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Lucas Hood · 31-03-2016 4:28pm

Prefer Here maps myself.

31-03-2016 4:31pm

maximoose wrote: »

Agreed, bar their dodgy pronunciation of Irish street names I've never had an issue with the navigation on google maps

I loved the pronunciations - OK Google, show me a map of Dun Laoghaire.

"Here's a map of Done Lay-o-hare"

dulpit · 31-03-2016 5:30pm

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I loved the pronunciations - OK Google, show me a map of Dun Laoghaire.

"Here's a map of Done Lay-o-hare"

I like how in some cases they read both the Irish and English names... Both of which they get wrong.

Ste- · 01-04-2016 9:48am

I miss the weather app chat.

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-04-2016 9:54am

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01-04-2016 10:11am

Google suggested I lose some weight

mossym · 01-04-2016 10:14am

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Google suggested I lose some weight

exercise is great for that, just make sure and check the weather before you go out so you don't get caught in a shower...

01-04-2016 10:17am

mossym wrote: »

exercise is great for that, just make sure and check the weather before you go out so you don't get caught in a shower...

Could you possibly recommend a weather app for such an activity?

Allyall · 01-04-2016 11:45am

I can try and recommend 7 but not sure which one I'm looking at, at the minute that says it's not raining or might be in 20 minutes..

Anyone else got any I can add to my phone?

01-04-2016 11:46am

Again-- speaking of Google Now -- I didn't realize that if you had locations turned on on your photos, you can say "show me my photos from Spain" and it'll show you all the ones that were tagged as such.

Plus some pretty interesting stuff being reported over on Reddit right now.

So I was just playing around with learning some new voice commands I've never used before. I was reading this article from cnet who have put together a decent comprehensive list of commands you can try.
I was playing around with the 'OK Google, show me some of my photos from...' So I tried some places I had recently visited, San Francisco worked perfectly. Then Spain, all good, this is awesome!
Then I get emotional. Google made me cry. I went for 'OK Google, show me some of my photos from Nice, France'.
She came back saying this to me:
"According to Gmail, firstly let me express my deepest sympathy to you, your mum and the whole family at your loss. Your dad was a fantastic man, as I am sure you already know."
Mind. Blown. I'm sad, I'm amazed, I'm taken back. What a lovely moment for some automated robot voice to express it's sympathy to me.
It turns out she read out a snippet from an email I received from a family friend soon after my Dad's death. But the fact that she knew to say it was pretty staggering, it was in the 3rd paragraph of an email sent to me back in December 2010.

They then attached this video as proof -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6vPZx2VVp4

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-04-2016 12:09pm

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01-04-2016 1:06pm

It's hard to tell, because it happened yesterday.

OldMrBrennan83 · 01-04-2016 1:09pm

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Discodog · 01-04-2016 1:10pm

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It's hard to tell, because it happened yesterday.

The Google pranks started at the beginning of the day in Australia, so yesterday to us & one has seriously backfired.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/01/google-disables-april-fools-joke-gmail-mic-drop

Doge · 01-04-2016 1:48pm

Any Pushbullet users on here?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android&hl=en

I find it a great app for sending links, pictures files, between my all my devices:

My android phone, my ipad, my windows desktop and laptop.

Its also handy for mirroring notification from your phone to your desktop.

Discodog · 01-04-2016 1:52pm

Doge wrote: »

Any Pushbullet users on here?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android&hl=en

I find it a great app for sending links, pictures files, between my all my devices:

My android phone, my ipad, my windows desktop and laptop.

Its also handy for mirroring notification from your phone to your desktop.

Brilliant app. The only thing that doesn't seem to work is the reply button for KIK

Professey Chin · 01-04-2016 1:52pm

Doge wrote: »

Any Pushbullet users on here?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android&hl=en

I find it a great app for sending links, pictures files, between my all my devices:

My android phone, my ipad, my windows desktop and laptop.

Its also handy for mirroring notification from your phone to your desktop.

Used to until they started stripping features for premium (after saying existing functionality would stay as is and premium would be new).

Using Join at the moment which isnt as polished but does work well.

Jackobyte · 02-04-2016 6:12pm

Professey Chin wrote: »

Used to until they started stripping features for premium (after saying existing functionality would stay as is and premium would be new).

Using Join at the moment which isnt as polished but does work well.

Personally, I like airdroid. Any advantages to using these over it?

muirsheen · 03-04-2016 4:10pm

Does anyone know of an app that would get me out of difficult situation ie make the phone ring on command, I know there is app that you can programme to ring at a certain time but looking for an app that would ring maybe by pressing power button etc,

Thanks

DopeTech · 03-04-2016 4:12pm

muirsheen wrote: »

Does anyone know of an app that would get me out of difficult situation ie make the phone ring on command, I know there is app that you can programme to ring at a certain time but looking for an app that would ring maybe by pressing power button etc,

Thanks

You could probably get tasker to do it but a fake call app would be much easier to set up.

Allyall · 03-04-2016 4:28pm

muirsheen wrote: »

Does anyone know of an app that would get me out of difficult situation ie make the phone ring on command, I know there is app that you can programme to ring at a certain time but looking for an app that would ring maybe by pressing power button etc,

Thanks

Never tried either but
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.fakecall&hl=en
and
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FakeCall2

OldMrBrennan83 · 05-04-2016 10:10pm

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Cienciano · 05-04-2016 10:15pm

Patww79 wrote: »

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I used a garmin for years, arrival time was always ridiculous, out by hours sometimes. Google Maps is amazingly accurate

OldMrBrennan83 · 05-04-2016 10:17pm

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Mantis Toboggan · 05-04-2016 10:24pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Seeing as I can't install the stock LG Keyboard on the Galaxy S7, does anyone know of a keyboard that lets you move keys around?
I need to offset my space-bar to the right like I could on the LG to stop.everything.coming.out.like.this.

Can't go wrong with SwiftKey, best keyboard in the store. Very customisable also, worth checking out!

OldMrBrennan83 · 05-04-2016 10:29pm

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_Tombstone_ · 06-04-2016 2:30am

http://apprecs.com/

06-04-2016 9:47am

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

http://apprecs.com/

Is that all apple stuff?

Professey Chin · 06-04-2016 9:54am

Jackobyte wrote: »

Personally, I like airdroid. Any advantages to using these over it?

Havent used airdroid in a long time so I'm not sure how it is now. I just couldnt get used to it being a full suite. Found it overkill. Thats just my personal feeling though.

08-04-2016 4:52pm

Been playing a bit of Idle Warriors: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orca.dungeon&hl=en

In-app purchases haven't encroached at all so far. You don't really "play" it so to speak. It's a clicker game without actually clicking so much.

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-04-2016 8:40pm

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dinneenp · 11-04-2016 10:14pm

Hi,
Looking G for the best app for sports results & fixtures, league tables etc. One that includes odds would be handy but I'm happy with one without odds if it's better all round.
Currently using livescore but it's only for current fixtures.

GBX · 11-04-2016 10:23pm

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,
Looking G for the best app for sports results & fixtures, league tables etc. One that includes odds would be handy but I'm happy with one without odds if it's better all round.
Currently using livescore but it's only for current fixtures.

Flashscore is great. Has live tables, odds. Fairly complete app.

Mantis Toboggan · 11-04-2016 10:36pm

Depends on the sports really, Fotmob pro is probably the best for football, flashscores I like for golf, twitter probably best for Gaa results.

eh i dunno · 11-04-2016 10:54pm

SofaScore for football

TitianGerm · 11-04-2016 11:19pm

Does anyone know if there are any apps available to set you Wear watch to take a heart rate reading at certain intervals?

I think I remember someone asking on Boards before but I can't seem to find it.

youcancallmeal · 12-04-2016 9:36am

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Looks interesting, how useful is it for irish specific stuff. For example could I get notifications about GAA related games perhaps?

duridian · 12-04-2016 12:28pm

Epic War 2 TD is currently 10c on Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amtgames.ewtd2

Worth a go at that price, especially if you like tower defencev games.

Allyall · 12-04-2016 1:23pm

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Looks interesting, how useful is it for irish specific stuff. For example could I get notifications about GAA related games perhaps?

Had a log mess around with that app. Seems like it's not ready for this side of the Atlantic yet.
Great idea though.

The_B_Man · 12-04-2016 7:32pm

duridian wrote: »

Epic War 2 TD is currently 10c on Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amtgames.ewtd2

Worth a go at that price, especially if you like tower defencev games.

Nice one. I love tower defence games! Just came on here to see if anyone had any recommendations now that I've finished Kingdom Rush. Keep them coming!

LG1234 · 12-04-2016 10:44pm

Is there a good app that lets your phone act as a universal remote control for a number of devices such as tv, stereo etc?

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-04-2016 10:47pm

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Keith186 · 12-04-2016 10:48pm

LG1234 wrote: »

Is there a good app that lets your phone act as a universal remote control for a number of devices such as tv, stereo etc?

Peel remote or SURE. You need an IR blaster for most devices. Peel is the nicer one of those apps so try that first.

flazio · 12-04-2016 11:05pm

Sony have an app for their phones called TV Sideview it's primarily a TV listing app but it also has a feature which lets me control my Wifi enabled Blu Ray player (also a Sony)
On this BD player I can also access casting controls from the Netflix and Youtube apps on my phone. I imagine this is doable among many smart tvs Bluray players etc.

donegal. · 13-04-2016 11:23am

you need either equipment that connects to wifi,
or
a phone with a built in ir blaster,
or
harmony remotes have an expensive little device that'll do it .

Mark Tapley · 13-04-2016 2:02pm

LG1234 wrote: »

Is there a good app that lets your phone act as a universal remote control for a number of devices such as tv, stereo etc?

Don't know an individual app but sky+ for remote controlling tv ( you will have to stand up and turn tv on) if you have sky. Unified Remote to control your pc.
A Bluetooth receiver to play any music on your phone or tablet through your stereo.

nedd · 13-04-2016 2:15pm

Mark Tapley wrote: »

Don't know an individual app but sky+ for remote controlling tv ( you will have to stand up and turn tv on) if you have sky. Unified Remote to control your pc.
A Bluetooth receiver to play any music on your phone or tablet through your stereo.

I think there was an update to Sky that allows the box turn your TV on and off over the HDMI cable (if your tv supports it, my 2 year old Samsung does)

Mark Tapley · 13-04-2016 2:17pm

nedd wrote: »

I think there was an update to Sky that allows the box turn your TV on and off over the HDMI cable (if your tv supports it, my 2 year old Samsung does)

I think your are right. I think my tv does turn on but only when I take the sky box out of standby.

Mark Tapley · 13-04-2016 2:26pm

I have a laptop connected to the TV and find a wireless Xbox 360 controller is a good remote for watching Netflix and stuff. If you combine it with xpadder you can decide which buttons do what.

Edit sorry forgot this was android apps and games.

GustavoFring · 14-04-2016 7:20pm

Had been trying this out the last few days on apps like Facebook and WhatsApp as I have my security set to allow instant unlock in certain places like home, work, the car. Works a treat, don't see any reason why the free version wouldn't suit most people. Worked perfectly each time.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamemalt.applocker.pro

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