Posted on 10/05/2016 11:51:53 PM PDT by cba123
Hi everyone.
OK I have a stupid question. But maybe someone else is also wondering this.
I have a phone. And I have a pc.
On my phone I have a number of nice apps, which I downloaded, and very much enjoy on the phone.
However I do not have a similar arrangement on my pc. So I am just wondering, how does one similarly download apps for a home computer, that one gets for a internet-enabled phone please?
Specifically the mapping programs. And the language translate applications?
Google has a good one for each. Microsoft has a competing program, and there are others as well.
How does one install programs like that, on a pc please?
I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I don't actually know the answer, maybe others are also curious.
Thanks.
You can just go to www.google.com translate, or maps. Run them directly off the web.
Thanks.
I knew this would be a good place to check.
Thanks both of you.
An app is really just a specialized website connected to a button on your phone.
Go to www.google.com and when you search anything it will give you choices of what you want to see.
or go straight to:
Good Lord,
Avoid using Anything from Google or Microsoft if you care about your privacy.
Google and Microsoft keep all of your search interest queries and shares that data world wide with data brokers, data analysts, marketing companies and the government.
Especially avoid installing Apps on your phone and PC.
Watch all of the permissions you had to allow when you install and use an App:
Access to your contact lists, files, camera, microphone - Really?
Remember, the Silicon Valley punks consider YOU their product.
RE: “I am particularly wondering about the translate applications which Google, Microsoft and others have as an application to run on your phone.
How does one install programs like that, on a pc please?
I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I don’t actually know the answer, maybe others are also curious.
Thanks.”
on Google maps, how does one disable the “have a nice drive,” message? I hate that. Blocks the screen and everything.
If you use the Google Chrome browser, you can go to the chrome web store and download the Chrome extensions for each of the apps. They’ll then be part of your browser. There are many other apps. you can add also.
“An app is really just a specialized website connected to a button on your phone.”
Some apps are. Most are not. But good advice to just go to those sites to replace those apps.
OK I just downloaded Chrome.
I did not want to until now. I will try that out. Thanks.
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