3 Google Sheets Functions to Track Competitors
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/91862-3-Google-Sheets-Functions-to-Track-Competitors-More Amazing ability of gsheets to parse XML, CSV & scrape values out HTML
Google Keyboard for Android Makes…Typing Easy
http://www.wsj.com/articles/review-google-keyboard-for-android-makes-one-handed-typing-eas-1462551966 much better than supplied kb; does away w/ address-book autocomplete
Google Search Technique Aided NY Dam Hacker in Iran
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-search-technique-aided-n-y-dam-hacker-in-iran-1459122543 Appears to be ‘#Google dorking,’ using operators like inurl:
gmail to gmail pop using domains
uses
pop.gmail.com
Use SSL: Yes
Port: 995
with the password as the in the domain (joe@mydomain.com)
This may also require
turning of some of the domain security
https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/6323470#ts=1665162 QT:{{”
Username and password not working? Some apps require you to also turn on access for less secure apps before setting up POP/IMAP connections. “}}
An Update to End-To-End [gmail encryption]
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/12/an-update-to-end-to-end.html Looks interesting & potentially useful but a little raw. Anyone used this?
How Could $GOOG’s New Logo Be Only ~.3kB, While [Old] Is 14kB? http://gizmodo.com/how-could-googles-new-logo-be-only-305-bytes-while-its-1728793790 A Triumph for San-serif v serif fonts HT @KirkDBorne
#Google Scholar Wins Raves—But Can It Be
Trusted?http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6166/14 #Citation spam possible, fake papers artificially inflating H-index
Science 3 January 2014:
Vol. 343 no. 6166 p. 14
DOI: 10.1126/science.343.6166.14
NEWS & ANALYSIS
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
Google Scholar Wins Raves—But Can It Be Trusted?
John Bohannon
Google Scholar is picking up adherents in the scientific community. But the search service’s ascendancy is not going unchallenged.