Tag: Google Maps
Google Maps gets major UI refresh
Google on Wednesday outlined a major tweak to its UI for its Google Maps. Starting over the next few weeks, users will see a...
Google Search, Maps give users wait times for restaurants
Google today confirmed that it will give users of its Google Search and Google Maps apps the ability to pull up wait times for...
Save your favorite places in Google Maps [How-To]
Love to discover new places in your town? Maybe you’ve heard your friends talk about a hip new restaurant and you want to try...
Google’s new SOS Alerts in Search and Maps deliver info in times of crisis
Google wants you to always be safe, so this week it has rolled out a new tool called SOS Alerts in Maps and Search,...
Google Maps’ Local Guides program gains additional levels, new ways to earn points
Local Guides in Google Maps just received a big update this week which adds more levels, and new ways of encouraging the community to...
Google to fully integrate Android into future Volvo, Audi models
This week Google announced it is partnering with Volvo and Audi to deliver Android right in your car. But this time around Google and...
Google Maps now shows you where you parked your car
Remember that Seinfeld episode when Jerry and his crew get lost in a shopping mall’s parking lot trying to find where they left their...
Enable traffic notifications in Google Maps
I live in Los Angeles. Traffic notifications are indispensable, as there seems to be no end to gridlock, accidents and other delays. Therefore, when planning...
10 apps to help you jumpstart your morning
If you’re like me, you probably hate having to wake up really early. But let’s face it - the nature of modern life makes...
How-To: Using Google Maps for Public Transit
Transit options and schedules
Google Maps is great for seeing navigation options, traffic, and travel estimates. But what if you don’t have a vehicle or...
Google Maps picks up update that lets you make/share lists of cool locations
Just last week Google Maps received an update which allowed it to deliver real-time traffic info. Well today the app is getting a new...
Google Maps update makes it easier to get real-time traffic info
Google Maps just became better at helping you reach your destination, on time! Through today’s update, the app will be able to deliver more...
Viewing traffic and alerts on Google Maps [How-to]
We have reviewed how to add your home and work addresses to Google Maps, as well as how to download an area for offline...
Adding Home and Work addresses to Google Maps [How-To]
Google Maps provides users the ability to add addresses and save them. Having your home and work addresses on Google Maps makes it easy...
Order a ride share straight from Google Maps! [How-To]
Last week, Google gave me another reason to never download another map or direction app, they integrated ordering an Uber or Lyft directly into...