Category: Google-Maps

Apple CarPlay Google-Maps navigation Reviews

With Google Maps on Apple CarPlay, iPhone owners can finally ditch clunky mounts

sudshr47 December 28, 2018

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Google Maps on Apple CarPlay
$0 (free on CarPlay-enabled cars)
The Good

Really easy to connect • Similar to Google Maps on iOS • CarPlay integrates well with texts • calls • and music streaming

The Bad

Google Maps not native experience • Difficult to input destination info mid-ride • Not as full-featured as iOS version of Google Maps

The Bottom Line

If you’re an iPhone owner but prefer Google Maps to Apple Maps, the CarPlay version is a smooth, albeit limited way to get the in-car experience you want.

Mashable Score4.0
Cool Factor4.0
Learning Curve3.0
Performance4.0
Bang for the Buck5.0

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Frasier was Photoshopped into a bookstore on Google Maps, and it’s perfect

sudshr47 December 18, 2018

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Frasier has left entered the building!

McNally Jackson, an independent bookstore chain in New York City noticed that photos of their Williamsburg location were being altered on Google Maps. The alteration being: Dr. Frasier Crane, the popular character from the hit sitcom Frasier, was being Photoshopped into the bookstore’s images.

“Somebody is photoshopping Dr. Frasier Crane into our Williamsburg store on Google Maps and honestly that’s fine,” McNally Jackson tweeted on Monday.

Somebody is photoshopping Dr. Frasier Crane into our Williamsburg store on Google Maps and honestly that’s finepic.twitter.com/85ou9KnmbR

— McNally Jackson (@mcnallyjackson) December 17, 2018 Read more…

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Google Maps now shows nearby Lime bikes and scooters in 13 cities

sudshr47 December 13, 2018

Google has partnered with Lime to show nearby bikes and scooters in 13 cities worldwide. If there’s a Lime vehicle available nearby, Google Maps will show you how long it will take to get to the vehicle, the estimated price of the ride and total journey time. Similar to the Uber integration in Google Maps, […]

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Apps And Software E Scooter Google-Maps lime navigation

Lime e-scooters are everywhere, even Google Maps

sudshr47 December 13, 2018

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Lime made it to Australia last month and Mexico City the month before. On Thursday, the motorized scooters dropped into Google Maps, inching us ever closer to e-scooter world domination.

On the Google Maps mobile app, a scooter option showing nearby Lime scooters will come up when mapping out directions on transit. The app will show if a scooter is available, how many others are nearby, how long it’ll take to walk to the scooter, and an estimate of how much your ride will cost.

In the U.S., Lime rides cost $1 to unlock and 15 cents per minute.

Also consider a scooter.

Also consider a scooter.

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Clicking on the Lime option doesn’t mean you can rent a scooter straight through the navigation app. Instead, that opens up the standalone Lime app — and if you don’t have it, you’ll need to download it and sign up to use the e-scooters. Read more…

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Consumer Tech Google Google-Maps iOS Tech

Not sure where to eat? Google Maps can now recommend places before you even search

sudshr47 December 10, 2018

Google Maps is going to start offering recommendations about where to eat and visit based on your interests.
The popular mapping app is adding a personalized “For You” tab to the iOS app starting today and expanding the feature to more than 130 count…

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Google Maps’ new personalized suggestions come to iOS

sudshr47 December 10, 2018

A more personalized version of Google Maps is now arriving on iOS. At Google’s I/O developer conference earlier this year, the company introduced a series of new features designed to help Google Maps users learn what’s happening around them, track area businesses to receive updates about their events and promotions, and receive personalized suggestions of […]

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Google has acquired one of India’s most popular train tracking apps

sudshr47 December 10, 2018

Google is increasing its efforts in India after it snapped up the team behind popular transportation app ‘Where is my Train.’ The app claims 10 million registered users and, as the name suggests, it helps commuters track arrivals and departures as well as buying seats. That’s no small job given that India is estimated to operate […]

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If you think you’re seeing swastikas in Google Maps, don’t panic

sudshr47 November 30, 2018

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Some Google Maps users are making a confusing and troubling discovery when opening the app.

In some cases, users reported that they’re seeing the swastika symbol on some locations, in particular hotels, when opening up Google Maps, according to tweets.

Twitter user @irishkokolily asked the Google Maps Twitter account, “can you tell me why the hotels in Dublin on my Google maps has swastika signs for them?” A screenshot attached to the tweet shows two Dublin hotels, The Merchant House and Kelly’s Hotel, marked with a pin displaying the symbol in question, which resembles a swastika. Read more…

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Apps Google-Maps Hashtags Reviews

Google Maps biz reviews can now include hashtags

sudshr47 November 26, 2018

Google Maps has quietly rolled out a new feature aimed at helping users discover places others have recommended: it now supports hashtags in reviews. For example, if you’re reviewing a restaurant that would make an excellent #datenight spot, you can simply add the appropriate hashtag. Or if the business is #familyfriendly or #wheelchairaccessible, you can […]

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Google reportedly paid £4,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit in the UK

sudshr47 November 26, 2018

Google paid £4,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit that claims it did not do enough to protect a contractor from being racially profiled while working on an undercover project for Google Maps in shopping malls, reports the Guardian. The contractor, a UK citizen of Moroccan descent, said he was subjected to frequent harassment, including being […]

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Meet Uber’s newly promoted Chief Product Officer, Manik Gupta

sudshr47 November 15, 2018

Manik Gupta got his first taste of solving logistics nightmares when fresh out of college, he was delivering Palm Pilots around Singapore. He’d started a precursor to Groupon called BuyItTogether. “We were a full stack marketplace where we were also delivering the goods. That’s what caused us to not have good profit margins. Actually, zero […]

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Google Google-Maps Tech Thanksgiving Transportation

The worst times for traffic during Thanksgiving week, according to Google Maps data

sudshr47 November 15, 2018

Thanksgiving is a time for family, and inevitably, getting stuck in traffic.
Google has released the worst and best times to drive in 25 U.S. metropolitan areas during Thanksgiving week, based on data which was compiled in 2017.
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