Laura's blurbloghttps://lgkoerner.newsblur.com/2019-11-08T10:23:10.986000ZlgkoernerHow Veterans Day was founded2019-11-08T10:23:10.986000ZMilitary Times staffhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/navy-times/veterans/~3/b7lPW2MBB54/<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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How did Nov. 11 become the one day of each year designated to appreciate the brave men and women across all wars who answered the call to serve?<img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/navy-times/veterans/~4/b7lPW2MBB54" width="1" /><br><br><img src="https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2I5Y62QWJNAG7HCEIGOVEOA3VQ.jpg" />Adobe is integrating PDF services directly into Microsoft Office 3652018-06-19T12:44:19.371000ZTom Warrenhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/6/19/17478090/microsoft-office-365-adobe-pdf-partnership<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="B1F9sE">Microsoft and Adobe are extending their close partnership this week with the integration of Adobe PDF services into Office 365. Adobe’s PDF services will be available from the ribbon inside web versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Office 365 commercial users will be able to convert documents into PDFs all while preserving font choices, formatting, layouts, and password protection. </p>
<p id="zhawhZ">The PDF integration follows news of Microsoft’s plans to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17457800/microsoft-office-fluent-design-simplified-ribbon-office-365">redesign its Office web apps</a> to be more modern and a lot faster to use. Microsoft is starting to test a simplified ribbon for <a href="http://Office.com">Office.com</a> and its Office desktop apps, and Office on the web will now include avatars for comments and dedicated colors for participants who are also viewing and editing the...</p>
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</p>Bakery Lorraine adding happy hour to Rim location2018-06-15T09:54:04.298000ZBy Chuck Blount, Staff Writerhttps://www.mysanantonio.com/food/restaurants/article/Bakery-Lorraine-adding-happy-hour-to-Rim-location-12994314.php<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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Get your hands on some free coffee with a pasty purchase and a mimosa carafe during the weekdays.Twitter will label election candidates with new badges on their profiles2018-05-24T10:46:59.813000ZAshley Carmanhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/5/23/17384870/twitter-election-lable-badge-midterm-candidate<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="TprSwU">Twitter <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/company/2018/introducing-us-election-labels-for-midterm-candidates.html">has announced</a> that it’ll apply a new label to US election candidates’ profiles. The badge will also show up below a candidate’s name on tweets in users’ timelines. For now, the labels will only apply to accounts of candidates running for state governor, the US Senate, or the US House of Representatives during the 2018 midterm election. </p>
<p id="6YLZfA">The company says it’s partnering with nonprofit Ballotpedia to identify candidates’ accounts once they’ve qualified for the general election ballot. These labels will start showing up on May 30th for candidates who have qualified for the ballot and have given Twitter consent to apply the badge.</p>
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</p>Alexa has lost its voice as Amazon Web Services suffers widespread outage2018-03-02T18:30:33.600000ZChris Welchhttps://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/2/17071634/amazon-alexa-loses-voice-aws-outage<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="qbjoYB">Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa has gone quiet today in an unintended, real world reproduction of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/31/16954704/amazon-super-bowl-ad-alexa-cardi-b-anthony-hopkins-commerical-gordon-ramsey-rebel-wilson">the company’s Super Bowl ad</a>. A regional outage impacting Amazon’s servers has led to Alexa becoming unresponsive on Echo products and other devices that support the assistant; I just tried a simple weather inquiry on the Echo Dot in my living room, and the signature blue ring stayed lit up for about 15 seconds without any answer. A tone eventually sounded, and Alexa said it had lost connection. </p>
<p id="e1c9eD">Subsequent attempts have all failed, producing a red ring accompanied by Alexa asking me to try again later. <em>The Verge</em> has reached out to Amazon for details on when its normally helpful assistant might be back up and running. The issue is likely...</p>
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</p>Texas towns hit hard by Hurricane Harvey work to recover2018-01-16T11:27:47.514000Zhttp://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/Texas-towns-hit-hard-by-Hurricane-Harvey-work-to-12498822.php<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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ROCKPORT, Texas (AP) — Some Texas coastal towns where Hurricane Harvey made landfall are working to restore tourism and other economic attractions nearly five months after the storm.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports hundreds of businesses in Rockport and Fulton are now open amid recovery efforts assisted by Aransas (uh-RAN'-sus) County and other government officials.
Harvey made landfall Aug. 25, leaving behind destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure in Rockport, with about 10,000 residents. Nearby Fulton, a town of nearly 1,600, also took a heavy hit.
Officials with the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce say about 460 businesses of 1,300 are now operating.Popular Italian restaurant Scuzzi’s expands to Leon Springs2018-01-11T11:43:03.350000ZBy Paul Stephen, Staff Writerhttp://www.mysanantonio.com/food/restaurants/article/Popular-Italian-restaurant-Scuzzi-s-expands-to-12488890.php<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p>New location comes with new menu, piano bar and more.</p>Amazon Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs2018-01-09T04:30:40.771000ZTom Warrenhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/1/8/16861502/amazon-alexa-windows-10-app<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="fvKXbN">Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant is seemingly everywhere these days, and now it’s arriving on Windows 10 PCs to challenge Microsoft’s built-in Cortana assistant. HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer all plan to integrate Alexa into a range of Windows 10 laptops and desktops being released this year. It’s the next logical step that will see Alexa appear on thousands of machines. </p>
<p id="9ObLEj">The integration requires a special Alexa app for Windows that will be available in the spring, and most PC makers appear to be integrating Alexa on devices that are capable of far-field voice recognition to ensure there’s a good experience for the assistant. HP is bringing Alexa to its Pavillion Wave PC, a sleek desktop PC that looks <a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/9/1/12716292/hp-pavilion-wave-pc-looks-like-a-speaker">more like a speaker than a computer</a>....</p>
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</p>Cortana now supports Google Calendar2017-12-12T20:19:48.239000ZTom Warrenhttps://www.theverge.com/2017/12/11/16763536/microsoft-cortana-google-calendar-support<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="z91lTf">Microsoft is now allowing its Cortana digital assistant to access Google Calendar data. The software giant has added a new Gmail connection to Cortana, which will enable the digital assistant to access Google Calendar data. If you’re a Windows 10 user that primarily uses a Gmail account, this new feature will make it easier for the assistant to access calendar appointments and trigger reminders across multiple calendars.</p>
<p id="htGpn3">The new Google Calendar support also means you can use commands on Cortana-powered speakers like Harman Kardon’s Evoke device, to access calendar information. Cortana apps on platforms like iOS and Android will also be able to read and use the Google Calendar information, too. Microsoft’s Google Calendar support for...</p>
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</p>Waze adds new motorcycle mode and ‘OK Waze’ voice commands2017-11-30T11:59:23.604000ZChris Welchhttps://www.theverge.com/2017/11/29/16714436/waze-new-features-motorcycle-mode-hands-free-voice<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="CUCEh6">Waze is releasing a trio of new features for its popular turn-by-turn navigation app on Android and iOS today. First is a mode designed specifically for motorcycle riders that provides recommendations for the best route based on data pulled in from fellow motorcyclists, which is a little more valuable than sourcing those calculations from cars. Waze says it has gotten better at estimating arrival times for motorcycles, which “vary greatly from automobile ETAs,” and the motorcycle mode also adds routing info for narrow roads that aren’t accessible by car. </p>
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</p>Google launches native add-ons for Gmail2017-10-26T11:56:44.145000ZMicah Singletonhttps://www.theverge.com/2017/10/24/16534238/google-gmail-native-add-ons<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="XZ2Bfz">Earlier this year, Google <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/9/14864106/google-gmail-add-ons-update-third-party-salesforce-enterprise">announced</a> it would allow add-ons for Gmail, and the time has finally come. <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/g-suite/do-more-your-inbox-gmail-add-ons">Launching</a> today, add-ons will allow third-party developers to integrate their services with Gmail directly. The first partners include Asana, Trello, DialPad, Intuit QuickBooks, and Wrike. </p>
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</p>Fralo’s owners open Bar 301 piano bar next door, adding to the nightlife of Leon Springs2017-10-21T12:57:33.269000ZBy Chuck Blount, Staff Writerhttp://www.mysanantonio.com/food/bars-drinks/article/Fralo-s-owners-open-Bar-301-piano-bar-next-12294310.php<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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At the new bar, piano and jazz music will be featured in an intimate setting that will have a separate menu and drink profile than the popular sister property next door.8 New Google Calendar Features You Should Start Using Now2017-10-19T16:43:25.595000Zmatthew.guay@zapier.com (Matthew Guay)https://zapier.com/blog/google-calendar-schedule/<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p>Calendar apps just need to manage appointments and notify us when they're about to start. That's just about it. So perhaps it's not surprising that in the 11 years since Google first launched Google Calendar, it's scarcely changed anything about the app, even as it grew to be one of the most popular ways to manage your appointments.</p>
<p>There's little new you could add to a calendar app that would make it better at its core job—but there are a lot of things you <em>could</em> tweak and fix to make your calendar work better for you. That's what Google has done with its new version of Google Calendar that was just released.</p>
<p>Here's how you can get the most out of the new Google Calendar and its 8 best new features.</p>
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<p>Bright colors. Large typography. Floating cards. Menus hidden behind 3 dots.</p>
<p>Google's <em><a href="https://material.io/guidelines/">Material Design</a></em> first made Android phones and Google's mobile apps easier to use. And now, one by one, the G Suite apps on the web are getting the new makeover. Google Inbox started the trend in late 2014, followed by <a href="https://zapier.com/learn/google-sheets/how-to-use-google-forms/">Google Forms</a> and <a href="https://zapier.com/blog/best-free-crm/#google">Google Contacts</a>.</p>
<p>Google Calendar now joins the gang with <a href="https://blog.google/products/g-suite/time-refresh-introducing-new-look-and-features-google-calendar-web/">a new design</a> that's similar to the old app, infused with Material Design style (and a bit of AI to make your events more fun—no, really).</p>
<h3>How to Get the New Google Calendar</h3>
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<div class="caption">The new Google Calendar includes a few options to tweak its design</div>
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<p>Anxious to give the new Google Calendar a try? Open <a href="https://calendar.google.com/">calendar.google.com</a>, and odds are there will be a blue <em>Use new Calendar</em> link in the top right. Click that, and seconds later your Google Calendar will be upgraded with the new design.</p>
<p>You'll get asked to choose information density (responsive, the default, is best) and color set (the new "modern" set features more muted colors, while the "classic" set has the same bright blues and reds that made the original Google Calendar iconic)—the defaults are likely best. And then you're off to explore.</p>
<p>If you don't have the <em>Use new Calendar</em> button, you'll likely see it over the coming weeks—and <a href="https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/10/new-calendar-user-interface17.html?utm_source=gsuite&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=new_calendar_ui">by the end of February</a>, it'll be the new default, even if you don't upgrade today.</p>
<p class="related-content">Dislike the new Google Calendar design? For the next few months, you can still switch back to the classic Google Calendar from the settings menu.<br /></p>
<p>Now that you're in, here's how to get the most out of Google Calendar's best new features:</p>
<p class="related-content"><strong>Note</strong>: Our screenshots include the <em>Zapier</em> logo instead of Google's, as we tested the new features in our G Suite Google Calendar. You'll see Google or your company's logo in the top left corner instead.<br /></p>
<h2>1. New Schedule View</h2>
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<div class="caption">Wondering if someone else is free? Google Calendar's new Day view makes that easy to answer.</div>
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<p>Perhaps the best feature of the new Google Calendar is slightly hidden in the <em>Day</em> view: a new Schedule view that can show you and your colleague's calendars side-by-side. It works best with G Suite accounts in a company where everyone's calendars are shared. Add your coworker's calendars from the left sidebar, then select the <em>Day</em> view from the menu in the top left of Google Calendar.</p>
<p>Now, click the checkmark beside your coworker's calendar, and you can see their schedule side-by-side with your own for that day. Need to see a different day? Use the mini calendar in the left sidebar to select a different day, or the arrows in the top to jump through events day-by-day.</p>
<p>You can't move events between the calendars—after all, the other calendars are owned by other people—but it <em>is</em> a handy way to see when other people on your team are free or busy.</p>
<h2>2. Add Formatted Notes and Attachments to Events</h2>
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<div class="caption">The new event editor lets you add as many details as you want to your events</div>
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<p>Ever wished you could add related files, links, tasks, and more to events? Your wish has been granted. The new Google Calendar event editor has all of the same tools as before in a new design—along with a fully redesigned <em>Description</em> box.</p>
<p>Click the <em>Edit</em> pencil icon on any event top tweak its settings, with familiar options for the event time, duration, location, and repeating settings. Add guests on the right, or use the <em>Find a Time</em> tab to use the <em>Schedule</em> view inside the editor to see when your attendees are free.</p>
<p>Then, near the bottom, you can add a description-this time with bold, italics, and underlined text along with organized and bullet point lists. Standard keyboard shortcuts work here, too—press <code>CMD</code> or <code>Ctrl</code>+<code>B</code> for bold text, and <code>CMD</code> or <code>Ctrl</code>+<code>K</code> to add a link.</p>
<p>Click the paperclip icon to add attachments. That opens the Google Drive file browser where you can add Google Docs files or upload a new file just for this event.</p>
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<p>You can then see all the event details—including attachments and links—by clicking on the event in your calendar.</p>
<p>3rd party calendar apps including the default Calendar app on iPhones don't yet support the new rich text descriptions, so new Google Calendar events show up with HTML formatting—and without attachments—in those apps for now. But if your whole team uses Google Calendar online, it's a great way to include all of your event details in one place.</p>
<h2>3. Schedule Meeting Rooms</h2>
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<div class="caption">See if a room is available and book it for your event (GIF via Google)</div>
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<p>Google Calendar's event editor also includes a new tool: a <em>Rooms</em> scheduler for G Suite accounts in teams. Right beside the <em>Guests</em> tab where you add event attendees, there's a new <em>Rooms</em> tab where you can search through your company's available meeting rooms, see what features they have, and add them to an event directly.</p>
<p>Much as with adding event attendees, you'll type the name of the room in to see matching rooms, then can filter by availability to only see the rooms you could that will be free during your meeting time. Once you've saved the appointment, you won't have to worry about a meeting room being double-booked (or needing to remind your team where you're meeting at the last minute).</p>
<p class="related-content">Your G Suite team will first need to have added resources to your calendar in order to use this new feature—here's <a href="https://zapier.com/learn/g-suite/google-apps-g-suite-teams/#calendar">how to add resources to your team's Google Calendar</a> to get started.<br /></p>
<h2>4. Simplified Appointment Slots Tool</h2>
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<p>Google Calendar has long include a simple way to add an event from the <em>Day</em> view: Just click and drag over the time when you'll be busy, then type the event details in the popover dialog.</p>
<p>In that popover in the new Google Calendar, there's a rather obvious <em>Appointment Slots</em> button under the event name, something that turns out was in the old Google Calendar but somewhat more hidden and hard to use. It's a way to mark time on your calendar as free for meetings—with a link you can share with others so they can book an appointment with you during one of those time slots.</p>
<p>To add appointment slots, open the Day, Week, 4 Days, or Schedule view, and click-and-drag over the time period when you want to schedule meetings. Click the <em>Appointment Slots</em> button, then choose how long you want each meeting to run. Or, click the <em>More Options</em> button to make those slots repeating and to add a description, guests, and meeting room to the time slot.</p>
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<div class="caption">Share your booking page so people can schedule appointments with you when you're free</div>
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<p>Once it's added, click the event then click the <em>This calendar's appointment page</em> link in the description to open a booking calendar in a new tab. Copy that link and share it with others so they can book an appointment with you from one of your available appointment slots. You could even include the link in your email signature for an easy way to share it with everyone.</p>
<p>Now, when someone wants to meet with you, they can open your calendar, see when you're busy, and book an appointment at a time when you've marked yourself as free—not just when there's a blank space on the calendar. It's a great way to simplify meeting booking without back-and-froth emails, one that's vastly improved in the new Google Calendar.</p>
<h2>5. See More With a Year View</h2>
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<div class="caption">Google Calendar's newest view is the oldest, original calendar view</div>
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<p>Ever wished you could zoom out on your Google Calendar? Now you can with Google Calendar's new <em>Year</em> view.</p>
<p>Click the view menu in the top right and select <em>Year</em> (or press <code>y</code> on your keyboard) to see the entire year at a glance. Dates with events aren't highlighted—but click on a date and you can see everything that's schedule in a popover. Or, double-click on a date to open it in <em>Day</em> view for a quick way to jump back or forward in time.</p>
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<div class="caption">Google Tasks is still here—with the same basic features and design</div>
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<p>And just in case you were wondering about <a href="https://zapier.com/blog/google-tasks-guide/">Google Tasks</a>, it's still in the new Google Calendar—amazingly with the <em>very same</em> design as before. Check the <em>Tasks</em> calendar in the left sidebar to open Google Tasks in a right sidebar.</p>
<p>Everything's exactly the same as before, down to the menus and sparse features. The only new thing is a small tab in the top of the sidebar to hide it—and then you can click that tab again to re-open it.</p>
<p>Google Tasks is still an easy way to jot down tasks in Google Calendar and Gmail—and hopefully it will get its own redesign soon.</p>
<h2>6. Find Anything with Integrated Search</h2>
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<div class="caption">Documents, appointments, contacts, and more from a combined G Suite search</div>
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<p>Google's synonymous with search, so it's only right that you should be able to quickly search through everything in G Suite from any Google app. In the old Google Calendar, though, you could only search through events.</p>
<p>That's changed in the new Google Calendar. Click the search icon and type in your query, and Google will find documents, contacts, <em>and</em> events that match. Click an event to open a quick preview; click a document, and it'll open in a new tab; click a contact, and Google Calendar will show a list of every event with that contact.</p>
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<p>Need to find a specific event? Click the down arrow on the right of the search box to open Google Calendar's Advanced Search. You can choose which calendars to search through, invitees and locations to watch for, search terms to find (or not find), and a specific date range to search. That should be enough to find what you need. It's the same advanced search options from the old Google Calendar, with a new design.</p>
<h2>7. Track Time With a World Clock (note, weather is removed)</h2>
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<p>Google Calendar's scheduling tools help you see when people are busy—but if you're working in different timezones, it might not be quite as obvious when they're <em>sleeping</em>. There's a new Google Calendar tool to help with that: a World Clock that you've likely already noticed in the screenshots.</p>
<p>Tucked away under the month calendar in the sidebar, the world clock shows the current time, the city or time zone, and a sun or moon to tell if someone should be sleeping at a glance. It doesn't show the date if someone's in the future—but it does show the official <code>GMT+/-</code> timezone if you hover your mouse over the clock.</p>
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<p>You'll first have to enable Google Calendar's world clock. Click the gear icon in the top right and select <em>Settings</em>, then scroll down to the <em>World Clock</em> pane and check <em>Show world clock</em>. Then, click <em>Add Time Zone</em> and select the correct time you want. In a few seconds, you should be able to get a quick overview of the current time for your entire team as a handy counterpart to the Schedule view.</p>
<h2>8. Tweak Calendar with Redesigned Settings</h2>
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<p>Perhaps the most boring part of any app is its settings page. It's worse in Google's apps. The old Google Calendar Settings page was one long list of options and checkboxes—and tweaking individual calendar settings meant opening the calendar's menu and finding its own settings page.</p>
<p>Everything's simpler in the new Google Calendar. To open settings, click the gear icon then click <em>Settings</em>—or press <code>S</code> on your keyboard to open it.</p>
<p>The options are now organized in groups, making it much easier to find new options. You can add new time zones, set your default event duration, and choose your working hours—all options that Google Calendar included before, but they're now more obvious.</p>
<p>Two settings options are new: the aforementioned world clock, along with a mobile setup settings at the bottom of the page which lists the number you've added to your Google account for verification. Then, there are a couple things missing: the option to show weather on the calendar is gone, as is <em>Labs</em> tab with experimental Google Calendar features. Two popular <em>Labs</em> features—year view and world clock—are now built-in, though.</p>
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<p>Extra settings are tucked away in the left sidebar. You can add calendars (including ones for holidays and sports), and import or export calendar files.</p>
<p>Need to change the notification settings on an individual calendar? Select it in the menu to change its time zone, choose when event notifications will be sent, and set which type of notifications you'd like emails or SMS messages about.</p>
<p>It's all things you could always do with Google Calendar, only now, it's far easier with the redesigned menu and settings.</p>
<h2>Bonus: A Holiday AI</h2>
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<div class="caption">Add a holiday or meal event for a tiny bit of magic</div>
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<p>"Wait," you say, "didn't you promise that the new Google Calendar makes your events fun?"</p>
<p>Yup. Try adding an event with a holiday name like <code>New Years</code> or a meal time like <code>brunch</code> in the description, then click on the event. Instead of a colored card with your event name, Google Calendar will automatically add a festive header graphic that matches your event. It doesn't work with every holiday—and meal times where the only other way we found to get the headers—but it's a fun little extra when it shows up. Oh, and try adding a holiday and a meal together, like <code>Christmas brunch</code>, for a fun mashup.</p>
<p>Perhaps sometime soon there will be a way to add your own event headers—or not. It's not like we should spend more time in our calendars anyhow.</p>
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<p>You likely look at your calendar app less than a half hour each week, relying on notifications the rest of the time. And that's how it should be.</p>
<p>With the new Google Calendar, you'll hopefully spend even less time in your calendar—and more time getting the work you're scheduling <em>done</em>. And when you do open your calendar, you just might find that Google's decorated your next event for a little something special in your schedule.</p>Microsoft Outlook for Android now supports add-ins like Evernote and Trello2017-09-21T05:26:37.057000ZTom Warrenhttps://www.theverge.com/2017/9/11/16286392/microsoft-outlook-android-add-ins-support<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="HLOUe4">Microsoft is rolling out add-in support to Outlook for Android <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514734&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.microsoft.com%2Ffirehose%2F2017%2F09%2F08%2Fmicrosoft-translator-evernote-onenote-and-other-add-ins-rolling-out-for-outlook-on-android%2F" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this week</a>, more than six months after <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/2/14486824/microsoft-outlook-iphone-new-features-add-in-support">first debuting</a> mobile add-ins on iOS. The first set of Outlook for Android add-ins includes Evernote, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Translator, Nimble, OnePlaceMail, Outlook Customer Manager, Smartsheet and Trello. </p>
<p id="ntfPmY">The add-ins are designed to show up as an icon when you’re interacting with an email, allowing you to create a project card in an app like Trello, or clip emails to Evernote. They’re basic extensions to other apps on Android or iOS, and Microsoft is working with a number of partners to slowly add more to both the Android and iOS versions of Outlook. Wrike, JIRA, MeisterTask, Gfycat, and MojiLala will all be available soon,...</p>
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<p id="FVSNH3">For a long time, security experts have warned that text messages are vulnerable to hijacking — and this morning, they showed what it looks like in practice. A demonstration video posted by Positive Technologies (and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/09/18/ss7-google-coinbase-bitcoin-hack/#6927a9fd41a4">first reported by <em>Forbes</em></a>) shows how easy it is to hack into a bitcoin wallet by intercepting text messages in transit.</p>
<p id="UwYQIU">The group targeted a Coinbase account protected by two-factor authentication, which was registered to a Gmail account also protected by two-factor. By exploiting known flaws in the cell network, the group was able to intercept all text messages sent to the number for a set period of time. That was enough to reset the password to the Gmail account and then take control of the Coinbase wallet. All the group...</p>
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<p id="gipqiJ">Google is adding the ability to <a href="https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/09/Gmail-will-convert-addresses-phone-numbers-and-contacts-into-links.html">automatically recognize addresses, phone numbers, and contacts</a> to the Gmail website and mobile apps today (including Inbox), in the rollout of a feature that seems so blatantly obvious that I refuse to believe that Gmail didn’t have it already.</p>
<div class="c-float-right"><aside id="euEQ5v"><q>A feature so blatantly obvious it seems impossible that Google is only adding it now</q></aside></div>
<p id="pwunS5">But yes, somehow in the year 2017, Gmail did not have this incredibly basic functionality. A feature that the company — which makes one of the most used email services on the planet — has been beaten to the punch with what I have to assume is every single other email application ever made, including the awful trash heap that is Apple’s default iOS one. Seriously. </p>
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<p>The Navy has grounded its T-45 Goshawk trainer jets in response to increased incidents where pilots' oxygen systems have malfunctioned, the service announced Wednesday. The move comes after Navy officials traveled to the service's T-45 bases in Kingsville, Texas, Pensacola, Fla., and Meridian, Miss., to meet with Navy and Marine Corps T-45 instructors who were refusing to conduct training flights because of concerns about oxygen system safety, said Cmdr.</p>Throwing your dog a bone: Google now works purr-fectly for your furry friends2017-04-01T11:26:27.367000ZNabil Shahidhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/_IVsLh1jzvk/<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>At Google, we aim to make our products available for everyone, everywhere. Today, we’re extending that goal to our finest, most faithful (and four-legged) friends. On the Google app for iOS, you can now use 3D Touch on the app icon or head to settings and select I’m Feeling Woof or I’m Feeling Meow to let your dogs and cats get info on topics they care about—whether that means squeaky toys or a bowl of milk! With I’m Feeling Woof and I’m Feeling Meow on the Google app, canines and felines alike can surf pet-friendly info with just a press of their paw.<br /></p></div></div>
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<p id="YN3MWC">Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom today confirmed that two-factor authentication is <a href="http://blog.instagram.com/post/158740450852/170323-kindness">now available to all of the app’s users</a> worldwide. The company first announced plans to roll out two-factor <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/16/11025792/instagram-two-factor-authentication">over a year ago in February 2016</a> — and it was late to adapt the important security measure even then. It should have never taken this long. But now it’s finally in place for everyone. </p>
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<p id="kd1mrN">To enable it (and there’s zero reason <em>not</em> to), head into your settings menu and you should see the option right above the “posts you’ve liked” section.” When two-factor authentication is enabled, Instagram will send your mobile number a security code whenever your account is accessed from a new device. That code is required before the login can be successfully completed....</p>
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</p>Google reportedly removing Hangouts’ SMS messaging to make it a better Slack rival2017-03-24T10:54:06.634000ZRich McCormickhttp://www.theverge.com/2017/3/23/15045086/google-hangouts-sms-messaging-removed<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="lOT66E">Google <a href="https://9to5google.com/2017/03/23/google-hangouts-sms-features-removed/">is removing</a> the ability to send and receive SMS messages from its Hangouts service in May, according to an email sent to its G Suite administrators. The email, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/615rmw/just_got_an_update_email_from_google_no_more/">posted in its entirety on Reddit</a>, says that Google will cut the option from the app on May 22nd, and will prompt users to find a new default messaging service beforehand. </p>
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<p id="76eVNp">Users of Hangouts’ Android app will see a message from March 27th informing them of the upcoming removal of SMS functions. If they have another chat app installed, Hangouts will ask them to select it as the default; if they don’t, the app will direct them to the Google Play Store to find a new alternative. For Google Voice users, it’s a little more...</p>
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</p>Twitter remembers it owns Tweetdeck2017-03-24T10:53:51.761000ZRyan Lawlerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rGZvMRuTjS8/<table style="border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #F0F0F0" valign="top" align="left" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<p id="JaStY0">It’s been one week since Robert E. Kelly’s BBC interview via Skype was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/world/europe/bbc-interview-toddler-interruption.html">interrupted by his young children</a> — an awkward goof that almost immediately became a viral moment. And as with almost all viral moments, it took only a few days for Kelly’s moment to spawn numerous imitators hoping to capitalize on the momentum of the original.</p>
<p id="yXMUJ2">Current knockoffs include a little <em>Star Wars</em> droid interrupting <a href="https://i.imgur.com/934hfAo.gifv">an interview with Darth Vader</a>, friends and families <a href="https://twitter.com/itsashlyperez/status/840336216788688896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">attempting their own personal takes</a> on the clip, and, of course, <em>The Daily Show</em>’s political <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/841646997044121600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">riff on it</a>, which subs in Sean Spicer, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Kellyanne Conway for Kelly and his family. </p>
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<p id="O0xJfS">Following the revelation that hundreds of Marines were under investigation for sharing naked pictures of female service members, Marine Commandant General Robert Neller <a href="http://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/1113849/social-media-guidance-unofficial-internet-posts/">issued a new guidance</a> for social media usage earlier this week. </p>
<p id="LAc1r2">The All Marine (ALMAR) message went out on March 14th, and serves as a guidance for how Marines should be representing themselves when posting Marines-related content online in an unofficial capacity. The message follows a report from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/5/14820242/military-investigating-secret-facebook-group-marines-united-service-women"><em>The</em> <em>Center for Investigative Reporting</em></a> that revealed Marines United, a secret Facebook group used to share and solicit explicit images of service women, in some cases, identifying them by name, rank, branch and location. The investigation has since spread to <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/11/14893122/investigation-naked-service-women-us-military-marines-army">other branches of...</a></p>
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