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Gmail: How to Enable the Preview Pane

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 13, 2011 under Google

Gmail has added the ability to have a Preview Pane to view email messages without leaving the inbox. This feature has long been standard on other email clients such as Outlook and Thunderbird. The feature is not displayed by default, but these instructions will allow you to enable it.

Google+: Backup your data

contributed by Lê Hoàng on August 5, 2011 under Google, Windows networking

When using online social services such as Google+ (Google Plus), it is important to backup your data incase something bad happen to your account. This tutorial shows you how to backup your Google Plus data which includes Circles and Stream as well as Google Profile, Picasa Web photos and Google Buzz data.

Android: Import Contacts from SIM and move to a new Android phone

contributed by Jimmy Selix on August 4, 2011 under Android, Google

This article will explain how to import your contacts from a SIM card on an Android phone and in turn sync those contacts to your Google account. Once you do this, you can then move to a new Android phone and never fear losing your contacts again!

Google+: How to Control Who Can Start a Huddle with You

contributed by Rob Rogers on July 27, 2011 under Google

Huddle allows mobile Google+ users to text with groups from their Google+ circles. By default, anyone on Google+ can start a Huddle with you, here’s how to trim that down.

Google+ for Android: Use a photo from Google+ as your Android wallpaper

contributed by Jimmy Selix on July 25, 2011 under Android, Google

This tech-recipe will explain how to use any photo in your stream or any of your Circles photo albums as your Android phone’s wallpaper. This of course only works with Android phones and requires having the Google+ app for Android installed.

CyanogenMod 7 for Android: Access the Camera application on the lockscreen

contributed by Jimmy Selix on July 18, 2011 under Android, Google

Having the camera easily available to grab a quick photo is essential, but many Android devices do not have a dedicated camera button. This tech-recipe will show you how to add the Camera app directly to your lockscreen. This will only work for users who have rooted their Android phone and are running any variant of CyanogenMod 7 custom ROM.

Google Docs: How to Download Specific (or All) Documents to Your Computer

contributed by Rob Rogers on July 17, 2011 under Google

While Google Docs is an extremely convenient way to store your documents, what happens if you need to view your files when you are offline or when the service is down? You can easily select which files to download (and even download all of them) into a zip file for storing onto your computer.

Chrome: Hide images when visiting particular sites

contributed by Lê Hoàng on July 12, 2011 under Google, Internet

If you are using a low speed internet connection, loading a website which has many images may take a lot of time. This tutorial will show you how to hide those images when you visit the website on Google Chrome. This will not only help the browser speed up the loading time, but also prevent embarrassing moments from happening when the site contains NSFW images.

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