Category: Google
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my Chromebook and my Samsung SCX-4623 printer: “File is in the wrong format. Check the PPD file and try again.”
That printer is connected USB-wise to my router, a FRITZ!Box. This is how my Macs and Windowses connect to my printer (according to router manufacturer’s instructions): The protocol is JetDirect on port 9100: The manufacturer’s instructions: https://en.avm.de/service/fritzbox/fritzbox-7590/knowledge-base/publication/show/12_Setting-up-a-USB-printer-connected-to-FRITZ-Box-as-a-network-printer/ https://avm.de/service/fritzbox/fritzbox-7590/wissensdatenbank/publication/show/12_USB-Drucker-an-FRITZ-Box-als-Netzwerkdrucker-einrichten/ I tried for a while to connect through fritz.box:9100 and provide a PPD, but the Chromebook’s printer…
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my first Chromebook: HP Chromebook – 14-db0301ng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook https://support.hp.com/gb-en/product/HP-Chromebook-14-db0000/23238492/model/29205136 https://www8.hp.com/de/de/laptops/product-details/29205167 It has no backlit keyboard – but the keyboard’s touch / stroke is pleasant. I does not have a touchscreen. But I don’t miss it. I gradually get used to the “look and feel” of the Chromebook resp. Chrome OS: the 2-finger-tipping for getting the context-related menu the shelf – in the…
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Chromebooks and Microsoft Office
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-office_install/chromebooks-and-word/9fd2498f-f9fc-4dc9-a403-05f727f30407 Basically: you can run the Microsoft Office Web Applications using your Chrome browser, as long as you are online as opposed to Google Docs (for Chromebook) there are no offline versions of Microsoft Office Web Applications
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Google Message: RCS / Chat stuck on “Setting up… Trying to verify…”
https://support.google.com/messages/thread/8641879 https://support.google.com/messages/thread/8641879?msgid=8886582 – finally helped me setting it up on my smartphone
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Google’s Android “Messages” app – enables you to send SMS from a computer using the app as proxy server
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging https://www.howtogeek.com/356726/android-messages-for-web-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it/ https://support.google.com/messages/answer/7611075 – check your (SMS) messages on your computer
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searching Curlie (the DMOZ replacement) is not working successfully for me, but …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlie https://Curlie.org But using Google with the “site” command works well: Better than nothing.
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today I had my first “New album by …” notification from “Google Discover” on my Android phone – how to get rid of that permanently?
I hate those notifications. Yet another one of them. I had shopping recommendations months ago. Luckily enough I was able to get rid of them quite soon. 2018-12-07: It came from “Google Discover” (I adapted the title accordingly). I was able to “Customize the feed”. Switched off everything it offered. I hope that solved it.…
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Google plus codes AKA Open Location Code – Google rearranges the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code
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about half of Google’s workers are contractors who don’t receive the same benefits as direct employees – Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-25/inside-google-s-shadow-workforce
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how to rename and reorder my Google+ Circles
https://plus.google.com/circles – plus.google.com > People > Your circles there you can rename them, you can also reorder them, … it wasn’t really easy to find that item, but after I found it, I wonder, why I didn’t find it quicker