Google Drive is a nice cloud storage service. It provides a suite of nice online document spreadsheet and slide editors Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides. The collaborative editing and full history tracking features of Google Docs are excellent. Google Drive gives 16GB free storage which is pretty much larger compared to other free […]
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How to embed a Map image from Google Map in a website?
Google Map has APIs. But the requirement is that the Map image should be static and uploaded to the website only. No request or dependency on Google’s website should be needed so that the website can run without Internet. Is it possible or allowed (like a screenshot of the Google Map)? If not, any suggestions […]
How to add Google as the search engine in Firefox on Linux Mint?
In Firefox on Linux Mint, Google is not in the list of search engines supported. How to add Google in Firefox on Linux Mint? Check this tutorials to add Google in Firefox on Linux Mint: How to Add Google to Firefox in Linux Mint as Default Search Engine Answered by Eric Z Ma.
Max number of Emails allowed to Sent from Gmail SMTP per day
Gmail’s SMTP is convenient. You “sender” needs not to be always your Gmail address (but the emails will include your Gmail address in the header “send by”). I am wondering how many emails at maximum can I send each day through Gmail’s SMTP. Here there a nice recent list of the sending limits of the […]
How to redirect WordPress search query to Google CSE?
How to redirect WordPress search query to Google CSE? You can configure Google CSE to read the query variable (by default, it is q). Then, in your WordPress’s .htaccess file, add these 2 lines RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s=(.*)$ RewriteRule ^ https://www.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=xyz&q=%1 [R,L] Here, “https://www.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=xyz” is your CSE’s public URL or the webpage that contains the Google […]
How to set Google Chrome’s proxy settings in command line on Linux?
How to set Google Chrome’s proxy settings in command line on Linux? I am using Google Chrome on Linux and start it by google-chrome. How can I set the proxy using the command line? It tell me that my desktop is not supported but I can set the proxy in command line. Use the –proxy-server […]
How to add Google Custom Search to Question2answer?
How to add Google Custom Search to Question2answer? I do not want to create / edit / use a advanced theme. What I prefer is a plugin to replace the default search module with Google Custom Search. Thanks! Check out the Google Custom Search plugin: Google Custom Search plugin This site use it and it […]
How to Sync the Contacts in My iPhone with Google Gmail Account
How to Sync the Contacts in My iPhone with Google Gmail Account? To sync your Google contacts, one good method is using CardDAV. You’ll be able to edit, add, and remove contacts from your device and keep them in sync with your Google Gmail account. It is straightforward: Open the Settings application on your device. […]
How to add author information in Google search results
How to enable the author information in Google search results as shown for many posts? As a post writer, we may want our authorship information to appear in search results. To do this, we need a Google+ Profile with a good, recognizable headshot as the profile photo. Then, verify authorship of our content by associating […]
How to Add Google to Firefox in Linux Mint as Default Search Engine
In Firefox on Linux Mint, Google is not in the default list of search engines. Linux Mint has its criteria for adding search engines while Google seems not in those suggested by Linux Mint because “Amongst commercial search engines, only the ones which share with Linux Mint the revenue Linux Mint users generate for them […]
Google PageRank Update 2011
Update 3: Fclose.com sees minor PageRank updates on November 8, 2011. For example, some tooles and some posts get PageRank of 3 from 0. Update: Confirmed that Google updates the PageRank in toolbar on November 8 2011. Update 2: Google updates the PageRank in toolbar on August 05 2011. Update 1: Google updates the PageRank […]
Verifying WordPress Blogs with Google Webmasters
Note: this may not be working anymore with latest WordPress and Google Webmasters. Considering this as a historical reference. Google Webmasters gives two methods for verification: Meta tag and HTML file. The meta tag method can not be used for ones that do not have the permission to upload plugins. And usually theses users such […]
How to Use Google Apps Account for GTalk in Pidgin
I believe many users are using pidgin and google apps. Google apps support Google Talk. Can we use it in Pidgin? The answer is yes. How to use Google apps account for Google Talk in Pidgin will be introduced in this post. Let’s use one email address as the example: eric @ example.com First add […]
How to Send Email from mailx Command in Linux Using Gmail’s SMTP
The heirloom mailx command in Linux is still providing service for guys like me, especially when we need to send email automatically by script. gmail is great. Now, how to use gmail’s smtp in mailx/mail? gmail is a little special since gmail’s smtp server requires tls authorization. The good news is that mailx supports it. […]
Storage Architecture and Challenges by Andrew Fikes at Google Faculty Summit 2010
Storage Architecture and Challenges in Faculty Summit, July 29, 2010, by Andrew Fikes, Principal Engineer. Download PDF (from archive.org). This slides introduces some of Google’s storage systems with insights and discussion of problems.
Colossus: Successor to the Google File System (GFS)
Colossus is the successor to the Google File System (GFS) as mentioned in the paper on Spanner at OSDI 2012. Colossus is also used by spanner to store its tablets. The information about Colossus is slim compared with GFS which is published in the paper at SOSP 2003. There is still some information about Colossus […]
