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9answers
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How can I search for a keyword with special characters in Google Search?
I want to search for what += means, but Google won't return any documents.
Also when I come across some PHP code I don't understand I can't search for the keywords as written.
How can I search for ...
45
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3answers
2k views
How to search the internet for terms with special characters
As I learnt from this post, Google has no ability to search for special characters. Let's say I want to search for ss!. Are there any other search engines that can achieve this? Please do not propose ...
9
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5answers
5k views
Get e-mail addresses from Gmail messages received
How can I export a list containing e-mail addresses for everyone that has sent me an e-mail? I have all of the messages archived.
33
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27answers
2k views
Online project management services [closed]
I need a user-friendly and cleverly designed web service to manage my projects and tasks. No matter if it's a free or paid service. Having a comment system and some game mechanics would be a big plus.
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37
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16answers
2k views
Online file storage services [closed]
Which online storage services do you use to backup, share and synchronise your files?
I'm looking for a service to mostly back up my files to prevent any possible catastrophes, and save previous ...
32
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10answers
6k views
How can I sort emails in GMail by size?
Google have started to warn me that I am almost out of space in my GMail account. How can I sort my messages by size to identify any expendable large emails in my account?
6
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1answer
257 views
How to do a Google search for webpages last updated within 2 years?
How to do a Google search for webpages last updated within 2 years ?
In other words I would like Google, but I do not wish any of the results to be over 2 years old.
5
votes
1answer
300 views
Board doesn't look the same
I have 5 boards and all of the sudden one does not look the same as the others, as it always has. It now has a dark blue banner on the left side of the screen that allows you to click on header name ...
59
votes
24answers
4k views
How do I download a YouTube video?
How do I download a YouTube video?
I have used various solutions in the past that do not seem to work any longer (KeepVid and various Greasemonkey scripts). Is this just no longer possible?
36
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12answers
9k views
Is there a good equivalent to Mint.com for users outside the USA?
I'd love to use Mint.com but it's not available in the UK. Any idea when it might be available in the UK, or are there any recommended UK equivalents?
44
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8answers
8k views
Is it possible to export my data from Trello, to back it up?
Is there a way to export my data from Trello to my own computer?
I'm happy to accept any file format, so long as the data is in a file-format that can be parsed, e.g. I'm comfortable with writing a ...
51
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4answers
13k views
What happens to your Facebook account when you die?
If a Facebook user dies, what happens to their Facebook account? Is it deleted after a certain period? Should their friends or relatives inform Facebook that they are dead?
28
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6answers
62k views
How do I link a cell in Google Spreadsheets to a cell in another document?
I have a monthly spreadsheet that relies on figures from the previous month. I'd like to import these values dynamically rather than cutting and pasting them. Is this possible? How do I do it?
7
votes
1answer
20k views
How can I switch back to Hotmail from Outlook.com
My Hotmail has been switched to Outlook.com automatically and I do not like the Outlook at all. I just need to get my Hotmail back and tried to do the steps mentioned. I can't find the sentence on how ...
9
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11answers
1k views
What are some good online note annotation sites? [closed]
What are some good online note annotation sites?
What I mean by note annotations is something like Notable App which allows you to capture screenshots by URL or upload an image, make annotations and ...
41
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0answers
3k views
Are there other web alternatives of Google Reader? [duplicate]
I assume probably most of you use Google Reader for following and reading RSS or Atom feeds. My question is are there any web alternatives that some of you have used and are happy with?
8
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1answer
5k views
Tumblr tags are showing below the posts instead of inside the box
I edited a Tumblr layout to show tags on each post but for some reason the tags are showing up below the post boxes, and right above the next post.
The code I have for the layout is as below ...
126
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18answers
6k views
Alternatives for Google Reader
Now that Google Reader is being retired, what are my options for consuming RSS feeds on the web and synchronizing with my Android device? Social media sharing is not as important to me as being able ...
26
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9answers
5k views
Label outgoing emails in Gmail when composing the mail
I try to label every single conversation that is in my Gmail inbox. For incoming mails this is super straightforward. I just hit L, type the first few letters of my desired label and hit Enter. So far ...
27
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3answers
28k views
How do I connect Google+ with Twitter?
I want my Google+ account to be automatically updated when I post a tweet on Twitter.
12
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2answers
10k views
Is there a way to share/synchronize contacts between Google accounts?
My wife and I each have our own Google accounts for Gmail, calendar, etc.
Obviously, we know some of the same people. We'd like to keep the contact information for those people shared or at least ...
9
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3answers
2k views
How can I access google.com outside the US?
I live in the UK, and whenever I visit google.com I am redirected to google.co.uk, but I want to see my website's rankings on the US version (I presume the results are different). Is there a way to do ...
7
votes
1answer
138 views
How to implement a white-list-based system in Gmail?
Is there a way to implement a whitelist-based system in Gmail? Specifically:
all messages coming from addresses in a "white list" get through;
all messages coming that are responses in a ...
6
votes
1answer
69k views
Making tags visible when using a Tumblr theme that doesn't show them
I have just created a Tumblr blog using the Fluid theme. After creating a new post, I added a few tags, but then I noticed that the tags do not show up along with the post.
I tried searching for an ...
38
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17answers
2k views
Is there a safe way to save passwords?
I have a lot of passwords from various websites. I never use the same one twice, but the problem is that I keep forgetting them so I want to save them somewhere. If I'm on the same computer I can save ...
27
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2answers
4k views
How do I get rid of “On Behalf Of” from my sent Gmail messages?
I have a Google Apps account with 1 primary domain and a secondary alias domain (let's say example.co.uk and example.com). When I send emails from the alias domain, the receiving person sees the ...
29
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4answers
1k views
Is there a way to remove sites permanently from (my personal) Google search results?
I'm regularly finding sites that copy content from elsewhere (mailing lists, etc) while not providing any added value. Quite to the contrary, they are pretty heaped with ads.
I'd like to remove those ...
23
votes
1answer
6k views
Is there a way to use Trello offline?
Sometimes I work on a bus or in places, where I can't use internet.
Is there a way to use Trello offline?
11
votes
1answer
672 views
How do I disable the spam filter in Gmail?
I'd like to disable the spam filter in Gmail, how can I do this?
7
votes
3answers
11k views
Why can I not create an application on my Facebook page?
I have created a Facebook "page" for a client, for the purposes of promoting their business. Forgive me but I'm not totally clear on the myriad of options and account types on Facebook, so I am not ...
7
votes
1answer
7k views
How to configure Gmail so that filtered user gets an NDR (non-deliverable receipt) or “bounce” message
Someone is sending our public email address a lot of rude email. Basically, stuff filled with threats, expletives, insults and offensive jargon.
I know how to set up a filter in Gmail so that all ...
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2answers
20k views
Changing privacy settings of a Facebook Group from secret to public
How do I make the privacy of a Facebook Group that is currently set to "secret" as "public"?
I first created this group but could not make it public due to the business nature. I want to make it ...
116
votes
11answers
33k views
Turning off Google search results indirection
In Google search results, in Firefox or Chrome, I get URLs that go through Google and not directly to the target site. For example, at
http://www.google.com/search?q=foo
the first result is
...
45
votes
16answers
87k views
Export Gmail messages to text or HTML files
I want to be able to export Gmail messages as text or HTML files so that they can be stored, passed around, and easily viewed later.
I would really like to be able to locate a selection of my ...
18
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20answers
2k views
Recommendation for a web app to track Time, like a Time Clock at work?
I'm an independent contractor, and work on many different jobs throughout a given day...
I'm trying to find a decent web-app based time clock so I can use my phone or the computer to access it. It ...
26
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7answers
13k views
30
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3answers
56k views
How to forward multiple emails in Gmail
Is it possible to forward multiple emails in Gmail without doing each one individually?
14
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3answers
5k views
Can I control how often Gmail polls POP3 accounts for incoming mail?
I use Gmail to handle my mail, but it's mostly imported by Gmail from an external POP3 account.
Normally this works fine, but I;ve had some instances where Gmail has gone almost 24 hours without even ...
20
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6answers
5k views
In what order are filters processed in Gmail?
If I have multiple filters that match the same email do they all get processed? If so, in what order are they processed? What if the first filter matched modifies the email to make it match (or no ...
18
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5answers
5k views
How can I filter my Gmail messages that aren't labeled?
I'd like to sort all of my Gmail messages that don't have label, so I can process them (I miss some every now and then). I can sort by every label by clicking on it at the left, but how do you sort ...
9
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3answers
5k views
Downloading auto-generated YouTube transcriptions
Is there a way to download the automatically generated YouTube transcriptions without downloading the video?
I would like to check out the TED talks, but I have limited bandwidth and would like to ...
8
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2answers
18k views
How to make Facebook group open for joining?
I have a Facebook group meant to be open for anyone to join.
In the "edit group" screen, I set privacy to "open". There is a small lock icon besides the word "open", it that matters in any way.
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3
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2answers
856 views
Update Facebook fanpage status from Twitter
I would update the status of a couple of Facebook fanpages through their Twitter accounts, but can not find a way to synchronize directly (without using a specific Twitter client to write the ...
22
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5answers
29k views
How do I search within someone's tweets?
I remember Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) had posted a tweet about a new website, but I can't seem to find the link.
Is there any way I can search within someone's tweets to find that link?
11
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3answers
8k views
How do I force images to hide in Gmail?
In Gmail, e-mails from "strangers" automatically have their images blocked. I accidentally selected to always display images from the sender. However, I would like to undo this decision and begin ...
9
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2answers
2k views
When is it okay to use “label:”, “in:”, or “is:” in a Gmail Filter?
When you try to use any of the queries label:, in:, or is: in a Gmail filter, you will see the following warning:
Warning: Filter searches containing
"label:", "in:", or "is:" criteria are
not ...
5
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2answers
2k views
Can I get Trello for internal use, like stack exchange?
My company's going to want to bring Trello internal if we want to use it for confidential data. Can you bring Trello internal, by running the SW on our own server, like one could with Stack Exchange?
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7
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4answers
3k views
How to change links of the Google bar?
I'm using Chrome, and I want to change the links of the bar, but I don't know how. It could be a Greasemonkey script, but I don't know how to write it.
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8answers
3k views
List of (popular) Webmail services [closed]
Let's compile a list of Webmail services. Interesting points:
Storage?
How to access data if not using the browser?
Folders? Labels? Tags?
Search vs Sort?
...
As always with such (list of ...) ...
5
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2answers
5k views
Facebook opens “Ads Page” instead of regular homepage after login
My cousin who is a regular Facebook user has a problem with his Facebook account. I think he made something wrong which he does not remember and now he can't log in to his Facebook account properly. ...
