A while ago, Google changed Maps to no longer store the Timeline data on Google's servers but only on an Android phone. It also supposedly encrypts that data. Optionally you can enable a "cloud backup" which stores an encrypted backup of that data on Google's server so you can move your Timeline from one Android … Continue reading How to export Google Maps Timeline
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Schedule GMail mails to be sent later
From the "how could I have missed this feature for so long?" department: GMail can schedule the sending of emails to a freely selectable future date and time. (I have no idea when that feature was added, probably a long time ago.). In the browser, just drop down the menu in the Send button: According … Continue reading Schedule GMail mails to be sent later
I just uninstalled Google Chrome
Apparently there was a long discussion on this before, but somehow I missed it: The latest release of Google Chrome no longer shows the full url any more. It removes the protocol (http:// or https://) and also the "www."-prefix if it existed. So "https://www.bing.com" becomes just "bing.com". In my opinion this is plain dangerous. It's … Continue reading I just uninstalled Google Chrome
Google✝ is dead
OK, most of you already knew that. I am writing this only because I will now stop posting there. Not just the automatic posts generated by this blog, but also my personal posts. G✝ (Picture taken from Jürgen Christoffel's G+ post.) I considered migrating my content from G ✝ to somewhere else (e.g. yet another … Continue reading Google✝ is dead
Exported GMail mbox contains GMail labels
Just in case it isn't already common knowledge: The "Takeout" export of GMail will give you a single file in mbox format (which will be rather large). That file contains the content of the "all mail" folder. And each of the messages in the file has a header like this: X-Gmail-Labels: Archived,Important,Rechnung So with the … Continue reading Exported GMail mbox contains GMail labels