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Google Voice: So Long, and Thanks for Losing My Texts

Google Voice: So Long, and Thanks for Losing My Texts

Three months after making my Sprint cell phone number into a Google Voice number, I’ve decided to cancel the service. Recently, text messaging has become unreliable. In the last 4 days, only about 30% of text messages I’ve sent have gone through.

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“Days of Wine and Roses” on Blue Yeti Microphone

“Days of Wine and Roses” on Blue Yeti Microphone

I got a new microphone and am testing it out with a quick run-through of this old jazz standard, “The Days of Wine and Roses” by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer:

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Disable Google+ In 3 Steps

Disable Google+ In 3 Steps

Update: If you have trouble finding the option described in this article, you should be able to disable Google+ just by following this link. You will be taken to a confirmation page. Select “Delete Google+ content”, check the required box and click on the “Remove selected services” button. You should be good to go. Unexpected [...]

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Mailing Lists of the Future Will Cc Contextually

Mailing Lists of the Future Will Cc Contextually

Email marketers try to gain your trust over the course of a mailing campaign through various techniques. Many of these aim to make them sound human and personable, so they can better keep you engaged. The most obvious example is addressing you by name. So I found myself writing an email today and Cc’ing a [...]

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