Websites that auto-load videos with sound may soon be a thing of the past ā or, at least, your days of having to put up with them could be. Thatās because Google is testing a new option that lets users permanently mute a website within the Chrome Browser. Noisy websites have long been a pain. Chrome introduced an indicator to flag guilty tabs a couple of years ago ā it had long been needed ā and now the development team is testing this mute option inside the latest experimental āCanaryā version, according to Google developer FranƧois Beaufort. You...
Continue readingVisualize data instantly with machine learning in Google Sheets
Ask and you shall receive ā Sheets can build charts for you Explore in Sheets, powered by machine learning, helps teams gain insights from data, instantly. Simply ask questionsāin words, not formulasāto quickly analyze your data. For example, you can ask āwhat is the distribution of products sold?ā or āwhat are average sales on Sundays?ā and Explore will help you find the answers. Now, weāre using the same powerful technology in Explore to make visualizing data even more effortless. If you donāt see the chart you need, just ask. Instead of manually building charts, ask Explore to do it by...
Continue readingHow The New York Times used Google Sheets to report congressional votes
Thereās a common phrase among reporters: āThe news never sleeps.ā This is why many news outlets rely on cloud-based productivity tools like Google Docs and Sheets to share information, check facts and collaborate in real time. And The New York Times is no exception. In May 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a new health care law affecting millions of Americans. To report the news as fast as possible, The Timesā editorial team used Sheets to tally and display House votes in real time on NYTimes.com. Engaging voters with the Sheets API āPeople want to feel...
Continue readingAnti-phishing security checks in the Gmail app for iOS
Going forward, when you click on a suspicious link in a Gmail message on your iPhone or iPad, weāll show the warning below. We recommend that you use caution before proceeding, because the link is likely unsafe. Only proceed if youāre confident thereās no risk. If you click on a link we know to be dangerous, weāll show you a page like the one below and warn you against visiting the original URL. These warnings are intended to prevent harmful phishing attacks and help you keep your account safe. Source – G suite Update ąøąø£ąø“ąø©ąø±ąø ąøąøµąø”ąøµą¹ąøąøąø£ą¹ ą¹ąøąøąøµąøąøµ ąøąø³ąøąø±ąø ąøąø¹ą¹ą¹ąø«ą¹ąøąø£ąø“ąøąø²ąø£ G...
Continue readingGoogle announces big improvements to track changes and templates in G Suite
Getting people on the same page for a project can be tough. It requires managing a ton of opinions and suggestions. The last thing you should have to worry about is making sure your team is literally working on the same document. Thatās why we built our powerful real-time editing tools to help with thisāGoogle Docs, Sheets and Slidesāso that teams can work together at the same time, using the most up-to-date version. Today, we’re introducing new updates to better help with “version control,” to customize tools for your workflows, and to help teams locate information when they need...
Continue readingWhy You Should Never Use A Free Email Address for Business
The message is clear: email is king. Many clients and customers choose to communicate primarily by email and as you know, it gives a fantastic ROI in your marketing strategyā¦unless youāre using a free email like Hotmail, Gmail, or even your internet provider. If thatās the case, youāre losing business each and every day. It looks unprofessional: Imagine if banks used free email accounts ā youād never feel comfortable giving them your personal details let alone any money. How people perceive your business is what makes your business. Without that professional touch, youāll appear temporary and fly-by-night. It puts...
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Chatbots for business: a new support standard
If youāre wondering whatās next in the evolution of customer service technology, look no further than the closest chat window. Chatbots for business are taking off as companies large and small recognize their multitude of benefits. Theyāve been driving higher conversion rates, deflecting low-priority tickets, and saving on costs. The results have been so promising that Gartner predicts 85% of customer interactions will be powered by chatbots in 2020. While traditional support channels like phone and email are still great ways to get in touch with a human representative, messaging and chat apps are increasingly becoming the preferred method of communication. According to a study...
Continue readingGoogle launches Adblocker in Chrome Dev and Canary for Android
Google announced some time ago that it had plans to integrate an adblocker into the Chrome web browser. Google, being an advertising company first and foremost, at least when it comes to revenue generation, faces troubling times ahead caused largely by the increasing popularity of content blockers. The idea that Google came up with was to block the most annoying advertisement in Chrome by integrating an ad-blocker natively into the browser. The company hopes that this will slow down or even reverse the use of third-party content blockers, and improve the acceptance rate of advertisement on the Internet at...
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