10 Google Maps Features, Part 2

10 Google Maps Features, Part 2

The article discusses various Google Maps features, including creating personal landmarks, adding reports for road conditions, and displaying current speed. It highlights improvement tools for navigation and accommodations, like avoiding tolls and highways. With upcoming weather-related alerts and voice customization, Google Maps is evolving into a comprehensive travel companion.

10 Google Maps Features, Part 1

10 Google Maps Features, Part 1

The last couple of weeks I showed you 10 Tech Tips and mentioned maps in that bit of information. I received several questions from readers asking about learning more about Google Maps. So, here are 10 Google Maps features you may have not heard of before. You can see Google Maps at maps.google.com. These are…

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Reader Questions, Part 1

Last week toward the end of the article regarding Google Lens, I stated you need to log into Google Chrome to perform a feature of Lens. That is needed to send text from Lens on your phone to your laptop or desktop. I received a few questions saying that sounds useful, but how do they…

Stalking Your Friends in a Good Way

Google has been letting their developers develop and I am glad.  They have come out with some great apps since 1998 when Google was founded.  Stop and think about that for a minute.  A company less than 20 years old and most everyone knows of it.  Did you realize that in 2002, the American Dialect…

Updates

Here is one update to the last two columns I wrote about Google Maps and Waze for Android devices.  Guess what?  Waze released a new version of its excellent product.  It has a couple of nice new features but mostly it was cosmetic with a few navigational changes.  I believe it looks better, is quicker…

2011 Sites in Review, Part 2

As I stated last week, I annually provide links to all of the sites we have visited throughout the previous year at DoubleClicks.info. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly.  Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each. Ccleaner use this…