Google Maps and Bing Maps

Google Maps and Bing Maps

You may search for nearby vendors for things / services to buy using maps. For instance if you want to hire housemaids, Ayahs, semi qualified nurses, bedside assistants and the like you get info about hiring agencies while searching maps. Both Bing and Google are good at trapping neighbourhood service providers.

When you see the list of vendors you may like to print out a list with or without locations in the map. Bing gives an option to print only the text (no map) but Google always insists on printing with map included. By 'printing' you may  save the results as a pdf, not necessarily output on paper in a printer. 

Once you have chosen a vendor you can find out the path to reach him from your house, using various means like walking, biking, cab / car, public bus etc - knowing approx time it may take.

In fact I have walked my way to meeting locations using the map on my mobile as a guide, during pre-covid days. How many of you are comfortable using maps?

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TO CC BCC - What is your Choice?

 TO CC BCC - What is your Choice?

When you send an email to many people and many groups, where do you mention all the recipients? You have a choice of putting them in TO, CC, BCC fields. 

You may put all email Ids in the TO field. When the receiver replies' all', then all your friends get the reply. This may not be desirable. You are also exposing all your friends to spammers. Some recipient may, without thinking,  reply all - this may include a group to which he is not a subscriber - then the message will bounce.

If you put some in bcc, those mentioned in TO or CC fields won't know others who are included. There is a possibility of the message being forwarded again, due to this ignorance.

If a person in BCC replies to all, then the secrecy is gone.

I have been experimenting with different options but have not come to any conclusions.

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