With the move to Cloud Computing and the growing popularity of Google Apps, new applications such as Google Drive are similar and different to previously used programs. Find out what Google Drive is and why you would want to use it in and out of the office. If you are already using Google Drive and […]
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Creating a Home Server Part 8 (Finale): How to Install Piwigo Photo Gallery on Ubuntu 14.04
Piwigo is a free and open source online photo gallery software. It is simple to use and has many extensions and plugins to customize Piwigo. One of my favorite features of Piwigo is that ability to make some photo albums public and others private to specific users. In addition, albums can be created through folder/directory […]
Google Tips: Top 10 Gmail Features for Better Productivity
Whether your company moved from Microsoft Outlook to Google Apps or you are using Gmail and wanting to use it more efficiently, here are ten features to help improve productivity and become a Google Gmail poweruser. Video Tutorial Change Button Icons to Text Icons Too many icons can be difficult to navigate through Gmail. However, we […]
Google Tips: How to Organize Google Emails Part 5: Sending and Receiving Emails from Multiple Email Accounts in Gmail
Users who transition from Microsoft Outlook to Google Gmail in a business environment find adjusting to managing a single email account from multiple email accounts a challenge. However, with a little setup, a single Gmail account can send and receive from multiple email accounts, Gmail or otherwise.
TechPop: How to Install Invoice Ninja on Ubuntu 14.04
Invoice Ninja is a free and open source invoicing software. Their site provides Invoice Ninja as SaaS (Software as a Service), but if you or your company is more security and privacy minded, it can be hosted on a private server. One major benefit of Invoice Ninja is it’s compatibility with over thirty payment gateways. […]
Creating a Home Server Part 7: How to Add SSL to an Ubuntu 14.04 LAMP Web Server
With increased concerns regarding internet security, adding additional preventative measures to publicly accessible computers like the one in this Home Server Series is an almost automatic inclusion. Find out how to create a self-signed SSL certificate and force all traffic to be redirected to secure HTTPS from unsecured HTTP.
Google Tips: How to Organize Google Gmail Emails Part 4: Retrieving sent emails and created Canned Responses
Gmail labs provides additional features within Gmail to improve its functionality. While our previous articles involve how to organize incoming emails, (check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 if haven’t already) this article will explore features for sending emails.
Creating a Home Server Part 6: How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 14.04
WordPress is the most popular website builder on the internet. It has thousands of plugins and themes that allows making dynamic and professional websites simpler. Many functions do not need any familiarity with HTML, CSS, or Javascript to produces these sites. Find out how to install WordPress on an Ubuntu computer.
Google Tips: How to Organize Google Gmail Emails Part 3: Stars and Quick Links
With the use of Labels and Advanced Search, now we will look at how we can use stars and Quick Links to find important email faster.
Creating a Home Server Part 5: How to Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 14.04
As we continue with our Home Server series, ownCloud allows the storage of files on our server, but does not have the added benefit of playing media effectively. Plex Media Server provides video, music, and picture playback on any desktop or mobile device. In addition, it is available on XBox, Playstation, Roku, Chromecast and AppleTV. Find […]
