Practicing Google

By Paolo Amoroso

Weekly practical resources on Google products and related tech. Tips, tutorials, and apps that will expand your Google toolbox and help you do more.

Previous issues

Shuffling around emails in Gmail

#72 Jun 18, 2021

Reading out loud content on Android

#71 Jun 11, 2021

Creating images with Google Slides

#70 Jun 4, 2021

#69

May 28, 2021

Managing widgets on Android – Hello,How do you organize your home screen on Android?On my devices I arrange the icons as a grid on
#68

May 19, 2021

Reading with Google Discover – My content consumption hub has always been an RSS reader, first Google Reader and then Feedly.RSS and
#67

May 14, 2021

Voice commands for Chrome on Android – Hello,The Google Assistant is a futuristic technology often associated with advanced voice commands r
#66

May 7, 2021

Pixel phone camera tricks – Hello,When it comes to Android, I'm a stock kind of guy. I always used Google-designed phones as my d
#65

Apr 30, 2021

Signing up for early access Android apps – Hello,I'm an early adopter.I love to try new products, apps, and technologies. That's why I don't min
#64

Apr 23, 2021

Previewing links in Chrome – Hello,I need to ask you a favor: please reply to this mail. Say anything you want, such as what's you
#63

Apr 16, 2021

Achieving Inbox Zero with Gmail – Hello,My first email program was Elm on Unix in 1992. I run it on HP-UX workstations at a CS lab and
#62

Apr 9, 2021

Better browsing in Chrome on Android – Hello,Browsing the contemporary web is essentially the same as when I first used NCSA Mosaic 1.1 in 1
#61

Apr 2, 2021

Managing Android notification channels – Hello,Back in the old days of feature phones (remember those?) we personalized ringtones a lot. Besid
#60

Mar 26, 2021

Using Chrome Tab Groups on Android – Hello,I always wanted something like Chrome's Tab Groups, a feature to organize and manage tabs into
#59

Mar 19, 2021

Cool Google Keep features – Hello,Google Keep is the Swiss army knife of my productivity.It lets me store all sorts of links, lis
#58

Mar 12, 2021

Organizing your Chromebook’s app launcher – Hello,Is your Windows or macOS desktop full of file and app shortcuts you access often?Chrome OS has
#57

Mar 5, 2021

Gboard shortcuts and emoji mashups – Hello,I'm a stock kind of guy.I have always been using Android devices by Google as my daily drivers.
#56

Feb 26, 2021

Using fonts with Blogger – Hello,WordPress, the most popular blogging platform, is highly customizable. With its many options an
#55

Feb 19, 2021

Recording your Android screen – Hello,I bought my first Android phone in 2009, a year after the launch of the first consumer Android
#54

Feb 12, 2021

Android home screen shortcuts – Hello,On Android, the home screen seems simple enough. There's a grid of icons you can touch to launc
#53

Feb 5, 2021

Android maintenance tips for 2021 – Hello,Do you pledge new year resolutions?I don't. But I often joke my new year resolution is 1920x108

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