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Why is there music playing in gmail?

Contributed by davak on August 31, 2010 under Google

Many, many people this morning have been wondering why music suddenly starts playing when gmail is opened. Well, it’s a bug for one of gmail’s new features. Here is how to stop the gmail carnival music.

Gmail: How to Hide the Phone Icon and Disable Outbound Voice Calling

Contributed by shamanstears on August 25, 2010 under Google

If you don’t like Google’s new addition to Gmail that allows you to make outbound voice calls to phones you can disable this feature and lose the Call phone icon as well.

How to Enable Multiple Sign-In to Use Multiple Google Accounts

Contributed by shamanstears on August 5, 2010 under Google

If you have more than one Google account, going back and forth between the various Gmail, Calendar, and Reader sites for each account can be rather painful. By enabling Multiple Sign-in, you can easily access these different accounts in a simple manner. This only works with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Code, and Google Sites.

Google Chrome: Change the Default Download Location

Contributed by shamanstears on June 25, 2010 under Google

If you want to change where Chrome deposits downloaded files on your computer, you can change the default location or even have Chrome ask you where to save each file before it is downloaded.

Search Gmail, Google Buzz, and Google Reader from the Chrome Browser

Contributed by shamanstears on February 18, 2010 under Google

Instead of having to actually go to your Gmail or Google Reader and then searching from there, you can use the address bar on your Chrome web browser for performing the search. As long as you are logged into your account, you will go directly to the desired search results.

How to Completely Disable Google Buzz (and remove your Buzz posts)

Contributed by shamanstears on February 17, 2010 under Google

If you find that you are less than thrilled with Google Buzz and want to eliminate the integration that it has with Gmail, Google has made this a simple and straight forward procedure.

Google Buzz: Use the Keyboard Shortcuts

Contributed by shamanstears on February 13, 2010 under Google

If you have enabled Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts, then you are set to go with Google Buzz’s shortcuts as well. As with Gmail, Buzz’s shortcuts allow you great functionality without having to rely on your mouse.

The Easy Way to Find Latitude and Longitude Values in Google Maps

Contributed by shamanstears on February 12, 2010 under Google

Up until now, you needed to use a javascript trick to get the latitude and longitude values from Google Maps. Now there are a couple of ways available that are much easier.

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