Waze Versus Google Maps

Readers of this site know how fond I am of Waze.  A very popular competitor to Waze is Google Maps.  Ironically Google is not only the owner of Google Maps but they also own Waze thanks to a large purchase completed in 2013.  The $1.3 billion purchase made a small bunch of employees millionaires overnight at the Israeli company.  Let’s do a Waze versus Google Maps comparison. On the surface, you might wonder why Google would invest over $1 billion on a product that is so similar to one they already have.  Both applications are in the GPS category, gives … Read more



Using Google Photos to Free Memory on an Apple iPhone

An Apple iPhone 6s Plus sure is expensive, isn’t it?  I paid $750 for mine from AT&T.  That’s for the base model with 16GB of storage.  I just couldn’t bring myself to spend more than $750 which would have gotten me more storage.  After all, it’s a phone.  Well, I ran out of memory.  Thankfully I discovered the Google Photos app. Google’s Photo Service is all over the place.  You can access your photos from your phone, tablet, desktop.  Anywhere that has internet connectivity and a device.  The app has many features which the native photo storage iOS app on an … Read more



Useful Apps for Travelers

I recently read there are over 1 million apps available for the Apple iPhone.  I just can’t imagine how someone can possibly sort through the apps well enough to determine which app will fit their needs.  These applications have helped me to either get to where I want to go easier, save some money or save some time.  I use these applications regularly and figured I would share them with our readers. Waze – A detailed article on Waze can be read here where I referred to this app as the best out there.  Waze is owned by Google so be … Read more