Category Archives: Google

Firefox 4 for Android

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Nerd

Firefox has always been a favorite of mine, and well, so is Android.  Firefox for Android came out of beta, and can now be installed on you android device.  With it, you get Firefox Sync, add-ons tabbed browsing, and much … Continue reading →

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Get your EverydayNerd.com Android App NOW!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Nerd

For all you Android users out there, you can now have content from EverydayNerd delivered directly to your Android device!  Just hit up the link below for the Market Website, or use the QR code below to install from your … Continue reading →

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Google BeatBox

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Nerd

Found this morning…. and laughed out loud.. no really, I did… Go to Google Translate Set the translator to translate from German to German Copy and paste this string in the text to be translated box: pv zk pv pv … Continue reading →

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Google Docs now does OCR!

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Nerd

Finally!  Google Docs now can take a scanned image, and convert the image to editable text!  OCR is Optical Character Recognition, and has been around for a while, but having this feature in Google Docs, just makes it better

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Secure Google Search

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Nerd

  Google is recently released a more secure Google search – using SSL to encrypt your connection.   From the Google Blog: When you search on https://www.google.com, an encrypted connection is created between your browser and Google. This secured channel helps … Continue reading →

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Backup Pictures Using Picasa – Get Free Eye-Fi Card!

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Nerd

OK folks… I’ve harped on this before, and I’ll probably harp on it again, but here’s the deal:  Your hard drive in your computer WILL fail one day, and when it does, you can kiss all  those precious pictures of … Continue reading →

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Google’s Public DNS server

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Nerd

DNS is the phonebook of the internet.  Without it, everyone would be typing in numbers to access websites.  DNS does a lookup from a name to an IP address – like http://18.62.1.6/ is the same as http://eecs.mit.edu/ – which is … Continue reading →

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