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Google Maps Now Offers Detailed Voice Guidance

October 12, 2019Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Google is rolling out a new feature designed to help people with visual impairments get around. The feature provides detailed voice guidance to those who need it, helping them get from A to B on foot. While it’s aimed at the visually impaired, anyone can use it. While people with perfect eyesight wouldn’t think twice […]

You Can Now Make Google Assistant Talk Like Issa Rae

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Issa Rae, the American actress, writer, director, and producer, has lent her voice to Google Assistant. Once enabled, certain questions will elicit answers from Issa Rae, including in-jokes and references just for fans of Rae and her work. In April 2019, Google persuaded John Legend to lend his voice to Google Assistant. This meant you […]

How to Drop a Pin on Google Maps (Mobile and Desktop)

October 4, 2019Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

There is so much more to Google Maps than merely getting from A to B. It can provide you with public transportation routes and times, and customize your journey depending on your method of travel. It also lets you drop a pin in a location and either save it to your profile or share it […]

How to Customize Google Search Results (And Add Extra Features)

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Google is famous for its no-frills approach to displaying search results. At various times, it has tried introducing extra features (the Discussion button and Instant Preview, anyone?), but they’ve always fallen by the wayside eventually. But that doesn’t mean you can’t change both the look and the functionality of Google’s search results. You just need […]

IFA Predictions, Google Memories, Can You Trust Huawei?, Dark Web Accounts

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

James Frew joins Christian Cawley to assess the latest tech news that matters in the Really Useful Podcast, the tech podcast for technophobes. This week’s slightly longer show features a mini debriefing on IFA and what products impressed, and we also look at whether you can trust Huawei products, the Google Photos Memories feature, how […]

How to Transfer Google Contacts From Android to iPhone

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Do you want to transfer all your contacts from Android to iPhone? Or maybe you want to sync your Google contacts with an iPhone so the two lists are always identical? Whatever the reason, moving all your contacts to different email providers and operating systems can be a daunting task. If you want to know […]