August 2013 Newsletter: iCloud and Photo Stream, Voice Command to Navigation, Windows 8 Backup

Monthly Issue # 70 August 31, 2013 www.geeksontour.com
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August – Oregon to California

August started in Oregon and ended in California. With 2 RV rallies, one presentation at a campground, a Computer Club meeting seminar and a hands-on class for Golden Gate Computer Society, we kept pretty busy.

We still took time to enjoy the sights!

Geeks on Tour Member Interest Survey

Thank you to all the members who completed our survey this month. We hope you liked your free bonus gift too. Of the 220 members who responded, we learned that the majority of you are still interested in learning to manage your digital photos with Picasa, a strong second is learning to use smartphones and tablets. We were a bit surprised by the high level of interest in Google Maps and Google Earth, but we’re listening. See this newsletter’s article on using Google Maps on your smartphone or tablet!

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Calendar: Coming up in September/October

September 19: Sun City Hilton Head, SC Presentation for Computer Club
September 20: Hands-on Android class Sun City Hilton Head
September 21: Hands-on iPhone/iPad class Sun City Hilton Head
October 16-20: Good Sam Rally in Atlanta, Georgia

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Q&A Forum

Some Geeks on Tour members tell us that the Q&A forum is worth the entire cost of membership! Here are some of the topics that have been discussed this month:

iCloud/Photo Stream from your iPhone/iPad to your Computer

It took a generation or two for film cameras to give way to digital. It’s only taking a year or two for cameras to give way to cellphones and tablets as our primary way of taking pictures! We just recorded a video for our members on how to use Dropbox to get pictures from any phone or tablet to your computer. And then, we get emails asking specifically about how to use iCloud to get photos from phones and tablets to your computer.

Since I have been taking pictures with my iPad, I have actually figured out how it works, so here goes!

Talk to Your Android or iPhone for Navigation

For quite a while now, we’ve had navigation devices that will talk to us. Did you know that now you can talk to them? I’ve heard a lot of people complaining with the latest version of Google Maps that there are too many steps to get it to start navigating. If you simply talk to your phone or tablet and tell it to “Navigate to _____________” That’s all you have to do!

Backup! Backup! Windows 8 Makes it Easy

There are many strategies and tools to help you, many are fairly easy. Some are not. The backup tool from Microsoft was not very easy, until now. Most users simply didn’t back up.

Windows 8 has a goal of effortless backups. To do this, they created File History. It is a fully automated, set and forget archiving tool. The idea is to make it so easy that users would actually do it.

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Smartphone and Technology Teacher, Writer, and Video Producer. Chris loves to learn and loves to teach. She also loves to travel and to scuba dive.
From 2003-2017 she traveled the country in an RV with her husband, Jim offering technology seminars at RV rallies, computer clubs, and senior centers. Now they travel the world and continue teaching on their website, GeeksOnTour.com, over Zoom, and on their YouTube channel. Specializing in the use of Google Photos, Chris teaches people how to get control of the thousands of photos and videos taken with both phones and cameras these days. She is designated by Google as a Diamond leve Product Expert for Google Photos.

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