A recent update to Google Widget search bar changes the voice search mic icon to a Google Lens four cornerned icon. When you click that icon, Google Lens appears instead of the expected voice search. Google Lens (which turns your camera on and performs searches for things it sees) is Read more…
If you are playing with Microsoft Chromium Edge browser, you may want to change the default search engine so you can use your favorite right from the address bar. In the earliest builds this could not be easily done, but today it is not a problem: Change the Default Search Read more…
In this video we show how to use your Google and Samsung Accounts to manage, locate and unlock your Android cell phone using our Samsung Galaxy S9 demo unit. This is especially useful if you have lost your cell or think it was stolen. If your cell has not been Read more…
At URTech.ca we are pretty serious about tech and tech these days includes “the cloud”. The problem is that most people really don’t understand what “the cloud” is and so this video will quickly clear up any questions you have: Ok… that was pretty damn funny and is most places Read more…
WHAT IS ADS.TXT? ADS.TXT is a very simple text file placed at the root of your website that tells advertisers which companies can sell advertising space on your website. ADS is an acronym that stands for Authorized Digital Sellers. It can be used by any advertiser but in practice today Read more…
If you are a Google Chrome user, and 75% of the internet usage is, you have likely found that Google Chrome is shown potentially dozens of times in Windows Task Managers PROCESSES tab. This is quite unexpected for many. Often people think they have a virus or some other malware Read more…
Now that Google has Auto Ads, you no longer need to struggle to get advertisements onto your phpBB bulletin board. To Add Google Adverts To Your phpBB: Login to your Google AdSense account and expand CONTENT > AUTO ADS > SETUP AUTO ADS (blue text link in top right corner), Read more…
Google Earth for the desktop is a NEAR end of life product, but it is still available. They are replacing the GoogleEarth desktop app with a GoogleEarth Web App. Google said: While rebuilding the new Google Earth from scratch we decided to start with features that are essential for exploring Read more…
Google Earth desktop is going away; it is being replaced with Google Earth Web App. That should not be a big surprise in this connected world. For more details, read THIS. However, Google is still producing new builds of Google Earth as the Web App version still has serious limitations. Read more…
Google Adsense ‘Auto Ads’ are a new way to place adverts on your website or blog that uses artificial intelligence to figure out where to place ads on your site. For example, it might ad links to words on your site and graphic adverts half way down a page. WHAT Read more…
If you want your webpages to rank highly in searches, you need to ensure that your site is delivering pages quickly. Google, Bing and other search engines really care about the speed of a site and will reduce page rank due to poor site performance. Fortunately the world seems to Read more…
If you are using PHPBB (PHP Bulletin Board) you likely want to make some money using Google Ads. If you are using the latest branch of PHPBB 3.1.x you likely have already figured out that you need to add your Google AdSense code to: phpBB-3.1.xxx\phpBB3\styles\prosilver\template\overall_footer.html but now you can’t figure Read more…
This is Googles 2014 Year in Search covering Malala, Ebola, the Ukraine, Hover boards, space, F1, #BringBackOurGirls, Joan Rivers, Robin Williams, Ice Bucket Challenge, landing on a comet, and much more.
Every year Google releases a list of their most searched terms. Below is the 2013 list for Canada: 1. Outlook 2. iPhone 5S 3. BlackBerry 10 4. GTA 5 5. Nexus 5 6. PS4 7. Songza 8. Xbox One 9. Samsung Galaxy S4 10. Vine
QUALCOMM (apparently) accidently released a 2013 product roadmap showing Android 5 (code named Key Lime Pie) being released sometime between April through June of 2013. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is supposed to be released in March of 2013 and I just can’t imaging the S4 not being capable of running the Read more…
“…That’s 700,000 a day, 21 million a month or 63 million per quarter. What about iOS? Apple won’t likely reveal numbers until January, when announcing holiday quarter results. Don’t expect them to be anywhere near as high, but not trailing way far behind, either. Android activations are lopsided, mostly from Read more…