Monday, July 13, 2015

ICYMI: Where's My iPhone?, Musical Sleep Timer, Waze Calendar Integration, Where's My Android? and Testing Internet Speed

ICYMI In case you missed it
Another great week of Cool Tips here at One Cool Tip.com.  Check out these great tips from last week:

Where's My iPhone?
Losing a phone can be very frustrating.  learn how to find a lost iPhone

How To Set Up a Sleep Timer on Your Phone
Do you like to go to sleep listening to music?  Learn how to set a musical sleep timer on your phone.

Waze Knows Where You are Going
Wouldn't it be nice if your GPS app knew where you wanted to go?  Waze now integrates with your phone's calendar.  Learn how to set up this feature.

Where's My Android?
Lost your Android phone?  Learn how to find it.

Test Your Internet Speed
Are you getting what you pay for with your Internet speed?  Learn how you can test your connection.


Enjoy!

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Test Your Internet Speed

How fast is your Internet speed?  5 meg? 20 meg? 100 meg?

Are you really getting the speed you are promised (and paying for) by your ISP?

A quick way to find out is to use www.SpeedTest.net

Click the Begin Test button

Speed Test Begin


After download and upload tests are performed, your results will be displayed.  You can redo the test a few times to ensure you get consistent results.  This will show if you are getting close to what you think you should be getting for the service you are buying from your internet provider.

Speed Test Results


To ensure that you are getting accurate results, be sure to limit other activity on your PC during the testing, for example a virus scan, as well as internet activity on other devices on your home or office network, for example an Apple TV device streaming Netflix.

SpeedTest is also available as a mobile app for your iPhone and Android devices.  This is a good tool if you need to test the speed of your smart phone for your carrier's speed or a WiFi.

Finally, try a few other sites from time to time to validate your results:

Enjoy!


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Friday, July 10, 2015

Where's My Android?

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Have you misplaced your Android phone again?

No more wondering if it is at the office, in the car or at home.

Google has made it easy to find your Android phone with a recent update to its search site.

Here's how to do it:

Simply type "find my phone" into the Google search engine from your PC.  You'll need to be logged into the same Google account as your phone on your PC.

Google will then display a map with the close location of your device.

This simple new way to find your phone is in addition to the existing Android Device Manager.

Android Device Manager lets you locate your Android device and do both a lock and remote data wipe--important if you need to ensure that your data is kept safe.  First, you'll need to go to your Android's device setting and select the Android Device Manager to ensure that  locate device option is set.

After that, just visit https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager to locate your device.

That's it.  Two ways to Find Your Android phone!

Looking to find your Apple iPhone?  Check out this Cool Tip: Where's My iPhone?

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

Waze Knows Where You Are Going

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Do you know where you are going?

We've shared a Cool Tip about the great driving app Waze here already.

But here's another Cool Tip.

Waze can get you directions to your destination based upon your iPhone or Android calendar.

This calendar integration means that you don't have to retype your destinations into the driving app.


Just put the destination into the "location" field in your calendar app when you are setting up an appointment or a meeting.

Waze Calendar integration

When you access Waze, the location will be available to confirm.  You'll need to allow Waze to access you mobile calendar when you access Waze.  You can also ensure that your "Calendar Sync" is turned on by visiting your Waze settings under "Calendar Events".

Enjoy!

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

How to Set Up a Sleep Timer on Your Phone

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Do you like to listen to music when you fall asleep?

You can easily set an iPhone timer to play your music for a set time.

And there are numerous Android apps to do the same thing for Android phones.

It's easy to do on an iPhone.  Here's how:
  • Open the Clock app on your iPhone.
  • Click on the Timer icon in the lower right-hand corner.
  • Set the number of minutes you want your music to play
  • Click the option "When Timer Ends"
  • Scroll to the bottom of the screen and select "Stop Playing"
  • Select "Set" to return to the timer menu.  Click "Start" and the timer will start.
  • Now choose the music or podcast you want to listen to.  When the timer ends, your music will stop playing.  This option generally works with most apps and streaming services.

iPhone Timer SettingsiPhone Timer Settings - When Timer Ends





For Android users, it'll take an app to do this same function.  Sleep Timer is a simple app that will let you set a music timer.

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Monday, July 6, 2015

Where's My iPhone (or iPad) ???

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Where's My Phone?  Is it at home?  Is it in the car?  Is it at the office?

 Losing track of a smart phone or tablet can be very annoying.  For many, smart phones are now almost an extension of our self. Our phones are never more than a few feet, or even inches, away from us at any point during the day.  

 Every now and then disaster strikes and we misplace our phones.

 If this happens to you, don't panic.  

 Both Apple iPhones and Google Android make it easy to locate a lost phone.

 Today's Cool Tip will show how to locate an iPhone.  We'll cover Android in a coming Cool Tip.

Before you lose your iPhone!!! - Enable iPhone for "Find My iPhone"

  • On your iPhone or iPad device's Home screen, tap Settings, then tap iCloud.  If needed, sign in to your iCloud account with your Apple ID.
  • Scroll down and ensure that "Find My iPhone" (or "Find My iPad") is turned on.  If not, tap "Find My iPhone", and then tap to turn it on.
  • Tap to turn on Send Last Location.  This feature will send your device's last location if battery power becomes too low.
Find My iPhone Options - Play Sound, Lost Mode, Erase iPhone

 Locate an iPhone or iPad

 You can use the "Find My iPhone" app or log in to www.icloud.com/find to locate your device.
  • Open the "Find My iPhone" app or log in to iCloud and select a device to view its location on a map. 
  • You can choose to have the device "Play a Sound" if it is close where you can hear it.
  • Turn on "Lost Mode".  This will let you lock the device and display a custom message on your phone.  Also, your stored credit card information will not be usable on your iPhone while your device is in "lost mode".
  • You can also "Erase iPhone" if you need to clear all of the data on the phone.

 That's it!  Rest in peace knowing that if your phone is lost, there's a good chance you'll know where to find it.
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

ICYMI: Mobile Phone Videos, Accented Letters, Google Search Sites, Lorem Ipsum, Siri Joke, Wireless Emergency Alerts

Did you miss any of these Cool Tips this week?  Learn more about taking better videos, emergency alerts, Siri's latest joke, lorem ipsum, Google searches, hidden iPhone keyboard and Amazon Echo's Independence Day celebration.


Single Best Tip for Taking Better Videos 
Learn how this one tip will help you take better videos on your smart phone.

How to Turn Off or On Emergency Alerts on Your Smart Phone
Learn how to turn off or on wireless emergency alerts on your smart phone.

Siri, What is Zero Divided by Zero?
Apple's iPhone personal assistant Siri has a sense of humor.  Hear her latest joke.

Microsoft Word's Magical Lorem Ipsum Generator
Need some filler text for a design layout?  Let Microsoft Word generate lorem ipsum for you.

The Many Searches of Google
Learn how Google has specialized search sites to help you search for specialized information.

How to Type Accented Letters on an iPhone
There's more than meets the eye on Apple's iPhone.  Learn how you can type accented letters.

Amazon Echo Celebrates Independence Day
Amazon Echo celebrated Independence Day.  Learn how to ask Alexa these great questions.

Enjoy!

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