Earlier this month, Apple announced it would be adding coronavirus testing locations to its Maps app for iPhone ($500 at Best Buy), and it’s now live in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The testing sites include hospitals, urgent cares, health departments, but we’re not seeing drive-through locations yet. The company also has a webpage …
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Gmail’s scheduling tool to send email messages later is one of our favorite things
Even months after it first arrived, Gmail’s schedule send tool is easily one of Google’s best email features. This tool keeps you from being the person who sends emails over the weekend, or in the middle of the night, if you’re sending a message to a colleague in another time zone — as we frequently do in our new work-from-home …
Read More »The coronavirus situation is changing fast. Get alerts on your phone to stay informed
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. It’s all over the news, social media and nearly everywhere you look — the novel coronavirus, now a pandemic, has been changing the way employees work and emptying store shelves. And if you don’t have time to follow the news, you’re in luck …
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You might open Apple Maps daily to check the traffic, search for the nearest gas station or look for a new cafe, but those tasks just scratch the surface of everything that the most updated version of Apple Maps can do. For example, there’s a cool feature that lets you take a Flyover tour of a city, which is useful …
Read More »Google now lets you customize emoji. Here’s how to use them
Google is helping you be more expressive with a new feature coming to Gboard for Android that will let you create a mashup of different emoji. It’s called Emoji Kitchen and will let you mix your favorite emoji into customized stickers. For example, you can send a monkey emoji wearing glasses, or a ghost emoji with a cowboy hat on. …
Read More »You can now place and receive Android phone calls on your Windows PC
The long-sought-for holy grail for those who use a laptop and phone is a seamless handoff between the two for anyone who doesn’t want to stop what they’re doing on one screen to do something else on the smaller display. Now Microsoft helps bridge the divide by letting you make and answer phone calls right from your PC. You can also send …
Read More »You can watch YouTube TV from any screen. How to get started
It’s hard enough to keep up with all of your favorite shows when you’re at home, but add travel into the mix and it’s easy to fall behind. Or maybe you want to share the fun at a friend’s house. Either way — whether you’re going somewhere that doesn’t have a cable subscription or going on a road trip — …
Read More »Google has finally solved this common browser problem. Try it out now
We’ve all been there — you’ve got 20 tabs open, and one of them seems to be playing music or rolling a video. You’re driving yourself crazy clicking around to find out which one it is, and now you’re starting to get mad. Fortunately, Google’s got a new button for the Chrome desktop browser that lets you pause (and play) …
Read More »YouTube TV can record your favorite holiday movies. Here’s what to do
This story is part of 2019 Holiday Survival Guide, featuring tips on the best ways to manage the holiday season. ‘Tis the season of cozying up on the couch, sipping hot cocoa and thinking about every holiday movie you want to watch before the end of the year. Fortunately, you can record them on the YouTube TV app using your …
Read More »Stop your phone addiction. This new Google tool can help
Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok. It’s easy to be distracted by the next shiny update or amusement, instead of responding to emails, banking, reading the news or doing whatever it is you should be doing on your phone. You need Google’s newly launched tool called Focus Mode, which was designed to combat distracting apps on your Android device. Originally announced last …
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