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OK-Google: A Complete List of Google’s Voice Commands

OK Google is, as you probably know, Google’s voice assistant, similar to Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. However, like all voice assistants, it suffers from one major UI problem – it’s very difficult to know what commands will or will not work without trying them, and no one (well, almost no one) wants to spend…
Google Prompt Makes 2-Factor Authentication Easier

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a somewhat new concept to many people, but with the wave of passwords thefts from popular sites (32 million stolen from Twitter, 117 million from LinkedIn, and over 270 million from various email services), it is almost a necessity nowadays. Google has provided 2FA for your Google accounts, for several years, and I…
Android Apps on Chromebook: A Better Android Tablet Experience

One awesome thing that the Google Chrome team at Google I/O demonstrated that I didn’t mention in my Google I/O 2016 roundup article was the announcement that the Google Play Store – and (essentially) all the apps within would be coming to ChromeOS in the coming weeks and months. You can watch a demonstration of a…
The Best Bluetooth Car Adapters for Any Car

If you have a car without Bluetooth and you want to add it, you’ve only got a few options. You can either buy a new car, buy an (for a few hundred bucks), or you can buy a Bluetooth car adapter. While new head units (and new cars) have their place, if you’re happy with…
Netflix Has It’s Own Test for Your Internet Connection

Earlier this week Netflix announced a new website to test your internet download speed that’s a bit simpler and easier to use (and ad-free) compared to some of the other speed test websites. To try out the tool, simply go to Fast.com (I wonder how expensive it was to get that URL), and the test begins automatically.…
Google I/O 2016: What’s In Store For Google

This week marks the beginning of Google’s I/O Developer Conference for 2016. This is often an interesting event since it, like WWDC for Apple, shows some of the future products and service that Google is working on. Here are some of the biggest things that have been announced and demonstrated so far: Google’s Amazon Echo…
Get the Most Out of Google’s Project Fi

I’ve been on Google’s Project Fi for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to put together a few things that I’ve found that can help new users to get the most out of Project Fi. If you don’t know about Google’s Project Fi cell phone service, I have a short introduction to Project Fi right…
Adapters Make USB C Transition (Mostly) Painless

If you’ve bought any sort of non-Apple smartphone or electronic device, you probably have a few (or a few hundred) Micro USB cables laying around. If you’re shopping for a new phone or other electronic device, you’ll notice that many use a new port – called USB Type-C – that is shaped differently than the…
Google Fi – A New Sort of Cell Phone Service

Recently, both my wife and I decided to upgrade our phones. Since we’re always looking to keep our monthly expenses as low as possible, I had been taking the opportunity to not only research the best phone value but other cell providers, if the price was right. Enter Google Fi – a cell phone provider with a…
Schadenfreude: Comcast vs Google Fiber

Schadenfreude – pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This word is taken from German and literally means “harm-joy”. It is the feeling of joy or pleasure when one sees another fail or suffer misfortune. There are lots of reasons why I’m excited about Google Fiber, but seeing the discomfort and misfortune of Comcast (along with Time Warner,…