Technology Services

Tag: google

  • Delivering a Faster Website

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    jlencion

    One of the most important parts of user experience on the web is how fast the pages actually load. We have been optimizing the Gustavus website for speed and have achieved some promising results.

  • Classes in Google Calendar

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    nsonsteb

    This semester, GTS, will not be pre-populating students’ classes into their Gustavus Google Calendar. Students will need to add their classes manually. Please stop by the Technology Helpline if you need help adding the classes manually to your calendar. helpline@gustavus.edu x6111

  • Google Calendar Gets Offline Mode, Docs Attachments, and iPhone and Windows Mobile Sync

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    jlencion

    Kyle Chambers in the Psychology department kindly writes in with news that Google Calendar recently added a couple of valuable features–offline access and Google Document attachments. Offline Calendar From Google’s FAQ about offline calendar: Calendar keeps you on time, even when you’re not online. Offline Calendar allows you to access your events through your browser…

  • Companion Link Upgrade

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    nsonsteb

    This applies to staff/faculty who use the program Companion Link to sync their Google Calendar to their Palm PDA. Due to a change at Google, older versions of Companion Link have stopped working. If this is the case for you, please download and install the newest version of Companion Link. http://www.companionlink.com/downloads/updates.html (Click on the CompanionLink…

  • Religion Theses Search

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    jlencion

    While the religion department has been posting copies of students’ senior theses on its website for a number of years, we recently added a handy search box to the page. Thanks to a little bit of help from some Google technology, you can now search through all of these academic documents. There’s a lot of…

  • Mediacom Internet Users

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    nsonsteb

    At my home, I use Mediacom as my Internet Service Provider. In short: Mediacom has changed their IP address range, which makes Google think you are from Spain and puts your search results in Spanish. I have contacted Google and they are making the appropriate fix. Long version: Recently, while at home, I would use…

  • Google Calendar Training

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    nsonsteb

    What: Google Calendar Training Who: Gustavus Faculty and Staff Where: Olin 124B When: Wednesday, 9/24, 10:30 am Monday, 10/6, 11:00 am Tuesday, 10/14, 2:00 pm If these times will not work, but you would like a tutorial, please e-mail helpline@gustavus.edu or call x6111 to schedule a time. For more information about the Gustavus edition of…

  • Google Chrome

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    jtwaddle

    Google just released a beta of their new internet browser. Check it out. http://google.com/chrome

  • Google Calendar Training

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    nsonsteb

    If you were not able to make it to the Google Calendar Training session on Tuesday, there will be another training session tomorrow, July 24th, 2008, at 3:30pm in Olin 124. For more information, please visit our wiki article. Gustavus’ Google Calendar will enable you to: * Keep track of your schedule using an easy…

  • New Search Results

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    jlencion

    Along with Google’s announcement of the new Google Custom Search Engine, we are happy to announce that we are using the service for search results on the Gustavus website. Combined with the search cloud that we added in August, we believe that searching for pages on the Gustavus website has never been better. The new…