Nexus One: How to Prevent a Directory from Showing Up in Gallery
At this point, there there are no settings for hiding undesired directories from the Gallery. If you have a directory that keeps showing up in Gallery, but you don’t want it to, here’s a method that will prevent that from happening.
Search Gmail, Google Buzz, and Google Reader from the Chrome Browser
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)
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
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
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.
Google Maps: How to zoom in on a specific location by drawing a box around it
Navigating Google Maps can take up some valuable time as you try to zoom in on a specific location on the map. Rather than using the normal method, you should use the Drag ‘n’ Zoom method. This allows you to zoom in on a specific location on the map by simply drawing a box around it.
How to Turn Off or Disable Google Buzz from Gmail
Buzz is another Google entry into social networking. Buzz integrates into Gmail. However, some users may want to disable the Buzz features from Gmail. You can turn off Buzz really easily. Here is how.
How to Post to Google Buzz from Email Clients like Outlook and Thunderbird
Posting to Google Buzz is easy when doing it from the Gmail page, but what if you use an email client to access your Gmail? You can post messages and images to your Buzz by following these simple steps.
Cocoa: Convert number to comma-separated NSString
At some point in your Mac, iPhone, or iPad development you may find the need to express a long number (1000000000) as a comma-separated string (1,000,000,000) to make life easier on your users. The NSNumberFormatter class is a rich tool for converting numbers to strings supporting different types of currencies and localizations. It’s also the perfect class to leverage for our comma-ing task.