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Google Maps can find your next rest stop

There are lots of apps that can tell you where the rest stops are, but they don’t know where you’re going. It can be...

A comprehensive new National Park Service app

By Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com Did you know there are woolly mammoths in Waco, TX? I just discovered that by exploring the new National Park Service...

How to keep track of what your phone is buying

By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour Our phones, with Google, Apple or Samsung accounts, make it very easy to purchase things. Has anyone set up...

Digital RVer: Listen to any radio station from anywhere – Free!

by Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour Listen to your home radio station while you travel, or a foreign station when you're home. There are several Apps...

Don’t get lost – Find your way back by taking a photo

By Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com As an RV traveler, this has to be my favorite feature of Google Photos. I take a picture every time we...

How to take all your books in the RV

The hardest thing to leave behind when we became full-time RVers was our bookshelves full of books. I am so glad that, with my...

In Case of Emergency – Your smartphone can help

Smartphones save lives. Or at least they can, if you are prepared. At the very least, you should use your phone's facilities to specify...

How to find your lost phone

Whether your phone is buried in the couch cushions, or you left it back at the last campground, there are times we need help...

Sharing your location using Google Maps

With these smartphone/GPS devices in our pockets all the time, there are now many different ways to share your location. Apple has the "Find...

Want to avoid traffic? Use Waze or Google Maps

Both Waze and Google Maps can give you turn-by-turn voice-directed navigation. Waze also adds real-time crowd-sourced road information including traffic, road hazards and police...

How to make a map of your RV travels

We did a lot of RV traveling this summer. We take a lot of photos, and I keep a blog, but there’s nothing like...

How to boost your cellphone Internet speeds

By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour Some people notice beautiful trees and want to camp near them. Jim and I notice cell towers and want...