Computer Club
Computer News Office for the Ipad July & August no meeting
Sept 19th One meeting a month (3rd Wednesday) Website & Email
www.oceanbluffcomputer.com [email protected]
News
Yes! XP is still dead People receiving message on screen
Amazon fireTV $99 device with remote – voice recognition App for a variety of Video services Access to Amazon Prime 40K videos
$99 yearly – free 2 day shipping of Amazon products Games, Pandora and other Music services Access to Amazon cloud storage
News
Windows 8.1 update Available April 8th Start menu Store app icon on Taskbar Power Button
Office for the Ipad announced last week Obtain through the App Store Free version Full version for Office 365 subscriptions
News
My Windows 8 horror story Could not access drive after cleaning virus No product key on the case Software key unreadable on packaging
Windows 8.1 phone available in April Contana voice recognition
Search, contacts, reminders – throughout apps Much improved phone software may take some
market share
ChromeBook
What is a Chromebook? Laptop running Google operating system Chrome
Acer C7 Chromebook $199 - 12 inch display -3 lbs
Up to 4 hours of battery1 Dual-core Intel® Celeron® Processor 100 GB Google Drive Cloud Storage2 with 16GB SSD Dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and 10/100/Gigabit
Ethernet HD Camera 3x USB 2.0 1x HDMI Port, 1x VGA port 2-in-1 memory card slot (SD, MMC)
ChromeBook
Create/Manage users Can operate a Guest – generic settings
Signing in with your Google account brings in Apps, Bookmarks, Mail, Calendar, Settings
Most apps/programs require internet connection
Some offline app available Uses the Chrome Web Store app
I have demonstrated from a PC in Chrome browser
ChromeBook
Set preinstalled apps – Mail, News, Maps, etc. Pin apps to Launcher bar by dragging
Personalize – wallpaper, themes & settings File app access to files on the Chromebook
Create folders Download file from Google Drive
Use Google doc or Office web apps Opens QuickOffice
ChromeBook
Printing using Google Cloud printing Printer needs support Google Cloud print Have to have a Google account & sign in Find the printer IP address (wireless setup menu) Register the printer Print and select “print using Google Cloud Printing”
Remote printing to printer’s email address Rest browser setting back to defaults Powerwash
Removes all account & set Chromebook to new