Techies Corner

Google has added few commands that you can send directly to your device featuring you with few services.

By which you can command your mobile device from your computer without your mobile phone with you! like setting an alarm, notes, reminders.

These commands allow you to skip picking up your device when it's not convenient: like at your workplace, or if your phone is on a charger in another room of your home.

*You must need Google Now enabled for your device and Web & App Activity enabled on your Google account.

To do so... follow below steps,

>> On your mobile device, navigate to Search app, -- Menu > Settings > Now cards> Enable Show cards and Show notifications

>> Navigate here to Enable Web & App Activity. (Google - Account Settings -->  Personal info & privacy --> Account history)



>> Finally, sign-in to your Google account on your Computer's Chrome browser

Now try out the below commands by typing them directly into www.google.com  search box within your Chrome desktop browser.

You can pick the device that you want to send this commands


Set an alarm



Send a note



Set a reminder


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Google recently added Street View imagery from more than 40 locations around the world, many of which are underwater.



Each image in Google Maps is a GPS-located digital record of these underwater and coastal environments, which can be used as a baseline to monitor change over time.
Want to do a deep dive now --> navigate here...
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Facebook Messenger now lets users send locations on a map inside the app.

>> Users have to update Messenger will find a small location pin symbol on the bottom right-hand side of the screen.

>> Clicking on it brings up a pane that lets users send their current location or another "pinned" location on a map,
(by Apple Maps on iOS and Nokia Here for Android.)


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Facebook now permits adding animated GIFs to your Facebook News Feed!




But there are some conditions to make GIFs to look right in your News Feed.

The most efficient way to share any GIF seems to be through a site hosting the image with a share button that provides a direct share to your feed (e.g. Giphy).

If the image you want to share doesn't have a direct share button, then can post the image and make it animate on your feed by posting the URL of the actual image that ends with ".gif."

If you share through the direct share button on the website, it will treat the image as a video that will only be played when your readers click on the play button.

Adblock Plus, launched its new mobile browser which block ads automatically when users browse the Web on their phones.



>> It can block tracking, malware domains, banners, pop-ups and video ads - even on Facebook and YouTube

>> It may improve battery life and save on data costs because less digital content loads.

>> The new Adblock Browser is in "Beta" preview mode, and it's only available for Android devices at the moment. But an iOS version will become available in the near future.

>> Adblock doesn't block all ads. In fact, its mission is to promote non-intrusive advertising.
Rather blocks "Annoying" ads, such as pop-ups and pre-roll video ads, will always be blocked. "Acceptable" ads -- ones without animation or sound, that do not block a page's content, or are marked clearly as ads -- will be allowed, and this is the default setting for the new browser. It's configurable.

*There's also a group of ads that will always be displayed. These ads comply with Adblock Plus' criteria for acceptability, or the ad networks have paid the company to be unblocked.
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