So it is with that realization Google has finally added offline maps support to its popular Maps app, albeit for Android initially. The company is expected to provide iPhone and iPad support sometime later this year. We previously looked at offline maps, but this new update works differently. With the old method when you are offline, you can pan and zoom offline maps, but you can’t search or get directions....

Google Docs has built-in speech-to-text functionality that you can use to create documents quickly. Rather than slowly typing, you can quickly talk your way through your document. If you’re unsure how to use speech-to-text in Google Docs, follow the steps below. Before Using Speech-to-Text in Google Docs Before using speech-to-text in Google Docs, you’ll need to prepare your PC, Mac, or Chromebook by doing two things. 1. Check Your Microphone Settings First, you’ll need to make sure you have a working microphone....

It’s already available in Google Chrome for iOS and Android devices and it works well for a Beta feature. At first sight, I said “why would anybody need this?” but then I remembered how annoying it can be to hit virtual keyboard buttons in a moving vehicle and, after trying it, I’m starting to like it. Here’s how to enable and use it. I’ve done it on an Android smartphone, but things shouldn’t be too different on an iPhone or iPad....

Note: It’s important to mention here that you don’t need an actual Roku or Apple TV device to view premium content. Roku allows you to get premium channels through The Roku Channel which is accessible via the Roku app and online at therokuchannel.com. And Apple allows you to get premium channels through its Apple TV app (not to be confused with Apple TV+) on its iOS devices. Watch Select Premium Content for Free If you just want to sample a premium show, both Roku and Apple provide a limited amount of unlocked premium content....

New Humble Bundle Games Lone SurvivorBraidSuper Meat Boy And that includes the five previous games already in the bundle — Bastion, Amnesia, Psychonaughts, Superbrothers, and Limbo. There are seven days remaining of this sale. Which means it ends on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 7:00 pm EST. More games might still be added to the bundle before the sale ends. The good news is, if you’ve already purchased the bundle, you’ll automatically get all of the games that are added, including the Steam keys (assuming you paid more than the average)....

Save Full Outlook Calendar or Date Range Launch the Outlook 2010 or 2013 desktop program and open your calendar. Then go to File > Save Calendar and save your calendar as an ICS file to a convenient location. If you want to save a specific date rang on the calendar, when you’re about to save it, click the More Options button. Also, for Detail, you might want to select Limited Details as you’re going to be sharing the calendar with other people....

iCloud Tabs in Safari Open Safari and tap on the Tabs button. This is in the lower-right corner. It’s the two small rectangles. This will open up your tabs view. Swipe up to push your current tabs offscreen. You will see a list of iCloud tabs. Now you can open one from here. It’s a bit hidden, but at least they’re here. Did that work? If not, here is a fix that should get things resync’d....

The most important improvement will probably be a quad-core chip, SIRI and 4G LTE (I hope). Several Android tablets on the market already have most of these new features including the Asus’ Transformer Prime. Apple will no doubt work to catch up with the market and release something amazing no one has really thought of before. The new iPad will also sport an HD screen, the best one in the range so far....

Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse Compared to the MX Master 2S, which was an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, the design of the MX 3 has been slightly altered. The dimensions are Height x Width x Depth: 4.91 in (124.9 mm) x 3.31 in (84.3 mm) x2.0 in (51 mm ). And it weighs in at just 5.0 oz (141 g). Other than the placement of the back and forth button and a larger thumb wheel, if you’re familiar with the MX Master line, there aren’t many surprises here....

HotPrints recently announced a new deal that allows users to create custom photo books for absolutely free through their service. Not only is the service free but HotPrints will also print, assemble, and ship the book to your house for free too. Typically, this service would run you around $2.99 per photo book plus $.80 or so for shipping (still not bad.) However Free is Free which is why I wanted to make sure all you groovy readers heard about it!...

Mouse without Borders As well as being a virtual KVM switch, there’s also a setting that sets the Logon Screen background as the Bing image of the day. For more on its main function, check out our article on the full details of Mouse without Borders. To make the Bing image your Lock Screen background, right click the Mouse without Borders icon on the system tray and go to Personalize Logon Screen > Bing....

Set Snagit to Print Screen The first thing to do is to go into the Snagit Print settings and make sure it’s going to the right device. To do this, click the Output menu and select Properties. Go to the Print tab and then double-check the settings and make sure the printer is set up correctly. Next, there’re the capture/input settings. The basic way of doing this would be to set it to Full Screen....

Note: This tip requires you to make a change to the Windows Registry. Before making any changes, be sure to back it up first! To make all users show up at once, go into the Registry and navigate to the following: Then change from 0 to 1 click OK and close out of the Registry. Now the next time any of the users restart or power on your Windows 8 computer, all user profiles will show up....

Here you can see the default location for Windows Explorer opens to Libraries. Change Open Location in Windows 8 To make Windows Explorer open to a more useful location for your needs, right click the Win Explorer icon on the Taskbar. Then right click File Explorer and select Properties. The File Explorer Properties window opens in the shortcut tab. In the Target field, you’ll see it’s set to open in Libraries, and you can change that....

YouTube Disco YouTube has an experimental page that will let you find and playback music quickly. The YouTube Music Discovery Project or YouTube Disco is one of them. Go to the site, type in a band or artist you want to hear and click Disco. It also lists a top 100 and trending bands and artists. At the bottom of the screen is a playlist where you can select different videos....

The Microsoft Download Manager is a tiny utility that might not be the best download manager out there, but it’s free, hardly uses any system resources, and it gets the job done. There isn’t much to say, the program is pretty straight forward, and since they just updated it to version 1.2 I thought it was worth a mention. What is a download manager? Typically, a download manager is a program that you can use to resume downloads in the case that you lose the connection or for some reason the download is interrupted....

If you’re still running the version 1151, you’ll want to make sure to get this latest update as it also includes several security updates. This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows: 3177356 MS16-095: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: August 9, 20163177358 MS16-096: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: August 9, 20163177393 MS16-097: Security update for Microsoft graphics component: August 9, 20163178466 MS16-098: Security update for kernel mode drivers: August 9, 20163178465 MS16-101: Security update for Windows authentication methods: August 9, 20163182248 MS16-102: Security update for Microsoft Windows PDF library: August 9, 20163182332 MS16-103: Security update for ActiveSyncProvider: August 9, 2016...

The Groove Music service has come a long way since the Windows 8.1 days when it was branded as Xbox Music (which was a mess). It lets you easily import your iTunes playlists, download songs to multiple devices, and upload music to OneDrive and play it back. 4 Months of Free Groove Music Pass While you can add your own music collection to Groove Music, a subscription allows you to stream from a library of millions of songs....

Windows 10 1803 Cumulative Update KB4458469 There are no new features in this update but there is a healthy amount of improvements and fixes. Here is the list of changes in today’s update: Addresses an issue that causes the prompt “You’ll need a new app to open” to appear. This occurs when reloading a website on a non-standard port by pressing Enter .Addresses an issue that causes downloads to fail because Mark of the Web (MOTW) isn’t supported at the download location....

Via Microsoft Information about the script is light on details, but as earlier suspected; the issue is related to the bundled XBOX app, which according to the Update History page, KB3194496 includes a fix that addresses: An accompanying KB article, KB3197794, should provide more details, but is currently unavailable at this time. There is no indication of how widespread the issue became, but taking into consideration the 36-page discussion thread on the Microsoft Community; a whole lot of users were affected....