Feb 11, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

How To: Get Started with Google Buzz

Now that Google Buzz is finally available inside my Gmail account as well, I went through the process of setting up the (public!) Buzz-Profile for GGT. So here is a step by step guide that’ll help you get started yourself: 1. First, take a quick look at this privacy checklist and make sure that you understand how Google Buzz works, what the common privacy concerns surrounding it are and that there... read more

Feb 10, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Google Buzz Beats Aperture 3 (Sorry!)

So, a colleague of mine asked me to write something about Aperture 3 today (Aperture is Apple’s photo editing and management software), which was released this morning on the Apple Store. BUT with Google taking an unexpected and aggressive plunge into the world of social media by announcing the release of Google Buzz, their very own social network, Aperture will just have to move aside (sorry!) ... read more

Jan 19, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Google Chrome: 5 Must-Have Extensions

Since Google’s Beta Version launched allowing you to install 3rd-party extensions, a number of great extensions for the browser has already been developed. Here are the five best extensions every Chrome user should have with installation instructions for the beta client: First, in order to install any addons, you’ll need to get the 4.0 beta version of the Chrome-Browser: Navigate... read more

Jan 14, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

How to: Use tasks in Gmail

Inside Gmail there is a very handy, integrated tasks-feature which will let you keep tracks of things you need to do, convert emails into tasks directly and also add the full tasks functionality to your iPhone in form of a bookmark (with neat icon!) which you can access right from your homescreen. Here is how to do it: 1. First, how to convert emails into tasks. Let’s say, you just received an email... read more