Computer News Office for the Ipad July & August no meeting Sept 19th One meeting a month (3rd Wednesday) Website & Email .

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Computer News Office for the Ipad July & August no meeting

Sept 19th One meeting a month (3rd Wednesday) Website & Email

www.oceanbluffcomputer.com [email protected]

News

News

Yes! XP is still dead People receiving message on screen

Amazon fireTV $99 device with remote – voice recognition App for a variety of Video services Access to Amazon Prime 40K videos

$99 yearly – free 2 day shipping of Amazon products Games, Pandora and other Music services Access to Amazon cloud storage

News

News

Windows 8.1 update Available April 8th Start menu Store app icon on Taskbar Power Button

Office for the Ipad announced last week Obtain through the App Store Free version Full version for Office 365 subscriptions

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My Windows 8 horror story Could not access drive after cleaning virus No product key on the case Software key unreadable on packaging

Windows 8.1 phone available in April Contana voice recognition

Search, contacts, reminders – throughout apps Much improved phone software may take some

market share

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ChromeBook

What is a Chromebook? Laptop running Google operating system Chrome

Acer C7 Chromebook $199 - 12 inch display -3 lbs

Up to 4 hours of battery1 Dual-core Intel® Celeron® Processor 100 GB Google Drive Cloud Storage2 with 16GB SSD Dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and 10/100/Gigabit

Ethernet HD Camera 3x USB 2.0 1x HDMI Port, 1x VGA port 2-in-1 memory card slot (SD, MMC)

ChromeBook

Create/Manage users Can operate a Guest – generic settings

Signing in with your Google account brings in Apps, Bookmarks, Mail, Calendar, Settings

Most apps/programs require internet connection

Some offline app available Uses the Chrome Web Store app

I have demonstrated from a PC in Chrome browser

ChromeBook

Set preinstalled apps – Mail, News, Maps, etc. Pin apps to Launcher bar by dragging

Personalize – wallpaper, themes & settings File app access to files on the Chromebook

Create folders Download file from Google Drive

Use Google doc or Office web apps Opens QuickOffice

ChromeBook

Printing using Google Cloud printing Printer needs support Google Cloud print Have to have a Google account & sign in Find the printer IP address (wireless setup menu) Register the printer Print and select “print using Google Cloud Printing”

Remote printing to printer’s email address Rest browser setting back to defaults Powerwash

Removes all account & set Chromebook to new