Although this is great news, you will need to keep in mind that 1 Gig is also the total FREE online space given by Google Docs (unlike the 25Gigs from Microsoft’s Skydrive.) What this means is you can essentially fill up all of your free space with just one upload! No doubt this will help give Google a boost in online storage space sales. Let’s look at the some of the other less noticeable updates....

The new website allows travelers to quickly search for hotels, compare them against others in the area and determine if they are getting a good rate vs. historical prices. The User Interface is VERY simple to use and intuitive. I spent about 3 minutes playing with the different settings. I also really liked the option to highlight popular areas. Once you choose the area, dates and hotel class etc… Google displays the list of hotels that match your search....

If you don’t already know, Google Takeout is an awesome service which allows you to export data from different Google services you’re using with your account. And it just got better. It already lets you export and back up Gmail, Google Drive, Picasa photos, Reader, Google Voice, and a lot more. Google has now added the ability to download your Google+ and Blogger data too. Data from your Blogger account will be offered as XML files, while your Google+ stream comes in html files of your posts....

Move from Groove Music to Spotify To start the process, open the Groove Music app and you should see the following message explaining the change – select the “Move my music” button. Next, you’ll see that you need to connect Groove with your Spotify account by logging in with your email or Facebook. If you don’t have a Spotify account already, it gives you the option to sign up. After you log in, you need to agree to software terms and verify that you want to connect Groove to Spotify....

If you haven’t yet, go grab the 30-day free trial of Snagit 10 for Windows right now. We guarantee that you’ll love it as much as we do. And while the full license is worth every single penny, we know that you’d love it even more if it were free. That’s why we’re pumped to be able to give away five (5) full Snagit 10 licenses, courtesy of the fine folks at TechSmith....

You Will Need: Eye Touch-Up Techniques Changing Eye Color Begin with an image of any eye, preferably a high quality .jpg Use the Selection tool of your choice to select any reflection areas in the eye and then copy them to a new photoshop Layer, placed on top of the current one. Go back to your eye layer and precisely select the eye. You can use the Refine Edge dialog box to smooth out your selection and achieve a more realistic effect in the end....

Delete Old Windows Installs If you upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on an older PC and your hard drive is nearly full, you can reclaim gigabytes of space by deleting the Windows.old folder. Just remember, if you do upgrade to Windows 10, you have 30 days to roll back to the previous version. So, if that is a concern, make sure not to be too hasty in getting rid of it....

Anyway, once installed the Add-in integrates nicely with Outlook. To Report Junk / SPAM, just Open the email, Click the Home Tab on the Ribbon and Select Junk, Report Junk. Presto! You can also Right-Click messages in your inbox and Select Junk, Report Junk from there as well. Microsoft will attach the suspected spam email to a new email and then send it in their junk email department for analysis, or as I like to call it – the Spam lab....

For these cases, a Chrome OS app called Network File Share for Chrome OS does the trick. Network File Share for Chrome OS lets you access and edit files on your network-attached storage, on another networked computer, or on a hard drive attached to your router as easily as if they were in your Google Drive or on your Chromebook’s local storage. I use it with my Synology DiskStation and a USB drive attached to my ASUS router....

Leave it to third-party developers to fill in the holes in Windows 8 that Microsoft has created. For example, no Start button or menu? No problem – use Classic Shell. Need to boot straight to desktop or have modern/metro-style apps work on the desktop, Stardock has you covered. Now for getting your gadgets on in Windows 8, check out 8GadgetPack – a free utility that installs the original Gadget program files on the new Windows OS....

Line numbers also help you with editing, letting you to pinpoint specific areas of a document that you need to work in. If you’re using Google Docs, there is a workaround you can try to add line numbers to your document. If you’re unsure how to add line numbers in Google Docs, follow this guide. Can You Add Line Numbers in Google Docs? Unfortunately, there isn’t a built-in method for adding line numbers in Google Docs....

Thunderbird 3 may be one of the fastest email programs on the market, but it’s all lost speed if you have to load up a second program to read your feeds. With Thunderbird 3 you can read emails and check feeds simultaneously. The one problem however with the Feed Reader in Thunderbird is that it can be difficult to find and enable. When I first loaded up Thunderbird, I can say it took me several minutes to figure out if it was even capable of reading my favorite RSS feeds....

I had first heard about the concept while listening to an NPR segment and quickly became involved as a Lender. I then found Lending Club.com as I became a little more “SAVVY” with the process. Various news organizations like WIRED, CNN, USA TODAY, etc. have covered them. I’m going to talk quickly about Lending Club since Prosper no longer accepts new lenders, which honestly is fine because I personally like Lending Club....

You may not realize it, but you can not only find the page in your Firefox history but turn it into a bookmark in just a few clicks. Here, we’ll show you how to do exactly that as well as adjust your Firefox settings to save your history if you haven’t done so yet. Change Your Firefox History Settings If you know Firefox is set up to save your history, you can skip this section and jump right down to bookmarking a page in it....

Audiobooks from Google Head to the Books section of the play store and if you try it before March, you should see a banner like the one below offering 50% off your first audiobook purchase. Then you can browse through the list of available audiobooks like you would from any online store. You can search by author or title, browse categories, and listen to samples before buying a book. Tap the button to purchase the book and it will be added to your Audiobook Library and you can start listening right away....

Calibrate Apple TV Requirements To use the new Color Balance feature, you’ll need an iPhone that supports Face ID that’s also running iOS 14.5 or later. You must be using any version of Apple TV — 4K or Apple TV HD with tvOS 14.5 installed. Additionally, be sure your TV’s picture mode isn’t set too bright or has highly saturated colors. (Using your TV’s standard picture mode is probably best.) Your iPhone must also be locked to perform this test....

The steps to change app language on your Apple devices are relatively pain-free. If you want to change app language on your iPhone or Mac, here’s what you’ll need to do. Changing the App Language on iPhone and iPad To change the default language on your iPhone or iPad on a per-app basis, you must download at least one new language pack to your device. Once you do, you’ll have the option to switch between the available languages....

There are a few ways you can change the DNS settings on Windows 10. And here we’ll take a look at using the classic Control Panel method. And how to change your DNS through the new Settings app. DNS Server Settings Here are the DNS settings for the three popular and free alternative DNS services out there: Cloudflare DNS: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8....

If you have a Zoom subscription, however, you’ll need to balance your Zoom account for work and pleasure. The name you choose for a Zoom party might not suit that important work meeting. If that’s the case, you’ll need to know how to change your name on Zoom. Unsure how? Follow the steps below to get started. How to Change Name on Zoom on PC or Mac If you’re trying to change your Zoom name in the client itself, you’ll be directed to a website to make changes—you can’t change it in the client yourself....

If you think someone else has your iPhone passcode, it’s a good idea to change it immediately. To do that, you’ll need to know how to change the passcode on your iPhone. We’ll explain how to do this below. How to Change the Passcode on iPhone Changing the passcode on an iPhone will improve its security, especially if you think it’s been compromised. Luckily, changing your iPhone passcode is easier than you think....