Knowledge Handler

Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques

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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Monday, February 26, 2018

HTTPS Required

Gregg Keizer reports that Google Chrome may begin marking all unencrypted sites as insecure after June 30, 2018.

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Sunday, February 18, 2018

Chrome Remote Desktop

J. R. Raphael shares a video about Chrome Remote Desktop .

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Friday, August 18, 2017

Chrome Extensions

James Martin recommends a list of select Google Chrome extensions . Martin points out that the Chrome browser has 60% of the U.S. market share. The 25 selected extensions include:

  1. Boomerang allows e-mail delivery to be scheduled for a future date.
  2. Accomany dredges up information on the person or company who sent you an email.
  3. MYSMS allows sending and receiving SMS messages from a desktop or laptop through a wireless connection to a mobile phone.
  4. Click & Clean provides tools for clearing your cache, history, and other data on your Chrome browser.
  5. Google Page Analytics is used in conjunction with Google Analytics to view which parts of your web page are attracting users.
  6. Speedtest reports on your internet connection, providing download and upload statistics.
  7. Pocket is a tool for storing web pages for later reading (also available in FireFox).

-DD

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Google Chrome Updates

Gregg Keizer explains how Google Chrome does updates .

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Monday, May 01, 2017

Secure Data Transmission With HTTPS://

Michael Kan reports that Google Chrome will begin displaying that web pages served with HTTP:// shall be labeled as insecure. FireFox has already been doping this.

This will frighten many users of websites, even if secure data transmission is not important for fiscal security. Therefore, Google has developed a guide for webmasters to enable secure HTTPS:// data transmission, eliminating the message from the viewers of the site.

-DD

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Monday, November 21, 2016

Malware Warning

Gregg Keizer explains a new way which users of the Chrome web browser will discover that a website is spewing malware .

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Chrome Productivity Apps

Brian Nadel compiles a list of fifteen Chrome OS Productivity Apps that Work Offline

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Adobe Digital Index Shows Chrome Is Browser Leader

According to Adobe's Digital Index, Google Chrome now has more market share than Microsoft Internet Explorer . Adobe's Digital Index appears to be a useful source of trends that affect online marketers.

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Monday, August 05, 2013

Learning Another Language

Saikat Basu shares how Google Chrome can be used in language learning . Basu also names language sites such as Duolingu and

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