http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends Are you an enthusiastic Google user? Keep up-to-date with the monthly Google Friends Newsletter. Messages include important announcements of new features and other information. en http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/ce418fa005b18e2f/60456457ddb393ba?show_docid=60456457ddb393ba Greetings to our Google Friends, <br> <p>It’s hard to believe, but this monthly missive is now 13 years old. We <br> hope you’ve enjoyed reading it over time, and wanted you to know that <br> we are retiring it in its current form. <br> <p>As you may know, the Google Friends Newsletter was created by Larry <br> Page in April 1998, when Google was still on Stanford servers. In the http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/ce418fa005b18e2f/60456457ddb393ba?show_docid=60456457ddb393ba newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:18:54 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/e0f51eca975dc9ff/eb52c83c13717d31?show_docid=eb52c83c13717d31 Hello Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update on our <br> newest products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Voice Search on Desktop <br> <p>You can now speak your web searches instead of typing them by clicking <br> on the microphone icon on the right side of the search box. This can <br> be particularly useful for hard-to-spell searches like [spaghetti with http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/e0f51eca975dc9ff/eb52c83c13717d31?show_docid=eb52c83c13717d31 newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:32:43 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/a679c645ab051ff0/678e4be47df9c97a?show_docid=678e4be47df9c97a Hello Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update on our <br> newest products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Customize your background on Gmail <br> <p>You can now set the background in Gmail to a photo from your computer <br> or Picasa Web Albums. To get started with your own personalized theme, http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/a679c645ab051ff0/678e4be47df9c97a?show_docid=678e4be47df9c97a newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Tue, 31 May 2011 22:51:39 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/f29d232eeeedd21d/3c9c73e7a961040c?show_docid=3c9c73e7a961040c Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Google Map Maker <br> <p>If you’re in the U.S., you can now add your expert local knowledge to <br> Google Maps with Google Map Maker for the United States. For example, <br> you can get started by adding the outline of the soccer field at your http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/f29d232eeeedd21d/3c9c73e7a961040c?show_docid=3c9c73e7a961040c newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:23:23 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/12bc6e71b7355a1e/56f51470975c5fef?show_docid=56f51470975c5fef Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Hide sites to find more of what you want <br> <p>If you’re signed in to Google, now you can block a specific website <br> from appearing in your future search results. When you click a result http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/12bc6e71b7355a1e/56f51470975c5fef?show_docid=56f51470975c5fef newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:53:59 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/6515aeb61d08ee56/53e1dbb265b0a3ec?show_docid=53e1dbb265b0a3ec Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Block sites from Google’s search results <br> <p>This early, experimental Chrome extension lets you block sites from <br> your web search results. Once you block a site, you won’t see results http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/6515aeb61d08ee56/53e1dbb265b0a3ec?show_docid=53e1dbb265b0a3ec newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:05:27 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/52c918c78683f7e9/dddadc5e7807847b?show_docid=dddadc5e7807847b Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Port your existing number to Google Voice <br> <p>Google Voice helps you manage your communications by giving you more <br> control over your phones and voicemail, but until this week, you had http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/52c918c78683f7e9/dddadc5e7807847b?show_docid=dddadc5e7807847b newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:01:54 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/3febf0bfc4ce802d/ddde9055eebf175e?show_docid=ddde9055eebf175e Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Google Maps 5.0 for Android <br> <p>With Google Maps for mobile 5.0 you can explore maps in 3D—tilt, <br> rotate and try “compass mode” to see new perspectives that can help http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/3febf0bfc4ce802d/ddde9055eebf175e?show_docid=ddde9055eebf175e newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:15:23 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/3fee089a5568b398/108eea5b50004d4a?show_docid=108eea5b50004d4a Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Edit Google Docs on your mobile browser <br> <p>Now you can edit your Google Docs on the go from your mobile device. <br> To get started, go to docs.google.com in your mobile browser and http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/3fee089a5568b398/108eea5b50004d4a?show_docid=108eea5b50004d4a newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:32:49 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/b8f03673321aac34/6b0a4c8e6cdc73f1?show_docid=6b0a4c8e6cdc73f1 Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Flu vaccine finder <br> <p>Just in time for flu season, we’re again collaborating with the U.S. <br> Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov <br> collaborators and the American Lung Association to help you easily http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/b8f03673321aac34/6b0a4c8e6cdc73f1?show_docid=6b0a4c8e6cdc73f1 newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:34:50 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/b8f03673321aac34/1a5787784653b6d7?show_docid=1a5787784653b6d7 Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Flu vaccine finder <br> <p>Just in time for flu season, we’re again collaborating with the U.S. <br> Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov <br> collaborators and the American Lung Association to help you easily http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/b8f03673321aac34/1a5787784653b6d7?show_docid=1a5787784653b6d7 newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:33:11 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/0216834e79852823/1e8c9fa4be803d0a?show_docid=1e8c9fa4be803d0a Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Gmail Priority Inbox <br> <p>Priority Inbox helps you get through your email faster by putting <br> important messages at the top of your inbox. Gmail uses a variety of <br> signals to automatically identify what’s important, including which http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/0216834e79852823/1e8c9fa4be803d0a?show_docid=1e8c9fa4be803d0a newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:25:30 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/7bd16eee6858587a/a23c72b811bde271?show_docid=a23c72b811bde271 Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Phone calls from Gmail <br> <p>Now you can call any phone right from within Gmail. Dialing a phone <br> number works just like a normal phone—just click “Call phone” at the http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/7bd16eee6858587a/a23c72b811bde271?show_docid=a23c72b811bde271 newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:41:14 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/76f82fa82bb9de26/a41d12c37b9c29bf?show_docid=a41d12c37b9c29bf Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Rich text signatures in Gmail <br> <p>Now, you can write your own rich text signatures in Gmail. Add colors <br> or change the font size of your signature, or insert images and links. http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/76f82fa82bb9de26/a41d12c37b9c29bf?show_docid=a41d12c37b9c29bf newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:12 UT http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/ee99912d6a7a3bb7/ae2d077b9d00242e?show_docid=ae2d077b9d00242e Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s update <br> on our products and services. <br> <p>------------ <br> POWER TIP <br> <p>Edit your videos on YouTube <br> <p>YouTube’s new online video editor makes it easy and convenient to edit <br> your videos. You can easily trim them, combine two or more together http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends/browse_thread/thread/ee99912d6a7a3bb7/ae2d077b9d00242e?show_docid=ae2d077b9d00242e newslet...@google.com (Google Friends Newsletter) Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:53:39 UT