Google | - Part 5

Google Camera Now Comes With a Selfie Flash

Google’s native camera app, inventively named Google Camera, has some new tricks up its sleeve. Google has added a selfie flash, the option to double-tap to zoom, and the ability to switch between shooting photos and video. Unfortunately, you’ll need a new phone to take advantage of these improvements. Android is the most popular mobile… read more »

10 Amazing Android Apps by Google That You’ve Never Heard Of

As I write this, I count 99 apps on Google Inc.’s Play Store page in my region. They range from system-level apps, to developer apps, to single-purpose utilities, and a lot more. You might know about apps like Now Launcher, the new Gboard keyboard, and Google Keep. But lost in this sea are some true… read more »

How to Back Up Your Hard Drive to Google Drive

Data backup is one of the most important aspects of modern computing. How would you feel if you lost a lifetime of photos, all your treasured videos, every important document you own, and your entire media collection just because your hard drive died? Of course, you might get lucky and be able to salvage some… read more »

How to Test Google Chrome’s Experimental Ad-Blocker

Google is currently testing an ad-blocker baked right into Chrome. And assuming you’re willing to download and install an unstable, experimental version of Google’s popular web browser you can test it out for yourself right now. We just hope MakeUseOf doesn’t get caught in the crossfire. We’re not fans of ad-blockers here at MakeUseOf. Like… read more »

Google Kills Instant Search Because Everybody Uses Smartphones

Google is killing Instant Search, which rendered search results in realtime as you typed. The problem, according to Google, is we all now do most of our searching on smartphones, and Instant Search makes no sense on smartphones. So killing the feature is the only sensible option. Google introduced Instant Search in 2010, with then-vice… read more »

How to Sync Microsoft Outlook With Google Calendar

It was 2014 when disaster struck. Yes, Ebola and ISIS took over the headlines. But, the discontinuation of Google Calendar Sync left behind two orphans — Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Google Calendar. The global tribe of productivity zealots attended the wake. Don’t get me wrong. Both Outlook Calendar and Google Calendar are smart project management… read more »

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