?

Have you noticed the new Youtube channel interface? One of the confusing aspect of the new interface that I’ve encountered on a channel is the Playlist. I couldn’t find it! After a while of digging around on the Youtube channel I managed to find the playlist area. It was in the Video tab. Why?!? Why […]

February 22, 2013 / by Marco / frameborder, glasses, google, photo, voice commands

I want Google Glass even if it costs $1500

Google will release Glass sometime in 2014 and that’s exciting. Google Glass is basically an internet-connected glasses technology that you can wear. The Glasses allows the user to use voice commands to take pictures, record videos (including the ability to share what you see), ask for directions, check the time + a few other cool […]

February 15, 2013 / by Marco / cool website, free file, google, vimeo, youtube videos

Convert Video To MP3

Have you ever uploaded a video to Youtube and then wanted just the audio component. Want to save it as mp3? Here’s a cool website that allows you to do that. All you need to do is just enter the youtube URL and then save the file to your computer. I believe it also works […]