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How to Search Reviews on Google Maps for Keywords

Jan 7, 2024 - Leave a Comment
How to Search Reviews on Google Maps for specific keyword matches

Many people use Google Maps to find out about businesses, parks, locations, and destinations, by reading the reviews. While it’s one thing to browse through all of the reviews and read them, it can be very useful to narrow down reviews for something specific, like a keyword. Thus, it’s a desirable capability to be able … Read More

How to Sync Google Contacts to iPhone or iPad

Apr 15, 2023 - Leave a Comment
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Do you have a bunch of contacts in Gmail or with a Google account that you want to sync to your iPhone or iPad? While you may have already added a Gmail account to your iPhone or iPad when setting up email, if you didn’t choose to toggle Contacts to sync, then you may not … Read More

How to Hum to Search Songs with Google

Jan 30, 2022 - 7 Comments
How to Hum to Search Songs with Google

Ever had a song stuck in your head you don’t know the words to? Don’t know the lyrics of a song quite enough to find it on the web by just typing the lyrics? Google has a solution for you. The Google Search app can identify a song by your humming or even whistling, making … Read More

How to Change Virtual Background in Google Meet

Jan 23, 2022 - 1 Comment
How to Change Your Background in Google Meet

Have you been using Google Meet for making video calls with your colleagues or friends? Want to customize your Google Meet experience a bit by changing your virtual background when you’re in a video chat?

How to See Recent Changes & Revision History in Google Docs & Sheets

Jan 6, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to See Recent Changes & Revision History in Google Docs & Sheets

Do you use Google Docs or Google Sheets for word processing, managing to-do lists, to work on spreadsheets, and perform other office tasks? In that case, you may be wondering how to check the changes you’ve made to the document. We’ll show you how to view recent changes and revision history in Google Docs, Google … Read More

How to Change Default Search Engine on Chrome for iPhone & iPad

Jan 4, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to Change Default Search Engine on Chrome for iPhone & iPad

Do you use the Chrome web browser for iPhone or iPad, but want to change the default search engine? Sure, Google is without a doubt the most popular search engine, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other search engines, and even though Chrome pairs well with Google search, you can change the default search engine … Read More

How to Disable / Enable Dark Mode on Google.com

Oct 31, 2021 - 1 Comment
Dark mode theme on Google

You may have noticed that Google now offers a dark mode and light mode theme for web searches on google.com, and while it usually follows the theme settings in the operating system, sometimes it also seems to have a mind of its own. Perhaps you also just prefer light mode or dark mode on Google … Read More

How to Move Google Authenticator Account to a New iPhone

Jan 27, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Move Google Authenticator Account to a New iPhone

Did you get a new iPhone for personal or professional use? If you’ve been using Google’s Authenticator app to get two-factor verification codes on your device, you may have trouble figuring out how to set up the app on your new iPhone. Thankfully, the transfer process to move Authenticator from one iPhone to another is … Read More

How to Turn off & Delete Google Location History on iPhone & iPad

Nov 21, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Delete Google Location History on iPhone

Do you use Google Maps on your iPhone or iPad? If so, depending on your settings you may find that Google uses Location History to keep a track of all the locations you’ve visited over time. This data is then used to provide personalized recommendations that are specific to your location across Google services.

How to Backup iPhone Photos to Google Photos, for Free

Jul 30, 2020 - 7 Comments
How to Backup iPhone Photos to Google Photos

Are you an iPhone user looking to backup your photos to the cloud, but you have either ran out of iCloud storage space, don’t want to pay for iCloud fees, or you’re already intertwined within the Google ecosystem? You’re certainly not alone. Thanks to Google Photos, there’s an alternate way to backup iPhone photos to … Read More

How to Access & Edit Google Drive Files from iPhone & iPad

Jun 8, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to Access & Edit Google Drive Files from iPhone & iPad

Do you use Google Drive as a cloud storage platform to store your files from multiple devices that you use? If so, you’ll be able to view, edit, access, and manage Google Drive files right on your iPhone and iPad using the Files app.

How to Share Screen with Hangouts on iPhone & iPad

Apr 14, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Share Screen with Hangouts

If you’re one of the millions of people using Google Hangouts for group video calls you may appreciate learning how to share your screen with other participants in the video chat. Google Hangouts video conferencing and screen sharing is useful for meetings, presentations, work, school, personal calls, and so much more, whether you’re in an … Read More

How to Make Group Video Calls with Google Hangouts on iPhone & iPad

Apr 10, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Make Group Video Calls with Google Hangouts

Google Hangouts offers a free and easy way to make group video calls, and you can make and join those calls directly from iPhone and iPad. Google Hangouts has always been useful, but for some people it may be more relevant and useful than ever right now during quarantine periods, and it offers another option … Read More

How to Reverse Image Search with Google on iPhone

Feb 12, 2020 - 8 Comments
How to Reverse Image Search on iPhone

Want to perform a reverse image search with Google from iPhone using Safari or Chrome? If you’ve ever wanted to get information regarding an image, or verify the authenticity of a picture you found on the internet, we wouldn’t be surprised if you tried reverse image searching it on Google. This excellent tool has been … Read More

How to Use Gmail in Basic HTML Mode

May 18, 2019 - 25 Comments
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The Gmail web email client is very fancy, but some Gmail users may wish to use the much more simplified Basic HTML mode for Gmail. Basic HTML Gmail strips away the fancy actions, features, and functions as well as JavaScript from the default Gmail web view, turning Gmail.com into a much more simplified webmail experience. … Read More

How to Reverse Image Search with Google Chrome the Easy Way

May 5, 2019 - 16 Comments
How to reverse image search Google the easy way with Chrome

Reverse Image Search allows you to search the web for matches based upon a picture or photo. For example if you have a specific picture of a thing or person, you can use Reverse Image Search to search the web for other instances of that exact picture, or pictures like it. Reverse image search has … Read More

How to Delete All Google Search Activity from a Google Account

Oct 28, 2018 - 3 Comments
How to delete all Google search activity

Google has made it easier to delete all Google search activity data that is related to your Google account, meaning all the stuff you have searched google.com for and clicked on while logged into a Google account, you’ll be able to clear out and permanently delete if you feel the need to do so. This … Read More

How to Change Gmail Back to Old Versions Appearance

Sep 30, 2018 - 33 Comments
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If you use Gmail.com as your primary web mail client, you likely have noticed that Gmail has a new redesigned visual interface and appearance that is larger, more spacious, a bigger sidebar, and more bold appearance all around, with a series of new cursor hover detection features as well. Many Gmail users like the change … Read More

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