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Google Paying $29.5 Million To Settle Lawsuits Over User Location Tracking

Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle two lawsuits regarding the company’s geographic tracking of their users.

Trying to Change a Google Meet Host to a New Owner or Add a Co-Host and Can't? Try This!
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Trying to Change a Google Meet Host Owner or Add a Google Meet Co-Host? 2 Steps You Need First

Wondering how to change the Google Meet host or a Google meeting co-host but keep getting the “Unable to change event owner” error? It can be crazy-frustrating when trying to transfer a Google Meet meeting to a new owner so they can take ownership of the meeting in Google Meet. Here’s what may be (in fact probably is) going on. If you follow these steps you should be able to transfer ownership of your Google Meet meeting

YouTube Verify It's You Not Working? Here's How to Verify a YouTube Channel on Mobile
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YouTube Verify It’s You Not Working? Here’s How to Verify a YouTube Channel on Mobile

Trying to figure out why you aren’t getting the YouTube ‘verify it’s you’ code on your phone? Here’s how to verify your YouTube channel on a mobile phone. Google (YouTube) will tell you “Google sent a notification to your phone. Open the YouTube app, tap Yes on the prompt, then tap (some number) on your phone to verify it’s you.” But the verification code never shows up on your phone!

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Here’s How to Find and View Google Cached Pages Results in 2022

Are you frustrated at finding Google cached pages gone? They aren’t really gone, but where to find Google cached pages is now inexplicably hidden. Happily, while the Google cached page arrow has disappeared, you can still access Google’s cached version of a search result page, you just need to know where Google has hidden access to cached pages. So here’s how to find and view cached pages in Google search results.

How to Google like a pro
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How to Google Like a (Internet) Gangsta

Google has become an important tool for most people. Unfortunately, this tool’s power levels tend to take a sharp blow in the average user’s hands (fingertips?).

Google Using Scare Tactics to Incite Fear of New Legislation in Users of Google Analytics, Gmail, and Other Google Digital Tools
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Google Using Scare Tactics to Incite Fear of New Legislation in Users of Google Analytics, Gmail, and Other Google Digital Tools

If you recently received email from Google urging you to “understand how new legislation could harm your business”, yet with no information about WHAT legislation they’re talking about, well, that’s because they are hiding the ball on that. (Hint: It’s the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (there may be others, but this is the biggie).)

How to Find Your 1099 from Google
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How to Find Your 1099 from Google

If you are wondering “Where is my Google 1099”, well, you’re not alone in being unable to find your Google 1099. You probably got the same email from Google saying that “You can now find your 1099 for the tax year 2021 online” that has lots of people confused about where to find their Google Adsense 1099 form, because the link in the email from Google doesn’t go to the Google 1099! It goes to your account settings, not your Google 1099!

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What to Do When Adsense Says You Have a Policy Violation for a Non-Existent Page?

What to do when Google Adsense says you have a policy violation notification for a page that’s been deleted or doesn’t exist? Here’s what.

Google Photos ending unlimited storage
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With Google Photos Ending Unlimited Storage, Here Is How to Check How Much Space You Have Left

If you are a user of Google Photos, then by now you probably know that Google Photos’ unlimited storage is ending in June 2021 (approximately six months from now). This will end the sweet era of unlimited storage most Google Photos users were accustomed to. As of the 1st of…

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Save Money with Our List of the Best Free Streaming Services

Now, with millions of people stuck indoors and thus using streaming services more often, while also experiencing financial constraints due to the coronavirus pandemic, people need to save every penny that they can while still staying engaged and entertained. One of the ways you can save money is by ditching…

Internet deception: why is it so easy to lie online and how you can detect it
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Internet Deception: Why It’s So Easy and How to Detect It

In January 2013, Deadspin, a sports blog owned by Will Leitch, exposed an Internet dating hoax that shocked the world. Manti Malietau Louis Teʻo, an American footballer had consistently held that he was in a relationship with a woman he met online known as Lennay Kekua. In the exposé, Deadspin…

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Google Pay: What it is, and how to use it

Here’s our “plain-english, foolproof, layperson’s guide to setting up, sending, and receiving money using Google Pay, that is not financial advice”. Couldn’t think of a catchier name, but hey – it gets the job done.

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Gmail Sending Erroneous Bounce Error Messages

If you received email from Mail Delivery Subsystem (mailer-daemon@googlemail.com) saying “Delivery Status Notification” you’re not alone.

Google Chrome has useful features waiting to be discovered
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4 Useful Google Chrome Features You Probably Didn’t Know Existed

Google Chrome has become a highly popular browser, beating Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox to take the coveted first position. The open-source application, launched in 2008, now claims about 58 percent of the market share worldwide, according to Net Marketshare. But what exactly makes Chrome such a cool browser compared…

Google Lens and how to use it to identify things in your daily life
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Google Lens and How To Use It To Identify Things In Your Daily Life

Hey! We have a secret to share with you. Did you know your Android and iPhone devices have the ability to pack a little known but powerful and futuristic feature that can help to bridge your world and the world of technology on your device? This feature is one of…