Interesting Internet Finds – WE February 19, 2016

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I publish Interesting Internet Finds monthly in the Boca Raton Computer Society’s Boca Bits monthly newsletter, and share them through APCUG‘s PUSH program with other computer/technology user group newsletter editors.

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Each month, I find many more things than I can use, so have decided to start publishing some of those that were not used for the newsletter on this blog most Fridays.

I do not go into much depth about each one, I just put them out there for you. Check them out for yourself and let me know what you think.

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Titles, Links, Short Description of Interesting Finds

Google Will Retire Picasa On May 1, 2016

http://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/12/google-will-retire-picasa-on-may-1-2016/
If you use Picasa, you need to be aware of this.

Going Paperless 2.0: Searching In Evernote, Part 2 Of 4: “What?”

http://www.jamierubin.net/2016/02/16/going-paperless-2-0-searching-in-evernote-2-of-4-what/
This is the second part of Jamie’s searching Evernote. In this one he describes finding notes based on what they are about.

How To Print Labels With Mail Merge In Microsoft Word And Excel

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/print-labels-mail-merge-microsoft-word-excel/
If you use Microsoft Word or Excel, you might not know how to print letters using mail merge. I knew it could be done, but never knew how until I ran across this post from MakeUseOf.

Picasa Is Dead. Long Live Picasa!

http://picasageeks.com/2016/02/picasa-is-dead-long-live-picasa/
In this post, Chris Guld explains what the retirement of Picasa will affect you if you use either the Picasa3 desktop software, or Picasa Web Albums, so you can be prepared.
Also, there will be a live webcast with discussion of the Picasa announcement Sunday February 21, 2016 at 2PM Eastern on the What Does This Button Do? Hangout On Air #71 – Picasa is Retiring. Should I Switch to Google Photos?, or the YouTube recording at https://youtu.be/RNMayP-t5u8.

How To Measure The Size Of Images/Elements With These 2 Useful PC Tools

http://www.guidingtech.com/56532/measure-size-of-images-pixels-pc/
If you run a blog, or website, and need to measure image/element sizes, GuidingTech tells you about two PC tools that can help.

Disclaimer

I have not necessarily checked each link or process out, but if listed I have used the site enough to trust them.

That said, please let me know if something doesn’t work correctly, or the listed site has incorrect information.

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