{"count":55,"value":{"title":"Chrome News","description":"Get Chrome (Built, News) in one place... RSS\/JSON and other formats.","link":"http:\/\/pipes.yahoo.com\/pipes\/pipe.info?_id=b1503e8154a95936d28a1d5175017426","pubDate":"Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:35:02 +0000","generator":"http:\/\/pipes.yahoo.com\/pipes\/","callback":"","items":[{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8893210973787385812","published":"2014-10-21T12:04:00.001-07:00","updated":"2014-10-21T12:25:02.973-07:00","category":[{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Android"},{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Mobile"}],"title":"Move Content From an iOS Device to Android","content":{"type":"html","content":"It's easy to switch between iOS and Android, especially if you use Google's services. Google published a guide<\/a> that helps you switch from iOS to Android, while also highlighting the advantages of Google's services.

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You can upload the photos from an iPhone or iPad to Google+ Photos by downloading the Google+ app and enabling the Auto Backup feature. You can also upload the songs from the iTunes library to Google Play Music for free, but you'll have to use a computer.

Transferring contacts is more complicated if you don't use Gmail. You'll have to export contacts from iTunes or from the service you're using and upload them to Gmail.

Transferring apps is the most time consuming step. \"Google Play has over 1.3 million apps to choose from so you can find all your favorites and discover new ones. For apps where you're a subscriber, like Netflix, you can simply transfer your service over to Android for free. Just download the same app from Google Play and sign in to your app.\"

Google's guide doesn't help you migrate SMS messages, call history, calendars and notes. If you use iCloud for calendars, you can export them using this trick<\/a> and then import them to Google Calendar. Exporting iCloud notes<\/a> is a manual process: \"Open the Notes app at iCloud.com. Copy the text of each note and paste it into a document on your computer, such as a Pages or TextEdit document. Save the document to your computer.\"

Apple has recently published a similar guide<\/a> for switching from an Android device to an iOS device. Apple links to various apps that automate the process.

Unlike Apple, Google makes it easy to export your data<\/a>. You can export your mail, calendars, documents, notes, photos, videos, messages with only a few clicks. If you use Google apps like Chrome, Google Maps, Google+, Google Play Music, Hangouts, Google Drive, Google Search, Gmail, Google Keep for both Android and iOS, you can quickly switch between Android and iOS devices.

{ via Droid Life<\/a> }"},"link":"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/move-content-from-ios-device-to-android.html","author":{"name":"Alex Chitu","uri":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115880905881518206826","email":"noreply@blogger.com","gd:image":{"height":"32","rel":"http:\/\/schemas.google.com\/g\/2005#thumbnail","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-daMhrEKoM0w\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAABJUk\/pQMbYBtr6_o\/s512-c\/photo.jpg","width":"32"}},"media:thumbnail":{"height":"72","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yIViIifRcds\/VEany0ddG0I\/AAAAAAAB_ZU\/ChaS8Jymu1k\/s72-c\/android-switch.png","width":"72","xmlns:media":"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/mrss\/"},"thr:total":"0","gd:extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}],"coop:keyword":["Android","Mobile"],"pubDate":"2014-10-21T12:04:00.001-07:00","y:published":{"hour":"12","timezone":"UTC","second":"0","month":"10","month_name":"October","minute":"4","utime":"1413893040","day":"21","day_ordinal_suffix":"st","day_of_week":"2","day_name":"Tuesday","year":"2014"},"description":"It's easy to switch between iOS and Android, especially if you use Google's services. Google published a guide<\/a> that helps you switch from iOS to Android, while also highlighting the advantages of Google's services.

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You can upload the photos from an iPhone or iPad to Google+ Photos by downloading the Google+ app and enabling the Auto Backup feature. You can also upload the songs from the iTunes library to Google Play Music for free, but you'll have to use a computer.

Transferring contacts is more complicated if you don't use Gmail. You'll have to export contacts from iTunes or from the service you're using and upload them to Gmail.

Transferring apps is the most time consuming step. \"Google Play has over 1.3 million apps to choose from so you can find all your favorites and discover new ones. For apps where you're a subscriber, like Netflix, you can simply transfer your service over to Android for free. Just download the same app from Google Play and sign in to your app.\"

Google's guide doesn't help you migrate SMS messages, call history, calendars and notes. If you use iCloud for calendars, you can export them using this trick<\/a> and then import them to Google Calendar. Exporting iCloud notes<\/a> is a manual process: \"Open the Notes app at iCloud.com. Copy the text of each note and paste it into a document on your computer, such as a Pages or TextEdit document. Save the document to your computer.\"

Apple has recently published a similar guide<\/a> for switching from an Android device to an iOS device. Apple links to various apps that automate the process.

Unlike Apple, Google makes it easy to export your data<\/a>. You can export your mail, calendars, documents, notes, photos, videos, messages with only a few clicks. If you use Google apps like Chrome, Google Maps, Google+, Google Play Music, Hangouts, Google Drive, Google Search, Gmail, Google Keep for both Android and iOS, you can quickly switch between Android and iOS devices.

{ via Droid Life<\/a> }","y:id":{"permalink":"true","value":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8893210973787385812"},"y:title":"Move Content From an iOS Device to Android"},{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4338374586651653499","published":"2014-10-21T11:26:00.000-07:00","updated":"2014-10-21T11:30:20.671-07:00","category":{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Music"},"title":"Google Play Music Adds Songza Radio Stations","content":{"type":"html","content":"Google bought Songza<\/a> and now it brings its features to Play Music, but only for All Access subscribers. The Listen Now section recommends radios based on moon, time of the day or activity. You can play music for working out, unwinding, having friends over, spending time with your family and more. \"Each station has been handcrafted\u2014song by song\u2014by our team of music experts (dozens of DJs, musicians, music critics and ethnomusicologists) to give you the exact right song for the moment,\" informs Google<\/a>.

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I picked Unwinding and then Electronic Chillout and Bedroom Chillout.

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<\/div>
Google creates a regular radio station and you can remove songs, reorder them, create playlist or listen offline.

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\"As part of this update, we\u2019ve also redesigned the 'Listen Now' page so you can more easily discover new music. Now you\u2019ll see cards for all of your recently played music, new releases you might be interested in, and radio stations based on what you like to listen to. You'll also notice that the new app uses Google\u2019s material design, with bigger images, bolder colors and slick transitions,\" explains Google.

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<\/div>
Songza-powered radio stations are only available in the US and Canada, probably because Songza is restricted to these countries. You can find the new radio stations in Google Play Music's web interface and the mobile apps for Android and iOS.

{ Thanks, Theo Winter. }"},"link":"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/google-play-music-adds-songza-radio.html","author":{"name":"Alex Chitu","uri":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115880905881518206826","email":"noreply@blogger.com","gd:image":{"height":"32","rel":"http:\/\/schemas.google.com\/g\/2005#thumbnail","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-daMhrEKoM0w\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAABJUk\/pQMbYBtr6_o\/s512-c\/photo.jpg","width":"32"}},"media:thumbnail":{"height":"72","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-10rXDC5kiOE\/VEagtGV3ZCI\/AAAAAAAB_YM\/kIdQXqPoK5A\/s72-c\/play-music-1.png","width":"72","xmlns:media":"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/mrss\/"},"thr:total":"0","gd:extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}],"coop:keyword":"Google Music","pubDate":"2014-10-21T11:26:00.000-07:00","y:published":{"hour":"11","timezone":"UTC","second":"0","month":"10","month_name":"October","minute":"26","utime":"1413890760","day":"21","day_ordinal_suffix":"st","day_of_week":"2","day_name":"Tuesday","year":"2014"},"description":"Google bought Songza<\/a> and now it brings its features to Play Music, but only for All Access subscribers. The Listen Now section recommends radios based on moon, time of the day or activity. You can play music for working out, unwinding, having friends over, spending time with your family and more. \"Each station has been handcrafted\u2014song by song\u2014by our team of music experts (dozens of DJs, musicians, music critics and ethnomusicologists) to give you the exact right song for the moment,\" informs Google<\/a>.

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I picked Unwinding and then Electronic Chillout and Bedroom Chillout.

<\/div>
<\/div>
Google creates a regular radio station and you can remove songs, reorder them, create playlist or listen offline.

<\/div>
\"As part of this update, we\u2019ve also redesigned the 'Listen Now' page so you can more easily discover new music. Now you\u2019ll see cards for all of your recently played music, new releases you might be interested in, and radio stations based on what you like to listen to. You'll also notice that the new app uses Google\u2019s material design, with bigger images, bolder colors and slick transitions,\" explains Google.

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<\/div>
Songza-powered radio stations are only available in the US and Canada, probably because Songza is restricted to these countries. You can find the new radio stations in Google Play Music's web interface and the mobile apps for Android and iOS.

{ Thanks, Theo Winter. }","y:id":{"permalink":"true","value":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4338374586651653499"},"y:title":"Google Play Music Adds Songza Radio Stations"},{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4782778439075268263","published":"2014-10-19T11:25:00.000-07:00","updated":"2014-10-20T02:58:46.587-07:00","category":{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Gmail"},"title":"Google Inbox?","content":{"type":"html","content":"Ryan Goldstein, a reader of this blog, noticed a new addition to Gmail's SSL certificate: a reference to inbox.google.com in the Subject Alternative Name field. Subject Alternative Names allows you to secure multiple host names with a single SSL certificate.

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When visiting inbox.google.com, Google redirects to https:\/\/inbox.google.com\/?pli=1 and returns a 403 Forbidden error message. This suggests that the site exists, but it's not yet publicly available.

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It's not clear if inbox.google.com will be a used for a new Gmail interface, a different service that uses Gmail data, a mail client or something else.

Update<\/b>: There's a Chromium bug report<\/a> about \"Inbox (BigTop) desktop freezing in Chrome Canary\".

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Navigate to inbox.google.com
2. Click on any email message to expand the message

What is the expected result?
Email message expands to show full text of most recent email in the thread, as well as number of other emails in the thread.

What happens instead?
No activity. Inbox application appears frozen. Cursor remains small hand with pointed finger.<\/blockquote>
Update 2<\/b>: Mihai Parparita spotted other references to BigTop<\/a> in Chrome's bug tracker: \"I clicked on it from my corp Bigtop account. I was signed in to Mirror with my personal account as the sync account.<\/i>\" There are also many reference to inbox_app<\/a>.

Update 3<\/b>: Android Police reports<\/a> that the Gmail app for Android will handle email accounts from Outlook, Yahoo Mail and other email providers. You can already use Gmail's mail fetcher, but the new feature will work better and Google will be able to replace the Android Mail app with Gmail. Maybe this has something to do with Google Inbox?

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{ Thanks, Ryan<\/a>. }"},"link":"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/google-inbox.html","author":{"name":"Alex Chitu","uri":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115880905881518206826","email":"noreply@blogger.com","gd:image":{"height":"32","rel":"http:\/\/schemas.google.com\/g\/2005#thumbnail","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-daMhrEKoM0w\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAABJUk\/pQMbYBtr6_o\/s512-c\/photo.jpg","width":"32"}},"media:thumbnail":{"height":"72","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-OGZzBTEA7s4\/VEP96bDMBtI\/AAAAAAAB_Xg\/pvgkM2-fwJs\/s72-c\/google-inbox.png","width":"72","xmlns:media":"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/mrss\/"},"thr:total":"0","gd:extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}],"coop:keyword":"Gmail","pubDate":"2014-10-19T11:25:00.000-07:00","y:published":{"hour":"11","timezone":"UTC","second":"0","month":"10","month_name":"October","minute":"25","utime":"1413717900","day":"19","day_ordinal_suffix":"th","day_of_week":"0","day_name":"Sunday","year":"2014"},"description":"Ryan Goldstein, a reader of this blog, noticed a new addition to Gmail's SSL certificate: a reference to inbox.google.com in the Subject Alternative Name field. Subject Alternative Names allows you to secure multiple host names with a single SSL certificate.

<\/div>
When visiting inbox.google.com, Google redirects to https:\/\/inbox.google.com\/?pli=1 and returns a 403 Forbidden error message. This suggests that the site exists, but it's not yet publicly available.

<\/div>
It's not clear if inbox.google.com will be a used for a new Gmail interface, a different service that uses Gmail data, a mail client or something else.

Update<\/b>: There's a Chromium bug report<\/a> about \"Inbox (BigTop) desktop freezing in Chrome Canary\".

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Navigate to inbox.google.com
2. Click on any email message to expand the message

What is the expected result?
Email message expands to show full text of most recent email in the thread, as well as number of other emails in the thread.

What happens instead?
No activity. Inbox application appears frozen. Cursor remains small hand with pointed finger.<\/blockquote>
Update 2<\/b>: Mihai Parparita spotted other references to BigTop<\/a> in Chrome's bug tracker: \"I clicked on it from my corp Bigtop account. I was signed in to Mirror with my personal account as the sync account.<\/i>\" There are also many reference to inbox_app<\/a>.

Update 3<\/b>: Android Police reports<\/a> that the Gmail app for Android will handle email accounts from Outlook, Yahoo Mail and other email providers. You can already use Gmail's mail fetcher, but the new feature will work better and Google will be able to replace the Android Mail app with Gmail. Maybe this has something to do with Google Inbox?

<\/div>
{ Thanks, Ryan<\/a>. }","y:id":{"permalink":"true","value":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4782778439075268263"},"y:title":"Google Inbox?"},{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3629525485216525030","published":"2014-10-19T07:11:00.001-07:00","updated":"2014-10-19T07:11:35.938-07:00","category":[{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Maps"},{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Photos"}],"title":"Remove Images From Google Maps Views","content":{"type":"html","content":"If you've added photos to Google Maps Views<\/a> and you'd like to remove them, Google offers a few options: removing photos from Google Maps Views and Google Maps or deleting photos from all Google products, including Google+. Photos are stored in Google+, not in Google Maps.

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Open the photo page in Google Maps Views, click \"Remove from Google Maps and Views\" and you'll see this confirmation dialog: \"Your image will remain in Google+, but will be removed from Google Maps products. This may take up to 24 hours.\"

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If you click the \"delete\" button instead, your photo is deleted from Google+ and all the Google services that use it.

<\/div>
\"When uploading your photos to Google Maps Views, your content will be publicly visible to other users. Geolocated photos that are shared on Google Maps may also be displayed in a variety of Google products and services, such as Google Maps for mobile, Google Earth, Google Search, Google+, Google+ Local, and third party sites using embeddable widgets or the Google Maps API,\" informs Google<\/a>.

There are other ways to remove photos from Google Maps Views: make the Google+ album private or uncheck the \"Show location data\" setting in the album properties.

{ Thanks, Jordan<\/a>. }"},"link":"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/remove-images-from-google-maps-views.html","author":{"name":"Alex Chitu","uri":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115880905881518206826","email":"noreply@blogger.com","gd:image":{"height":"32","rel":"http:\/\/schemas.google.com\/g\/2005#thumbnail","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-daMhrEKoM0w\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAABJUk\/pQMbYBtr6_o\/s512-c\/photo.jpg","width":"32"}},"media:thumbnail":{"height":"72","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Pmy_KC19uwY\/VEPBdqd3y5I\/AAAAAAAB_Ww\/jJzig8u6ajE\/s72-c\/google-maps-views-remove.png","width":"72","xmlns:media":"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/mrss\/"},"thr:total":"0","gd:extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}],"coop:keyword":["Google Maps","Google Photos"],"pubDate":"2014-10-19T07:11:00.001-07:00","y:published":{"hour":"7","timezone":"UTC","second":"0","month":"10","month_name":"October","minute":"11","utime":"1413702660","day":"19","day_ordinal_suffix":"th","day_of_week":"0","day_name":"Sunday","year":"2014"},"description":"If you've added photos to Google Maps Views<\/a> and you'd like to remove them, Google offers a few options: removing photos from Google Maps Views and Google Maps or deleting photos from all Google products, including Google+. Photos are stored in Google+, not in Google Maps.

<\/div>
Open the photo page in Google Maps Views, click \"Remove from Google Maps and Views\" and you'll see this confirmation dialog: \"Your image will remain in Google+, but will be removed from Google Maps products. This may take up to 24 hours.\"

<\/div>
If you click the \"delete\" button instead, your photo is deleted from Google+ and all the Google services that use it.

<\/div>
\"When uploading your photos to Google Maps Views, your content will be publicly visible to other users. Geolocated photos that are shared on Google Maps may also be displayed in a variety of Google products and services, such as Google Maps for mobile, Google Earth, Google Search, Google+, Google+ Local, and third party sites using embeddable widgets or the Google Maps API,\" informs Google<\/a>.

There are other ways to remove photos from Google Maps Views: make the Google+ album private or uncheck the \"Show location data\" setting in the album properties.

{ Thanks, Jordan<\/a>. }","y:id":{"permalink":"true","value":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3629525485216525030"},"y:title":"Remove Images From Google Maps Views"},{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7033437207868172844","published":"2014-10-19T05:48:00.000-07:00","updated":"2014-10-19T06:11:39.510-07:00","category":[{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Chrome"},{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Maps"}],"title":"Earth View, New Tab Page Powered by Google Maps","content":{"type":"html","content":"\"Earth View<\/a> displays a beautiful and unique Satellite image from Google Maps every time you open a new tab.\" It's a Chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a random Google Maps image.

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If you want to find more the satellite image, click the globe icon at the bottom of the page and you'll open the current view in Google Maps. To see a new image, open a new tab or refresh the page.

While the Earth View images are fascinating, you'll probably miss some of the features from the standard new tab page: bookmarks bar, frequently visited pages, Google's doodles and navigation links. Earth View only shows a link to Chrome's apps page.

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I've checked the extension's source code and there are almost 1000 satellite images. They're not bundled with the extension, they're loaded from JSON files like: https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/prettyearth\/1003.json<\/i>."},"link":"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/earth-view-new-tab-page-powered-by.html","author":{"name":"Alex Chitu","uri":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115880905881518206826","email":"noreply@blogger.com","gd:image":{"height":"32","rel":"http:\/\/schemas.google.com\/g\/2005#thumbnail","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-daMhrEKoM0w\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAABJUk\/pQMbYBtr6_o\/s512-c\/photo.jpg","width":"32"}},"media:thumbnail":{"height":"72","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hoX5icPcjbQ\/VEOwKiC4laI\/AAAAAAAB_WU\/7jsIntD649k\/s72-c\/earth-view.png","width":"72","xmlns:media":"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/mrss\/"},"thr:total":"0","gd:extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}],"coop:keyword":["Google Chrome","Google Maps"],"pubDate":"2014-10-19T05:48:00.000-07:00","y:published":{"hour":"5","timezone":"UTC","second":"0","month":"10","month_name":"October","minute":"48","utime":"1413697680","day":"19","day_ordinal_suffix":"th","day_of_week":"0","day_name":"Sunday","year":"2014"},"description":"\"Earth View<\/a> displays a beautiful and unique Satellite image from Google Maps every time you open a new tab.\" It's a Chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a random Google Maps image.

<\/div>
If you want to find more the satellite image, click the globe icon at the bottom of the page and you'll open the current view in Google Maps. To see a new image, open a new tab or refresh the page.

While the Earth View images are fascinating, you'll probably miss some of the features from the standard new tab page: bookmarks bar, frequently visited pages, Google's doodles and navigation links. Earth View only shows a link to Chrome's apps page.

<\/div>
I've checked the extension's source code and there are almost 1000 satellite images. They're not bundled with the extension, they're loaded from JSON files like: https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/prettyearth\/1003.json<\/i>.","y:id":{"permalink":"true","value":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7033437207868172844"},"y:title":"Earth View, New Tab Page Powered by Google Maps"},{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-528839887942368189","published":"2014-10-19T05:28:00.000-07:00","updated":"2014-10-19T05:28:49.662-07:00","category":[{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Chrome"},{"scheme":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/atom\/ns#","term":"Google Translate"}],"title":"Translate Selected Text in Chrome","content":{"type":"html","content":"Chrome has a built-in translation feature, so why would you install an extension for Google Translate<\/a>? You can select text from a page, click the small Google Translate icon and get the translation almost instantly.

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You can also click the extension's button and type some text you want to translate or click \"translate this page\".

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The nice thing about the extension is that you can change your primary language in the extension's settings without changing your browser's interface language or your operating system's language. For example, Chrome for Mac \"determines the browser interface language<\/a> by the Language & Text setting in System Preferences.\"

<\/div>
\"The Translate team is working hard to connect people by breaking language barriers across computers, mobile devices and Internet browsers. Our users make more than 1 billion translations a day,\" informs the Google Translate blog<\/a>."},"link":"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/translate-selected-text-in-chrome.html","author":{"name":"Alex Chitu","uri":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115880905881518206826","email":"noreply@blogger.com","gd:image":{"height":"32","rel":"http:\/\/schemas.google.com\/g\/2005#thumbnail","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-daMhrEKoM0w\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAABJUk\/pQMbYBtr6_o\/s512-c\/photo.jpg","width":"32"}},"media:thumbnail":{"height":"72","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7I5QLw1Rl6g\/VEOqq_me4II\/AAAAAAAB_V0\/ji1WqfdmNGI\/s72-c\/chrome-translate-extension-1.png","width":"72","xmlns:media":"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/mrss\/"},"thr:total":"0","gd:extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}],"coop:keyword":["Google Chrome","Google Translate"],"pubDate":"2014-10-19T05:28:00.000-07:00","y:published":{"hour":"5","timezone":"UTC","second":"0","month":"10","month_name":"October","minute":"28","utime":"1413696480","day":"19","day_ordinal_suffix":"th","day_of_week":"0","day_name":"Sunday","year":"2014"},"description":"Chrome has a built-in translation feature, so why would you install an extension for Google Translate<\/a>? You can select text from a page, click the small Google Translate icon and get the translation almost instantly.

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You can also click the extension's button and type some text you want to translate or click \"translate this page\".

<\/div>
The nice thing about the extension is that you can change your primary language in the extension's settings without changing your browser's interface language or your operating system's language. For example, Chrome for Mac \"determines the browser interface language<\/a> by the Language & Text setting in System Preferences.\"

<\/div>
\"The Translate team is working hard to connect people by breaking language barriers across computers, mobile devices and Internet browsers. Our users make more than 1 billion translations a day,\" informs the Google Translate blog<\/a>.","y:id":{"permalink":"true","value":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-528839887942368189"},"y:title":"Translate Selected Text in Chrome"},{"id":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-4450020553203239375","published":"2014-10-15T15:25:00.001-07:00","updated":"2014-10-15T15:34:27.837-07:00","title":"Translate web pages more easily with the new Google Translate Chrome Extension","content":{"type":"html","content":"[Cross-posted on the Google Translate blog<\/a>]<\/i>

When you're browsing the web, you might come across a page where some of the text is in a different language. With the new update to the Google Translate Chrome extension, you can translate just that piece of text, without worrying about the rest of the page.

Simply highlight the text that you want to translate, and then click the Translate icon that appears. You can also right click and choose \"Google Translate\". If you click the icon in the upper right of your browser window, with no text highlighted, you can translate the entire web page.
<\/a><\/a><\/div>You can download and try the Translate extension from the Chrome Web Store<\/a>; if you already have the extension installed, it will be updated automatically.

The Translate team is working hard to connect people by breaking language barriers across computers, mobile devices and Internet browsers. Our users make more than 1 billion translations a day, and we hope that our recent update will make their translation tasks a little easier!

<\/div>Posted by Chao Tian, Software Engineer

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When you're browsing the web, you might come across a page where some of the text is in a different language. With the new update to the Google Translate Chrome extension, you can translate just that piece of text, without worrying about the rest of the page.

Simply highlight the text that you want to translate, and then click the Translate icon that appears. You can also right click and choose \"Google Translate\". If you click the icon in the upper right of your browser window, with no text highlighted, you can translate the entire web page.
<\/a><\/a><\/div>You can download and try the Translate extension from the Chrome Web Store<\/a>; if you already have the extension installed, it will be updated automatically.

The Translate team is working hard to connect people by breaking language barriers across computers, mobile devices and Internet browsers. Our users make more than 1 billion translations a day, and we hope that our recent update will make their translation tasks a little easier!

<\/div>Posted by Chao Tian, Software Engineer

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The new app brings the best of Hangouts to your desktop, plus some improvements we think you\u2019ll love:
<\/a><\/div>Keep the conversation going, without taking over your desktop. <\/b>The app has a streamlined design that keeps your chats accessible without getting in the way of everything else. Your contact list and all your chats are condensed into one easy to toggle window. Also, you\u2019ll get integrated notifications that alert you to new messages, so you can quickly find the conversation you\u2019re looking for.

More app, less Chrome.<\/b> It works outside of your browser so your chats are always available, not tucked away inside a window. You\u2019ll get all your messages as long as you have the app running, and your chats will sync across Hangouts on all your devices.

Voice calling from your desktop. <\/b>The app now has all the video and voice features you\u2019re used to in Hangouts. We recently announced you can make phone calls to any number in the world (via Hangouts dialer<\/a>) and now you can do this right from your desktop.  If you use Google Voice, the app includes complete Google Voice support, so you can make and receive calls, and get your voicemails and SMS messages directly in Hangouts.

Download the Hangouts Chrome App<\/a> today and get started with a new experience tailor-made for your desktop.  If you\u2019re already using the Hangouts Chrome extension<\/a> on your ChromeOS or Windows computer, you\u2019ll also see a promo to try the new app over the next few weeks. To learn more, visit the Hangouts Help Center<\/a>.

Posted by David Levin, Software Engineer, and the very model of a modern Hangout Handler

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The new app brings the best of Hangouts to your desktop, plus some improvements we think you\u2019ll love:
<\/a><\/div>Keep the conversation going, without taking over your desktop. <\/b>The app has a streamlined design that keeps your chats accessible without getting in the way of everything else. Your contact list and all your chats are condensed into one easy to toggle window. Also, you\u2019ll get integrated notifications that alert you to new messages, so you can quickly find the conversation you\u2019re looking for.

More app, less Chrome.<\/b> It works outside of your browser so your chats are always available, not tucked away inside a window. You\u2019ll get all your messages as long as you have the app running, and your chats will sync across Hangouts on all your devices.

Voice calling from your desktop. <\/b>The app now has all the video and voice features you\u2019re used to in Hangouts. We recently announced you can make phone calls to any number in the world (via Hangouts dialer<\/a>) and now you can do this right from your desktop.  If you use Google Voice, the app includes complete Google Voice support, so you can make and receive calls, and get your voicemails and SMS messages directly in Hangouts.

Download the Hangouts Chrome App<\/a> today and get started with a new experience tailor-made for your desktop.  If you\u2019re already using the Hangouts Chrome extension<\/a> on your ChromeOS or Windows computer, you\u2019ll also see a promo to try the new app over the next few weeks. To learn more, visit the Hangouts Help Center<\/a>.

Posted by David Levin, Software Engineer, and the very model of a modern Hangout Handler

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With a new backdrop option, you can customize your TV screen with: