This is unheard of in the history of email: You can activate a secret feature in Gmail that allows you to un-send a message. I simply don’t believe it.
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June 23, 2015Undo the Gmail Send Command
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June 22, 2015Mobile Chrome Goes HomeIt’s been difficult for me to write about the Chrome web browser on an Android phone or tablet. That’s because it was the only mobile browser that lacked a Homepage icon or a Homepage setting. That frustration has ended.
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June 19, 2015Word Save OptionsThe Wambooli Word Week trifecta ends with this post listing some interesting document-saving options.
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June 17, 2015Highlighter v. Background ColorIt must be Word Week here at Wambooli, because this is the second Microsoft Word post in a row. (And, yes, a third one is coming Friday.) Today’s post concerns a question I’ve pondered before: Why does Word feature a Highlighter command?
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June 15, 2015A Weird One in WordOne of the most common questions I get regarding Microsoft Word is how to remove a “line” from text. The problem ranks high because not everything you call a “line” is what Word calls a “line.”
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June 12, 2015Image Captions in WordMicrosoft Word is a word processor, yet it freely allows you to commit the sacrilege of placing an image into your text. As long as you’re going to sin, consider adding a caption to that image, which isn’t the most obviously task to accomplish.
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June 10, 2015Home Screen Icon DensityI bought the Galaxy Note “phablet” phone when it first came out. The sucker was huge! The display was big and easy to see. Alas, the icon spread (rows and columns) on the Home screen was the same ratio as for other Android phones, a paltry four icons wide by five tall. That was disappointing.
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June 8, 2015Silicon Valley and “Apps”
I’ve been watching the HBO series Silicon Valley. I find it enjoyable on many levels. June 5, 2015Installing Windows 10
Seeing that my book updates are drawing nigh, I felt the need to submit to Microsoft’s hegemony and download a copy of the Windows 10 beta. June 3, 2015How to Fix the EconomyIn his latest book, The Zero Marginal Cost Society, author Jeremy Rifkin describes the effects of not having to pay for anything. Like me, I’m sure he’s aware that his book definitely falls into that category. If I wanted to not pay for a copy, I could: Just find the book on a bittorrent and download it “free.”
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