Legal Tech Tips

• Publication year: 2019
• Pages: 0062
• Citation: Vol. 24 No. 6 Pg. 0062

Legal Tech TipsVol. 24 No. 6 Pg. 62Georgia Bar JournalJune, 2019

BY NATALIE R. KELLY AND MIKE MONAHAN

1 Hitting the Road This Summer? www.google.com/maps If you are going on the road for a vacation this summer and you’ll be driving through rural areas with limited internet, use the “Offline Maps” feature of the Google Maps app (iOS, Android) before you leave. You can download and store on your phone maps of areas with questionable internet access. Open the Google Maps app and click the menu on the top left. Scroll to the bottom and click on the offline maps item. Then click “Select Your Map”—pan and zoom appropriately—and hit “Download.” You can find your saved offline maps on your profile page.

2 Oh No! I Lost My Phone! Do you use “Lock Screen” and worry about getting your phone back after losing it? If your Andriod phone is locked, you can make it easy for someone to return it to you. In the settings area, choose “Lock Screen and Security.” Then choose “Clock and Face Widgets” where you will scroll down to “Contact Information.” Type in something like, “If found, call ______ .” (Insert another contact number for you or a friend). Then choose in the dropdown where to show it—just at the lock screen or always on. Then click “done.” There. Now you can (hopefully!) get your locked phone back. (Apple has a “Lost Mode” feature. You can read more about...