Practicing Google

By Paolo Amoroso

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

Previous issues

Playing old games on Android and Chrome OS

#40 Oct 23, 2020

Improving productivity with Google Lens on Android

#39 Oct 16, 2020

Google Tables basics

#38 Oct 9, 2020

#37

Oct 2, 2020

Using Nearby Share, migrating mail to Gmail, and more – Nearby Share is Google's take on Apple's AirDrop system for sharing files between devices in proximit
#36

Sep 25, 2020

Making narrated videos, advanced Gmail templates, and more – If you make videos, you spend hours shooting footage, recording yourself narrating, and editing. And
#35

Sep 18, 2020

Android app shortcuts, zooming in on Chromebooks, and more – Android 11 just landed on your device, if you have a Pixel. For geeks, exploring the new features of
#34

Sep 11, 2020

Erasing Android devices, setting home page in Chrome, and more – 1 + 1 = 98Isidoro Baroni was an early 20th century Italian amateur astronomer. Between 1900 and 1908
#33

Sep 4, 2020

Researching Chromebooks, changing your Android device's name, and more – If you subscribe to this newsletter or follow me online, you know I'm a Chrome OS fanboy. In 2015 I s
#32

Aug 28, 2020

Lesser known Google apps, Gmail time-saving tips, and more – Google has a reputation for killing products.Part of the reason Google kills so many products is it a
#31

Aug 21, 2020

Using the Pixel camera, hidden Google Docs features, and more – I got a Pixel 4 XL. It was one of the last units in stock in my country as Google had just discontinu
#30

Aug 14, 2020

Chrome extensions for power users – Chrome extensions are the foundation of what Mike Elgan calls the Super Internet.If you use too many
#29

Aug 7, 2020

Freeing up storage in Google apps and Chromebooks – You archive mails in Gmail. Save attachments to Google Drive. Download videos and media to your Chrom
#28

Jul 31, 2020

How to block malicious Android notifications – By a show of hands, did you ever help a family member or friend clean up a Windows PC infected by vir
#27

Jul 24, 2020

Android privacy guide, using Chrome Canvas – Telegram is the messaging app Google should have made.It's well designed, fast, stable, and fun. It h
#26

Jul 17, 2020

Screen mirroring on Android, powerwashing Chromebooks, and more – Imagine having to reinstall the operating system of a PC for fixing a major instability or software i
#25

Jul 11, 2020

Using Assistant's Android add-on, managing accounts on Chromebooks, and more – I'm sending this issue again as at first it wasn't delivered because of some incorrect settings in my
#24

Jul 3, 2020

Clearing cache and data on Android, using Google Meet, and more – Okay, let's agree Google's constantly changing messaging strategy — or lack of it — has been, um, ine
#23

Jun 26, 2020

Enhancing Android privacy, restoring deleted contacts, and more – I'm a host of the first Italian space podcast.One of the great things of being part of a team is I ca
#22

Jun 19, 2020

Scanning QR codes on Android, using Live Caption on Chromebooks, and more – Traditional office productivity suites structure information by type. They have editors for documents
#21

Jun 12, 2020

Backing up Android data, publishing to Google Play Books, and more – It came and went, but I missed it. Last week I sent issue 20 of this newsletter.I didn't realize of t

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