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Use Google Maps to send places to your iOS device

Send a place to your phone using Google Maps Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Google on Monday released an update to Google Maps that includes a feature to send places from the Google Maps site to your iPhone as a push notification. The feature, however, isn’t enabled by default after installing the update on your iOS …

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How to use Pebble Time’s Timeline feature

Pebble Time Timeline view Jason Cipriani/CNET Pebble is giving its own apps, as well as apps from developers, the chance to publish information to a new Timeline feature on the Pebble Time smartwatch and keep you in the loop. It’s a neat feature once you find a balance of content and information that works for you. The Timeline can be …

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How to arrange apps, watchfaces on your Pebble Time

Jason Cipriani/CNET One benefit of the Pebble Time over its predecessors is that it’s no longer limited to having a measly eight apps and/or watchfaces installed on it at a time. Instead of having to manage what’s installed on your watch from your smartphone, making room for what you need at that moment, you can now install what you need …

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How to set up the Pebble Time

Jason Cipriani/CNET Setting up the Pebble Time is similar to the company’s previous smartwatches, with the biggest change being that a new Pebble Time-specific app is required for the setup process. You can download the new app from either Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store (we will add links once the apps are live). After installing the Pebble Time …

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What you need to know about voice dictation on Pebble Time

Pebble Time voice reply interface. Jason Cipriani/CNET It’s time for Pebble to begin shipping the fruit of its second successful Kickstarter campaign, the Pebble Time. The new smartwatch offers a color screen, a redesigned casing, a new operating system and, for the first time, a built-in microphone. A microphone makes it possible to give voice commands or reply to messages …

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Get the most out of the new Dot View case for the HTC One M9

Dot Breaker on the HTC One M9. Jason Cipriani/CNET When HTC launched the One M8 last year, a new Dot View case was announced alongside it. The case wrapped around the phone, offering a pixelated view of the time and temperature when you tap on the front of the phone. The case also offered a means to answer calls and …

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Quickly change between search providers in Safari on OS X

The new version of Safari combines the search and location bar, and adds gesture support for tabs on Mac trackpads. James Martin/CNET Setting your default search provider for Safari on OS X is a simple process: open Preferences in Safari, visit the Search tab and select your provider from the list. Google, Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo are made available to …

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How to customize the Stocks app on Apple Watch

To better organize and control the Stocks app on your Apple Watch, look no further than your iPhone. Not only do the settings used to control the Stocks app on your watch live in the Apple Watch app, but the stocks you follow on your phone are mirrored on your watch. Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Since you likely already follow …

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How to set a custom time on the Apple Watch

Jason Cipriani/CNET Unlike a traditional watch, when you first power up the Apple Watch, the task of setting the time doesn’t exist. The Apple Watch merely duplicates the time on your iPhone, and that’s that. Or is it? It may be a bit buried in settings, Apple has included the option to set a custom time on your Apple Watch. …

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How to use Google Maps offline mode on iOS, Android

Now playing: Watch this: Access Google Maps offline 1:48 The moment your phone reads “No service,” Google Maps suddenly drops out. That is, unless you’ve saved your maps for offline access. With this feature, you can store large map areas for guidance, even when you’re stuck without reception. The process is identical on both iOS and Android. Before we dive …

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