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Magical Text Expander (for Google Chrome) review – Work faster with this free extension

Anybody that works on Google Chrome daily (and I mean anybody), needs to have this free extension called Magical Text Expander installed. If you tend to type similar things on a daily basis — the same kind of reply to customer enquiries, a sales outreach email or even the link to your website — Magical…

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Using your phone as a personal assistant: Daily uses for Siri & Google

Ever since I bought my first iPhone I’ve used Siri (and Google Assistant on Android devices) as much as I can. They’re far from perfect — sometimes your device will struggle to understand your accent, or it’s simply incapable of completing the task you’ve asked for — but for basic, day-to-day tasks these assistants are…

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Apps & Software Business Mac OS X

GAget 2: A beautiful Google Analytics widget for macOS

Logging into your Google Analytics dashboard to check your latest visitor counts can be time consuming, so app developer Zoltán Hosszú built GAget 2: an beautiful Google Analytics widget that lives in your macOS Notification Centre. The latest version is designed for full compatibility with macOS Sierra, and includes the ability to add multiple Google Analytics accounts…

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Apps & Software Smartphones

#MadeByGoogle: Google announces the Google Pixel smartphone

We’ll be adding to this post throughout the #MadeByGoogle event… Despite all the leaks in the last few days (cough cough CarPhone Warehouse), Google has officially announced the Google Pixel phone. Google Assistant During the launch (so far), they’ve paid particular attention to the new “Google Assistant”, which is essentially Google Now on steroids —…

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iOS Photography & Video

Google’s Motion Stills app creates fun GIFs & movies from your Apple Live Photos

I love Apple’s Live Photo feature because it’s a brilliant way to capture a moment beyond a static photograph. The combination of audio with that brief second before and after creates a fun and interactive memory. Sharing those Live Photos is a problem though since they need to be created into GIFs before you can…

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Apps & Software

5 Tips To Help You Get More Out Of Google Drive

Google Drive is an excellent cloud based SaaS for keeping back-ups of your documents, sharing with people across the globe, and managing your tasks effectively. Most of us use Google Drive at some point in our professional lives, and it is really simple to understand and operate the system. However, I bet there are many…

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Google Can Now Help You Decide The Best Android Phone For You

If you’re looking to upgrade to a new Android phone but can’t choose from the vast flagship selection, Google has you covered. Their brand new web application will narrow down the choices based on the information you enter. Once you’ve clicked the ‘Get Started’ button, you are taken to a new page which lets you…

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Google Updates Slides To Support Chromecast

Google have finally brought support for the Chromecast and AirPlay within their Slides application, meaning that you’ll now be able to stream your presentations onto your HDMI supported displays. Once the presentation has been streamed to a supported device, such as the Chromecast, your mobile device will act as a remote which will let you…

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Android Apps & Software

Google Fit Update Brings New Tracking Information and Android Wear Watch Face

Google has updated their fitness app, Google Fit, in order for it to finally be able to track the number of calories you’ve burned, as well as the distance you have travelled. For you to be able to track this data you’ll have to ensure that you have entered you’re height, weight and gender, allowing the…

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Android Apps & Software Google

Google Releases Snapseed 2.0 Update

After much success with the original Snapseed application, Google have just released version 2.0 of the photo editing application for iOS and Android. The update packs a number of new effects along with a much more visual and intuitive user interface, however Google decided to keep the same basic idea of sliding up or down…