Category: Google Gossip
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Google Photos – how I use it
As promised, and apologies for the delay – Christmas and illness got in the way – here are some notes on how I’ve got Google Photos to work for me. It concentrates mainly on how I’ve configured Backup and sync to do what I want it to do. I think the editing of photos is relatively straightforward, as is creating albums and slideshows. I may get round to doing something on the latter, as I might with sending photos for printing – that’s quite a good topic. I’ve used Snapfish and Yophoto for printing photos and books, both of which I can recommend. I now use Blurb, but that’s because it works so well with Lightroom – it’s more expensive than the other two.
Some more links, if you’re interested …
25 tricks to master Google Photos – https://www.pcmag.com/feature/345998/25-tricks-to-master-google-photos
How to master Google Photos – https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/9/15762170/google-photos-how-to-master
32 tips and tricks for Google Photos – https://www.computerworld.com/article/3148245/desktop-apps/32-tips-and-tricks-for-google-photos.html
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Meltdown and Spectre: How chip hacks work
I was unable to explain that well how these vulnerabilities in the Intel chips was being exploited. On the plus side I didn’t say anything that was incorrect, but here’s a reasonably readable description of the problem and it’s implications to us all.
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Developments (generally rather expensive) in Digital TV display technology
In my breathless tour of Digital TV this week, I didn’t mention developments (generally rather expensive) in display technology – I should have. Along with 4K/UHD resolutions increasing the number of pixels on your screen, LG, Panasonic and Sony are introducing anew display technology called OLED whilst Samsung are promoting their alternative rather confusingly called QLED.
The article below explains the difference between the two technologies, and if you’ve got the dosh, you could trot along to John Lewis and buy one …
https://www.howtogeek.com/327047/whats-the-difference-between-oled-and-samsungs-qled-tvs/