Google’s gone on a building spree with its productivity apps this week. The latest work comes to Google Keep, as the colorful note-taking service is inching closer toward being a full-blown competitor to apps like Evernote and OneNote. There are some new organizational capabilities and deeper ties to Android and Chrome. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Google wants us to stay in our browser and not go anywhere else.
The Chrome Web Store is just six years old and it has already fenced us into using our browsers for productivity. But it has also given us the bridges to connect with the right kind of extensions. Chrome extensions do the heavy lifting and thanks to them the browser isn’t a vanilla box anymore. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
The other day I was pacing the aisles of the Old Bridge, New Jersey branch of Target. For those who haven’t been to one before, they’re essentially a big-box retailer who sell literally everything — clothes, electronics, food. You name it, they have it. One of the things they had on offer was USB sticks. You could get two 8GB ones for less than ten dollars. If anyone remembers the early 2000’s, when USB sticks were first released, you’re probably thinking this is amazingly cheap. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
Google named its new email app Inbox for a reason: the company wants it to be the hub for a lot more than just mail.
That vision is expanding, as Google unveiled three new features that are coming to the Android, iOS, and web apps. The first organizes event details based on messages around the same topic. Inbox will then use those details to keep all the information about that upcoming outing up to date. More of this article from PCWorld.com
One of the reasons we keep our phones out at work is to quickly and surreptitiously reply to a text or a phone call. With Microsoft’s new beta build of Windows 10 Mobile, we can put them back in our pockets. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
Need to record your desktop? Perhaps you’re demonstrating how to use an app so you can upload the clip to YouTube, or you just need to show a friend or colleague how to do something relatively simple, but can only do that by recording and sharing the clip. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
You might remember that it was a big deal when the Apple added NFC to the iPhone 6 back in 2014, a feature that Android users have been fortunate enough to have for several years now. You might also remember thinking, “So… what does that mean for me?” Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com