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Microsoft Teams is more than a chat or conferencing application. While it's often used like Skype or Slack, Teams has functionality that makes it a robust solution for collaboration among teams, all while keeping you connected to colleagues around the globe. It is a particularly useful tool today as entire workforces are operating from home, many working remotely for the first time.  Whether you’ve been using it for years or are unfamiliar with the platform, Microsoft Teams can be daunting. There are tons of tools and menus to sift through, and much like Microsoft’s own Excel, most people have only touched the surface. With that said, here are some of our favorite Microsoft Teams features so you can master the platform. Collaborate on files Microsoft Teams offers some great collaboration tools, one of our favorites being the Files tab on the top bar. Once clicked, you can edit files in real-time with your team and all without opening additional applications. This works with Word, E...

Send a Follow request First of all, let’s go with the oldest trick in the book: to follow the person. When you send a Follow request to a private account, you have to wait for the owner to accept the request before you can view their profile. If you’re in luck, and the person happens to be online around the time you send the request, then they may accept, and you will be able to view their profile right away. If not, you may have to wait until they come online. Personally, I don’t like this trick but let’s pretend to be good boys for a sec and play by Instagram’s rules. At least, this is how they would want us to view the profile of a private account. Call on Google for help Perhaps you’ve waited a few seconds, and the other person has yet to accept your request. No problem. Head to your Chrome or Safari and enter the person’s username into the search bar. Usually, when an account owner makes their profile private, Google has a library of their old posts. That is, posts they made when ...

The problem with analog calendars, if you're old enough to even remember those, is that they required you to look at them to work. Digital calendars may be better at reminding you to do things, but they still can't read your mind. Google Calendar, for instance, can only do what you tell it to do. The Google system may be good at integrating dates and activities from your other Google applications, but the calendar becomes much more intuitive after you give it some careful directions. While you may think you have the Google Calendar basics down, there are a number of features that can help you schedule events and keep your calendars up-to-date in a more efficient manner. If you mostly access your Google Calendar via your phone, there's also a good chance you're missing out on a lot of Google Calendar features that can be accessed or activated in the desktop settings. Here's a list of six useful Google Calendar tips and tricks you need in your life: 1. "Negoti...

  You can remove your most recent searches from your Google history at the touch of a button. Here's how. There's a quick way for you to clear your recent search history on Google. The search giant has made it easier for you to rid your account of your recent search data through a privacy feature called Quick Delete. You shouldn’t have to go through a maze of settings for a quick clean up. But you can quickly delete your search history from the last 15 minutes with just a single tap of the Account menu, all in a matter of seconds. What Is Google’s Quick Delete Feature? The Quick Delete feature was one of a few privacy controls unveiled by the Alphabet-owned company at its 2021 Google I/O developers conference. These also included the ability to quickly turn off location history in Maps, as well as adding locked folders in Photos. The Google Chrome browser allows you to delete your browsing history from as recently as the last hour. But that's only your browser history,...