Google in Your Life

You have probably heard by now that the YouTube app for Android can be used as a remote control for watching videos on a larger screen. What you possibly didn't  know is that this should work on every device with a browser and an internet connection. Which means, for example, that you can pair a laptop with the Android-app, connect that laptop to your TV - and watch YouTube-videos using the Android app as a remote. All you need to do is: 1. Go to  youtube.com/tv  (on your laptop, TV or other "large screen") 2. Navigate to Sign In & Settings and then to "Pair device" 3. Follow the instructions! Obviously, if your TV has a browser and an internet connection, you should be set to go. Mine don't, so I have paired my Chromebook with the YouTube app instead and stream to my TV via HDMI. That setup works perfectly and I now have a fully YouTube-enabled TV with a great remote :-)

It is now possible to organize a document directly from edit view. You can also star it from inside the edit view. I've lost count of the number of times where I solemnly promised myself to remember to request these features - and forgot it while I was organizing the document after closing the edit window! This feature hasn't been rolled out for Google Apps yet. I will update this post when it has.

Google Drive integration was added to Chrome OS with the latest dev update (20.0.1116.0). As you can see, Google Drive now has its own folder (or drive, if you will). You can create new folders and you can move files around - both actions will be synced to the web-version of Google Drive. You can't place a file in multiple folders, though. If the file is placed in multiple folders online, it will apparently only be placed in the "first" folder in the file manager. Within Google Drive you can drag and drop files and folders - but if you want to copy of move files or folders from the "Download"-folder on Chrome OS into the Google Drive-folder, you'll need to use copy and paste (or cut and paste). Files which were not created with Google Docs can be pinned for offline usage. So far, this simply means that you can move them around and that they can be viewed in Chrome (if Chrome has a viewer for the relevant file type).