One of the more popular Chromebooks and worth a look ...
The specs and price are similar to a smartphone or tablet but with far more connectivity, an 11.6" screen and full keyboard. Just wish it also had an Ethernet port!
Acer C720 Chromebook review:
Interesting Internet access option for travellers ...
Prices in this article and the linked review article don't seem to match up but it seems to get a reasonably good review all the same. The dates on the two articles are quite different which might explain the prices and the countries in which it gives Internet access.
Globalgig to sell wi-fi hotspots in Dick Smith stores:
For those that mourn the closure of iGoogle ...
As a one time keen advocate of iGoogle, I still think that it was a great system, however, I can see where Google is trying to go in the long term and hence the need to drop iGoogle. I will have a look at these alternatives (when I have time) because one or more of them may add some value along side the new Google Apps Page!
Best iGoogle alternatives - Internet Applications & Software:
Google Reader finally closes down ...
As announced by Google earlier this year, the Google Reader service was shut down on 1st July. Millions of users had to find alternatives to this great service. I, like many others, have migrated to Feedly who has done an excellent job of picking up where Google Reader left off! Most of the articles I have published on this blog have come to me via Google Reader and now will come via Feedly.
Google closes book on Reader service, including RSS feeds | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au:
Google+ stores unlimited 'standard sized' photos for free ...
Standard size means that the longest dimension of the image must be less than 2,048 pixels. This means that the image is about 3 megapixels depending on the ratio of the sides. This is a great 'how-to' tutorial for setting up your Android or iOS phone.
Quick Tip: Back up your photos to Google+ | TechRepublic:
Great tutorial for setting up Gmail Offline ...
Google services are cloud based therefore dependent on an Internet connection. Gmail Offline is good insurance if you must be able to get to recent emails even if your Internet connection is temporarily down.
Quick Tip: Set up Gmail Offline in Chrome | TechRepublic:
A yet to publicly released Dropbox option which will allow you to decide which files are stored locally whilst all will be available for download from your Dropbox cloud allocation.
Risks and benefits of storing your data in the cloud.
As a long time Dropbox user, I am pleased to see that it is still giving Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive a run for its money!
Google has now increased the free storage limit from 20,000 to 50,000 songs.
With the dropping prices, the winner in all this is the consumer!
I hope that Dropbox can survive the battle between Microsoft and Google to see can offer more free cloud storage! Dropbox is good because it is so fast!
Just worth noting that even well known Password Managers can have flaws leaving themselves open to the unscrupulous! To be fair, most quickly fixed the flaws once they were pointed out.
Hope Microsoft has it right this time! There is a company called www.one.com that offers a cloud drive product similar to SkyDrive/OneDrive.
Quite a long article but it helps to put the whole Cloud Computing move into perspective.
Well Microsoft got in trouble with their Windows 8 "Metro" naming and now the UK's BSkyB will not let Microsoft continue to use the SkyDrive name!
I have not read the whole of this article in detail but it looks like a great overview for those trying to decide which streaming service to subscribe to.
With 'anytime' streaming access from a music library of over 20 million tracks to any desktop or mobile for $11.99 per month , who needs to buy music CDs etc?
