Overview

Sams Teach Yourself Google Buzz in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to use Google Buzz to stay connected with friends, coworkers, associates, neighbors, groups...everyone you care about!  Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes provide additional information Plain English definitions explain new terms 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to... Follow other people with Buzz and let them follow you Post Buzz for your followers to see Read comments about your Buzz posts--and comment on others’ posts Instantly share links, photos, and videos with Buzz Connect Buzz with Flickr, Picasa, or Google Reader Display your public Twitter tweets on Buzz Use Buzz with Chat Take advantage of Google’s complete integration between Buzz and Gmail Troubleshoot problems with Buzz  

Full Product Details

Author:   Steven Holzner
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Sams Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.244kg
ISBN:  

9780672332197

ISBN 10:   0672332191
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 July 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction     1 What’s in This Book     1 What You’ll Need     3 1 Essential Buzz     5 Getting Buzzed     5 Posting Some Buzz     6 Reading Some Buzz     6 Commenting on Posts     8 Buzz in Your Email     9 Buzz on Your Profile     11 Sending Individual Comments Using @replies      12 Buzz Searches     12 Posting Photos     14 Posting Videos     15 Connecting Buzz to Twitter     15 Connecting Picasa to Buzz     16 Connecting Flickr to Buzz     17 Connecting Buzz to RSS     18 Buzzing to Groups     19 Buzzing by Email     20 System Requirements     21 Buzz Policies     22 2 Starting the Buzz     23 Getting Started with Gmail and Buzz     23 Creating a Gmail Account     24 Starting Buzz     28 Following People on Buzz     31 Customizing Buzz     37 3 Reading Buzz     45 Reading Your Buzz     45 Commenting on a Post     45 Liking a Post     50 Linking to a Post     51 Emailing a Post     52 Viewing All Posts from a Specific Person     53 Following People     55 Unfollowing People     55 Seeing Who You’re Following--and Who’s Following You     56 Muting Posts     57 Reporting Abuse     57 Handling Recommended Buzz      58 Searching Buzz      58 Blocking People     59 Using Buzz with Mobile Phones      60 4 Buzzing     63 Posting Your Buzz     63 Getting Buzz in Your Inbox     70 Posting by Email     72 Posting Privately by Email     74 Knowing Your Followers     75 Editing Your Profile     76 Deleting Your Profile and Disabling Buzz     80 Uploading a Photo to Your Google Profile     80 5 Posting Links, Photos, and Videos     83 Posting Links     83 Posting a Link to a Buzz Post     84 Posting Photos     86 Posting Videos     95 Emailing Buzz with Links     97 Emailing Buzz and Photos     98 6 Linking to Flickr and Twitter     99 Using Flickr     100 Using Twitter     108 7 Linking to Google Reader and Picasa     117 Using Google Reader     117 Using Picasa     127 8 Getting More Interactive with Google Chat     135 Setting Your Chat Status     135 Setting a Custom Chat Status     137 Buzzing Your Chat Status     138 Inviting Someone to Chat     140 Accepting a Chat Invitation     142 Starting a Chat Session     143 Chatting     143 Ending a Chat Session     145 Creating a Group Chat     145 Chatting in a Stand-Alone Window     146 Using Emoticons in Chat     148 Showing Videos in Chat.      149 Blocking a Person     150 Installing Video and Voice Chat     151 Checking Your Chat History      152 Turning Off Your Chat History     153 9 Troubleshooting Buzz     155 Is My Browser Supported?      155 Error: Your Browser’s Cookie Functionality     156 Clearing the Browser Cache     157 Error: Oops     158 I Cannot Access My Account (Including Lost Password)      159 Error 502     160 Enabling JavaScript     160 I Can’t Start Buzz     161 Keeping Posts Private     162 Correcting Posts     163 Too Much Buzz in My Inbox     164 I Don’t Want Who I’m Following to Be Made Public     165 I Don’t Want Someone Following Me     166 Unfollowing Someone     167 My Browser Keeps Refreshing     168 My Password Has Been Stolen     168 I Hate My Photo     169 10 Gmail: Buzz’s Home     173 Gmail Basics     173 Signing In to Gmail     175 Getting Your Email     176 Sending Email     177 Setting Out-of-Office or Vacation Responses     190 Using Labels     192 Deleting Email     195 Working with Contacts     195 Index     199

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Steven Holzner is the award-winning author of more than 100 books, specializing in online topics such as Google Buzz. He’s been a contributing editor of PC Magazine and has specialized in online computing for many years. His books have sold more than 2.5 million copies and have been translated into 18 languages. Steve graduated from MIT and earned his Ph.D. at Cornell. He’s been a very popular member of the faculty at both MIT and Cornell, teaching thousands of students over the years. He also runs his own software company and teaches week-long classes to corporate programmers around the country.

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