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Tips And Tricks For Using Google Mapping Service On Your Smartphone

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Tips And Tricks For Using Google Mapping Service On Your Smartphone

Where would we have been without Google Maps? Well, we would probably be here, however the time duration to be here, might have been longer. Google mapping service has changed the way we travel and live our lives, and with some top tips, you can get much more from your Google maps. Below are some favorite Google Maps tricks and tips.


Discover popular places in cities using Google Mapping service



Maybe you have noticed certain bright orange/beige highlighted areas within the Google Maps, but do you really know what they are meant for? It is easy! They display popular areas within cities (areas with a high concentration or number of people). In most scenarios these areas are populated with shops, bars, and restaurants. This assist you to easily filter out those areas that might be interesting to visit.

Become a local guide.



Google Mapping service can as well show you reviews, opening times, and photos of various restaurants and shops. These are not just the official entries from restaurant and shop owners, however these are entries from the Google maps user’s myriad. Google depends on the help of various volunteers and have developed the Local Guide program for encouraging and rewarding contributing users.

Explore through your timeline.



If your location services is enabled and you make use of the Google mapping service, Google will know everything about all your recent movements. If you would want to trace yourself, then look at the "Explore your timeline" feature that shows you where you have been and the pictures you have taken at a particular location (if they have been geotagged and uploaded into Google Photos).
The data is accumulated from your personal movement profile (which requires activation, in most cases, this is carried out during phone setup) and also the geotagged data derived from your photos. This is a slightly creepy function from Google Maps, but nevertheless it is still quite very useful.

See it in Street View.



Street View has not disappeared in the Google Maps application. To see the Google Maps Street View, search for a particular location. Above the search bar with the location's rating and name, there will be a tiny rectangular window with a circular arrow and an image. Press on it to load up the Google Maps Street View.

Google mapping service enables a “use your voice” command.



The Google mapping service goes beyond merely tapping the screen to get things done. Whenever you are navigating you can also control Google Maps using your voice. Just tap on the microphone icon and use certain voice commands such as:
• Turn off voice
• Turn on voice
• Unmute
• Mute
• Be quiet
• Next turn
• Show other routes
• What is my ETA?
• How much longer before my next turn?

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Tech Giant Google Storms the UK Job Market

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Tech Giant Google Storms the UK Job Market


Tech Giant Google has acquired many UK's top recruitment agencies. This is in a bid to create a local medium of its job-seeking device.




 Some of them include Haymarket, Totaljobs.com, Guardian Jobs, Reed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, etc.

Google is undoubtedly a search engine giant. It is the No1 link to anything and everything on the internet. Therefore, it is not surprising that many of these recruitment agencies want to be part of this program. 

People can now Google Search to get the most recent and more pertinent terms. This feat is quite remarkable and one hopes that this feature shall ease job search. However, there are fears that this development may not be the beacon of hope it is thought to be.




Fears as Tech Giant Google storms the UK market


At the moment, Google is not charging any fee for employment agencies to place their job listings on google. However, experts fear that everything might change in the future. Google is notorious for offering services for free and monetizing it after a period of time.


However, the stakes shall change in the future when it adds monetary value to these services. Other untrusted sites might tend to place Ads which Google will always welcome. This can be very unhealthy.      



Predicted Advantages


This new service introduced in the Uk has been in operations in the US, Spain and some African countries. Google has always made claims that this service has been efficacious and many people have been placed to jobs through this medium. In the same vein, Google has made partnerships with relatively smaller companies who share the same employment dream.

Figuring out the unique advantages this job partnership has is easy. Prior to this, many applicants had to surf through many websites to check out job opportunities and that isn't data-friendly. However, Google has expelled such rigors. Relevant job opportunities can now be searched for one a single website.   




Furthermore, the site supports keyword search. This means that one can narrow one's search to one's interest rather than scan through many job postings.




It is quite important to point out that the biggest job agency in the UK is Indeed and this can be a stumbling block for Google. Unfortunately, there's an undue advantage for Google to undermine Indeed's dominance because it is the most-used search engine. This means that Indeed cannot appear as one of the top search results on Google.

It is unclear if Google can usurp Indeed or if Indeed shall maintain a strong resistance. Only time will tell.

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