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Google Location Sharing Review

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Google’s version of Apple’s Find My Friend is Google Location Sharing. You can set this up to share your location with friends for a limited amount of time, or you can set it to always share your location with family … Continue reading →

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Results of the “Android without Google” Experiment

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

I am back to using Google Play Services (Google for short) on my CyanogenMod phone. You can read from my previous post how to use a phone without Google! I lasted a few weeks without Google on my Android but … Continue reading →

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Android without Google

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Android phones and Google are meant for each other, but not all relationships that are “meant to be” work out. I was able to divorce Google from my Android phone but it was a tough and soul-searching process. Having Google … Continue reading →

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Google to Owncloud, Contacts and Calendar

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

When you have OwnCloud managing your files, you might also want it to start managing your contacts and calendar. When I set it up, I was not sure how well the syncing would be but it ended up being efficient … Continue reading →

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