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Leave Reviews on Google Maps for Better Advice on Where to Go Next

The last time you visited a restaurant, hotel, bar or kids’ fun park, did you bother to leave a review on Google Maps? Doing so is about more than just giving other visitors an idea of what to expect—it also lets Google give you more customized recommendations of where to visit next. You can see…

Gadgets David Nield

Create Custom Names For Your Favorite Places on Google Maps

The most recent version of Google Maps for Android lets you retrace your steps with a new timeline feature, but there’s more to explore when you dig deeper, like creating custom names for places on your maps. You can label your friends’ houses, use local nicknames rather than official labels, and so on. Once Google…

Gadgets David Nield

Don’t Ask Google Maps ‘Are We There Yet?’

The Google Maps lady might sound all friendly and helpful, but like any mom, she gets real sassy if you keep asking her if you’re there yet. As spotted by Android Police, the latest version of Google Maps for Android is hiding a neat Easter Egg. In turn-by-turn navigation mode, there’s a microphone button so…

Tech News Chris Mills

LA Residents Try to Hide Hollywood Sign From Tourists, Except on Airbnb

Last year, a group of homeowners who live in the Hollywood Hills had directions to the Hollywood Sign changed on Google Maps to keep tourists away from their streets. All the tourists, that is, except for the ones who rent their properties on Airbnb. They want those tourists to know exactly where the Hollywood Sign…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Google Maps Now Suggests Riding the Loch Ness Monster Instead of a Bus

The next time you find yourself traveling around the Scottish Highlands, instead of grabbing a bus or other sensible form of public transportation, Google Maps suggests taking a ride on the mythical Loch Ness monster. It’s an amusing Easter egg, but unfortunately not actually a real option. Which is sad, because getting from Augustus to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Google Just Made It Easier To See Exactly How Late Your Bus Is

Real-time public transit updates are the holy grail for straphangers. And Google’s making this sparsely-available feature more ubiquitous—announcing today that it’s adding four cities and two new countries to its real-time list. In a blog post today, the company said its Maps app will now include real-time transit updates for Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Budapest,…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Google Maps, Chrome, and YouTube Will Be Available Offline

There’s nothing more frustrating than cueing up a set of Google Maps directions to your destination only to lose service and have them evaporate while you’re in transit. Now Google Maps, websites, and even YouTube will work with no internet connection on your Android phone. Google announced the series of lighter apps for the audience…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Now You Can Test Drive Android Auto

Starting today, you’ll be able to test the first wave of truly connected cars. Android Auto is now available on its first integrated vehicle, the 2015 Hyundai Sonata. As you head to your local dealership to test drive it, you can practice talking to your car on the way: “Ok, Google…” Android Auto will be…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Mapping Comes to Android Wear With Google Maps Update

An update to Google Maps has brought with it an interesting added bonus for Android smartphone users: access to maps, right there on your wrist. Android Central reports that, following an update to Google Maps version 9.9 on a corresponding phone, an LG Watch Urbane boasted an icon for the app, too, in its launcher.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Check Flights, Reservations and Events in Google Maps for Android

Version 9.8 of Google Maps for Android didn’t exactly make the national news headlines earlier this month—and rightly so—but there are a couple of new features worth flagging up for you to make use of. One is the ability to access your upcoming travel plans (pulled from Gmail and Google Calendar) more easily. Tap the…

Gadgets David Nield

A Prank Image of a Peeing Android Killed Google’s Maps Editor

Google has temporarily shut down its Map Maker program while it figures out how to stop people from inserting pranks into its maps, like the image of an Android robot taking a big pee on an Apple logo that prompted an apology last month. Map Editor team member Pavithra Kanakarajan wrote a blog post explaining…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Google Maps Shows an Android Robot Taking a Big Pee on the Apple Logo

A soldier in the operating system enthusiast wars has taken to the streets of Google Maps to spread a simple message, one that transcends the artificial boundaries of language and culture. If you look south of Rawlpindi, Pakistan, on Google Maps, you’ll see this unforgettable image of ruthless robot dominance and fruit submission, a tribute…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Sending Directions To Your Android Phone Just Got Stupidly Easy

Google’s on a drive to make the search box do much more than searching. Last week, it introduced an option to find your phone from the box; this time, it’s sending directions to your handset with about three clicks. It’s ridiculously simple to use: just Google ‘send directions’, with a pop-up box giving you options…

Tech News Chris Mills

Google Maps Currently Shows “Edwards Snow Den” Shop at the White House

The world’s most famous whistle blower could have turned to retail, if Google Maps it to be believed. Look up the White House using the service and you’ll find a store positioned right at the front of the building called “Edwards Snow Den.” The appearance of the store is actually more easily explained than you…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Google Maps Software Now Lets Your Explore Depths of the Human Body

Google Maps makes it easy to pan, zoom and search the world—and now it can do the same for the deep recesses of the human body, too. A new project by researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia has been borrowing the algorithms used to assemble and run Google Maps to create…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses

The Suunto Ambit2 (HR) won’t read you your email and doesn’t know Will.i.am’s phone number. But, it will tell you your precise location anywhere on earth and powerfully monitors your physical exertion. How many beers did that climb burn? https://gizmodo.com/achieving-himalayan-ecstasy-at-20-000-1664180012 What’s It Supposed To Do? The Ambit2 is designed to be the only device you…

Reviews Chris Brinlee Jr.

A Decade of Our Favorite Google Maps Fuckups

Google Maps launched 10 years ago, on February 8, 2005, and it’s become the gold standard for apps that help get you from point A to point B. But it’s also the greatest prank platform ever designed. Here are some of the best deliberate (and non-deliberate) ways that Maps has been borked over the past…

Tech News Darren Orf

The Bizarre, Glitchy Glory of Wiggling 3D-Map Disasters

Remember a couple years ago when everybody was freaking out about the all of the 3D-imaging fuckups in the new Apple Maps? Well, those surreal portrayals of the world we live in, exist in many mapping services. And as one anonymous Tumblr user shows, they’re works of art—especially when they wiggle. That Map Looks Right…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Explore The Colbert Report Set on Street View Before It’s Ripped Down

The Colbert Report airs its final show this evening. But thankfully, its studio will live on—in Google Maps Business View. Stephen Colbert is moving to CBS to in 2015 to take over the Late Show from David Letterman, and his set will be torn down when the move takes place. But fortunately Google’s cameras have…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Google Earth’s New Imagery Is So Much Better

Remember how we told you that the resolution of Google Maps’ satellite images would soon be improving? Well, it’s not the night and day double the resolution just yet, but today Google has begun rolling out much-improved 3D images to Google Earth. New York and San Francisco are the first to get the high-res treatment,…

Tech News Brent Rose

Leave Reviews on Google Maps for Better Advice on Where to Go Next

Create Custom Names For Your Favorite Places on Google Maps

Don’t Ask Google Maps ‘Are We There Yet?’

LA Residents Try to Hide Hollywood Sign From Tourists, Except on Airbnb

Google Maps Now Suggests Riding the Loch Ness Monster Instead of a Bus

Google Just Made It Easier To See Exactly How Late Your Bus Is

Google Maps, Chrome, and YouTube Will Be Available Offline

Now You Can Test Drive Android Auto

Mapping Comes to Android Wear With Google Maps Update

Check Flights, Reservations and Events in Google Maps for Android

A Prank Image of a Peeing Android Killed Google’s Maps Editor

Google Maps Shows an Android Robot Taking a Big Pee on the Apple Logo

Sending Directions To Your Android Phone Just Got Stupidly Easy

Google Maps Currently Shows “Edwards Snow Den” Shop at the White House

Google Maps Software Now Lets Your Explore Depths of the Human Body

Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses

A Decade of Our Favorite Google Maps Fuckups

The Bizarre, Glitchy Glory of Wiggling 3D-Map Disasters

Explore The Colbert Report Set on Street View Before It’s Ripped Down

Google Earth’s New Imagery Is So Much Better

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