Andy Wolber, Author at TechRepublic

Andy Wolber

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Andy Wolber helps people understand and leverage technology for social impact. He resides in Albuquerque, NM with his wife, Liz, and daughter, Katie.

Latest from Andy Wolber

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Software

How Google Sheets smart chips let you pack more into cells

Type the @ key in a cell to insert a chip in Google Sheets that links to a place, person, file, event or much more.

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Artificial Intelligence

How to use Google Bard (2023): A comprehensive guide

This is a complete guide on how to use Google Bard. Learn how Google Bard can help you boost your productivity, creativity and more.

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Software

Google Meet: 3 presenter controls for smoother presentations

Learn how to display speaker notes, add a co-presenter and share presented content with session participants in Google Meet.

Software

Google Sites features every site owner and editor should know

Google gives site creators more control over design, layout, social links and search than ever before.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Bard cheat sheet: What is Bard, and how can you access it?

Everything you need to know to get started with Bard, Google’s experimental conversational AI chatbot.

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Artificial Intelligence

Need ideas? Add an AI chatbot like Google Bard to the brainstorming process

Leverage prompts in your brainstorming process to benefit from the strengths of exploration engines such as Google Bard.

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Artificial Intelligence

6 Google Bard enhancements worth exploring

Now more widely available, Bard can not only help with programming and Google Sheets functions but also make it easy to move a response into Gmail or a Google Doc.

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Software

Google Workspace cheat sheet: What is it, and how does it work?

Formerly known as G Suite and Google Apps, this comprehensive guide outlines the essential features of Google Workspace for organizations.

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Artificial Intelligence

4 Google Bard search prompting tips for IT pros

Learn how to effectively use Google Bard to save time when researching and writing about products, processes and topics.

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Cloud

Spaces in Google Chat: 4 new features for better connectivity and management

Google Chat spaces can serve as project team workrooms and watercoolers for people in organizations that use Google Workspace.

Cybersecurity demands and the stakes of failing to properly secure systems and networks are high. While every organization’s specific security needs form a unique and complex blend of interconnected requirements, numerous security fundamentals almost always apply to each of these groups. It stands to reason that cybersecurity pros who effectively identify network and systems risks ...

In this guide from TechRepublic Premium we’re going to explore the various things you can do with a Linux server. We won’t leave out any steps, so you won’t have to refer to another tutorial to complete the process. The only step we will leave out is the installation of Linux, as we’ll assume you ...

If you want to deploy applications into a Kubernetes cluster, be warned — it’s not the easiest task. There are a lot of moving pieces that go into these scalable containers. Don’t you wish you had a complete roadmap, from start to finish, to walk you through the process of deploying the Kubernetes cluster, deploying ...

Andy Wolber

How Google Sheets smart chips let you pack more into cells

How to use Google Bard (2023): A comprehensive guide

Google Meet: 3 presenter controls for smoother presentations

Google Sites features every site owner and editor should know

Google Bard cheat sheet: What is Bard, and how can you access it?

Need ideas? Add an AI chatbot like Google Bard to the brainstorming process

6 Google Bard enhancements worth exploring

Google Workspace cheat sheet: What is it, and how does it work?

4 Google Bard search prompting tips for IT pros

Spaces in Google Chat: 4 new features for better connectivity and management

Checklist: Network and systems security

How to host multiple websites on Linux with Apache

How to deploy an application with Kubernetes

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