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In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. iOS Hidden Tip: The “Print” feature in Mail and other apps actually creates a PDF. When you go to print, use two fingers to pan out the image of the document and you’ll get into a screen with a full share menu! This lets you easily take PDFs of emails and save them to cloud storage or anywhere else the “Files” app can hook into.
2. Windows 10 tip: Windows-key + . (period) or ; (semi-colon) brings up Emoji picker
3. Acer Chromebook Spin 13 – more-or-less replaces my Samsung Chromebook Plus
4. AT&T already has its HBO Max streaming service (from its purchase of Time Warner). Now, this addition to the fragmented streaming video market.
   AT&T is launching another new streaming service this fall called AT&T TV
5. Google Gallery Go for Android
   Lightweight photo viewer/editor. Have not tried it yet beyond downloading and opening the app
6. Jon’s mini-rant: Why don’t mobile mapping / desktop mapping (e.g., Google Maps, Apple Maps) have a layer for crime statistics?!?

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss (and rant about):

1. Ever notice the “star” with the word “Explore” at the bottom right of Google Sheets? More like PowerBi than just a pivot table.

   Pivot to the cloud: intelligent features in Google Sheets help businesses uncover insights

2. Build a presentation from notes in Google Keep
   Present like a pro: new updates in Slides designed to make you look good
3. Google Suspicious Site Reporter for Chrome browser.
4. The Verge: Google was never really series about tablets
5. Lack of viable finance management applications – MS Money, Quicken, mint.com, Hard to find actual money management application. Espec. With mobile support. Trying Banktivity (MacOS only) once more. Mint.com does have great exporting though.
6. Why does WiFi hardware die so quickly (relatively speaking)?

1. NYT: That Sleep Tracker Could Make Your Insomnia Worse

   But some sleep specialists caution that these apps and devices may provide inaccurate data and can even exacerbate symptoms of insomnia.

   There’s a name for an unhealthy obsession with achieving perfect sleep: orthosomnia.

2. Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019

   …the share of Americans who say they own a smartphone has increased dramatically over the past decade – from 35% in 2011 to 81% in 2019

   A majority of adults say they subscribe to home broadband, but about one-in-four (27%) do not. And growing shares of these non-adopters cite their mobile phone as a reason for not subscribing to these services.

3. Open Discussion: What should Jon do with his old 2009 Macbook Pro?

   Neverware CloudReady on the MacBook

   CDC Zombie Preparedness

4. Jon’s Tech Tip of the Week: Using “Share” links with Siri Shortcuts to open a MS Office Doc.

   After-show tip: After we finished the podcast I (Todd) confirmed that Siri Shortcuts can’t open Google’s Play Music for iOS app. However, Google’s own

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