How to use google maps without internet

The title though sounds invalid, but it’s true. You can use google map to view map of any place even without internet simply by using this trick. Google maps offline becomes necessary when you have to go to some rural places where telecom or wifi network becomes very poor or somewhere where your ISP is not providing good internet service. To know how this stuff works go through these simple steps.

Here we have discussed procedures for iOs & android (Gingerbread, ICS, Jellybean & Kitkat).

In case of iOs the methods are quite similar to that of in androids so here are the steps.

For Android versions 4.0 or above (ICS, JellyBean or kitkat)

Step-1: A smartphone with google map installed & active internet 

For this you must have a smartphone with google map app installed or else you can download it from playstore. And make sure that you have the google map of latest version (i.e. 8.0 when the post was written) installed.

Step-2: search for the location & save

Now search the map or location that you want to view offline later. When the map loads completely in the search bar type “OK Maps” or say “OK Maps” by just tapping the mic icon & then save the map.

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ALTERNATE WAY:-

Once you find the location to be saved hit the profile icon just right to the search bar, scroll down & save it for offline use.

                               Once you save, you can zoom in & out to save it accordingly too. But if the area is large then you will be promted to zoom in, give a name to that area & then save.

Limitations:

• Each saved map lasts for 30 days. After that it is automatically erased to clear your memory.

• In offline mode (without internet connection) navigation is not possible. Only you can view the maps.

• In case map size is huge, while saving it, it may show “It can not be saved”. Then you have to break the map to small pieces and then save every portion one by one.

For Android 2.3 GingerBread users:-

Open the google maps app, go to options, hit “more” & then select “make available offline”. Position your map & hit the “Done” button. Here the limitation is the map to be saved can’t be >1mb which is not a case in case of higher versions of android.

Last words:

Though using google maps online is far better than that in offline mode but still it is of great use for them who travel a lot. It becomes very essential while travelling to a completely new place. If you liked this article then share it with your friends and don’t forget to comment. Also if you have some alternatives then do suggest us.

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Best way to avoid spam mails

Now a days spams in the inbox of any active e-mail account is a very common and annoying problem. Also for some reason or other almost all the websites demand your email address for their services. So getting their promotional mails as spams are very common. To get rid of such irritating spams i.e. to block spam permanently we have listed some disposable email services which if used can help you out. Other than this it has other advantages too. So let us see.

Disposable emails can be used in places where you have to enter your email once for getting any service and you don’t want to get any further mail from that site or person. These are nothing but the email alias of your own email address(es). Sometimes while buying from some online stores or while accessing any document in any site or it may be due to some free email accounts providers, you need to enter your very own email address & this is used by them to send you promotionals. If you input a disposable email address in such places then it will act as your original email id for those sites but they will not be able to send you any further emails as your identity becomes completely hidden here. But most of the disposable emails expire after some specified time duration (it may be 12 hours or it be 1 month). 

Here are some of them you can trust:

MELT-MAIL:

Using this fake email generator you can get rid of spamming the inbox to a great extent. It is one of the most used disposable email services.

MAILINATOR :

This is another disposable email provider. It offers free email accounts to its users using which you can create any number of temporary mail ids to share with such indivisuals from whome you don’t want to receive emails.

AIRMAIL : 

This one is what we prefer most of the time. Because of its simplest interface and user friendly usage it has gain a massive popularity.

TEMP-MAIL: 

You can use temp mail also. It has an interface similar to an email inbox. Very easily you can change addresses and keep a track on the in coming mails to that email id. You can select its validity from 6 hours to 24 hours. After 24 hours the temporary email address will expire and all your spams too.

In this post post we have tried best to inform you some of the good temporary email providers. We might have missed some of them. If you have anything to express regarding this article please do comment.

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Difference between Ultrabook, Netbook and Notebook

Many of us are confused with the terms notebook, netbook & ultrabook. Some of us even don’t know which type of laptop they are having. So here we have listed some key features which makes each of them different from the others. Following these, you can easily make difference between notebook, netbook & ultrabook. Now if you ask the difference between notebook and laptop then I can only say that in this 21st century there is almost no difference. But years ago, notebooks used to be thinner and smaller screen sized devices mainly designed for portability whereas the laptops used to be simply the substitute to desktop in terms of mobility. In those days laptop computers were having more features than any notebook. But now time has changed.

So following are the key differences between the above mentioned threes.

NETBOOKS:

Netbooks are small, low cost, low weight & compact laptop computers. As per the Wikipedia “Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive computers.” These are mainly designed to give the laptops more portability and to make it light weight along with a low cost pc. These don’t have CD-Drives, platter hard disks, Ethernet cables and extra peripherals. For them who only surf in internet & do light works like listening to music or writing a document, netbook is the best preferable one. Netbooks have lesser computing power than notebooks.

NOTEBOOKS:

These are designed to provide a perfect substitute to the deskies which can handle almost all the works that a desktop can do. These have a high speed processor & hence a higher energy consumption than netbooks. Notebooks come with a wide screen & more number of peripherals including CD-Drive, Ethernet ports etc. Hence they carry a higher cost too.

One of the major differences between netbook & notebook is, Netbooks are meant for internet related activities like surfing on internet or emails etc. whereas Notebooks are designed for handling most of the computational works a desktop does. CNET has concluded that “netbooks are smaller, cheaper notebooks. They are having so similar specifications that for a general shopper there really is no distinction between the devices.”

ULTRABOOKS:

Ultrabook is the high end subnotebook designed to add various features along with an increased battery life to the laptop. To be more specific it is a trademark brand name by intel. Due to their compact size they too lack some of the notebook features, but still have more features & efficiency than netbooks. 

So if you are a heavy gamer or user of number of apps and softwares then you should always go for a notebook. If you have nothing to do with the latest softwares, netbook is the option. But if you are looking for a versatile device with low budget and high performance then the ultrabooks will be your best companion.

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