Saturday, August 22, 2015

Google Now Shows Twitter in Desktop Search Results

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Searching on Google now brings even more relevant, real-time, search results.

How?

Google now shows relevant Twitter "tweets" in desktop search results.

This new feature is an expansion of Google already displaying Twitter search results in Google mobile search results.

The new desktop feature works for all queries performed in English.

For example, a search for "Donald Trump" returns a recent tweet from the verified account of Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump.

Google Search Donald Trump with Twitter Results


This move benefits both Google and Twitter.  For Google, it means that users get real-time search results from the micro-blogging service.  For Twitter, it brings its service to millions of new users.

Enjoy!

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Friday, August 21, 2015

Shake to Undo on iPhone

iOS 8
Oops.  Did you just accidentally delete or archive an email on your iPhone?

You can undo that.

Just shake, shake, shake.





iPhone Shake Undo Archive

Many apps let you shake to UNDO the last action.

You can also shake your iPhone when you type to UNDO or REDO typing in most apps.



iPhone Shake Undo Typing

But like most good things, it can have a downside.  Some users report that their iPhones constantly try to undo actions and display the pop-up alert.  This is caused by excess shaking of the iPhone.

There's no on/off switch in iOS 8 or earlier.  But iOS 9 will have an option to toggle this feature on or off.

Enjoy!

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Force Siri to Search Google

Siri
Did you not get the right answer from Siri?

Normally, Apple's personal assistant Siri will search Bing, WolframAlpha, and Wikipedia for answers to your queries.

But you can force Siri to search Google instead.

To do it, start your Siri search with "Google" or "Search Google".

For Example, "Search Google White House"

Siri Google Search White House

This trick will also work for Yahoo.  Just say "Search Yahoo" before your search terms.

Enjoy!

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Google Hangouts Gets a New Website

Google's often neglected Hangouts service has a new home.

Where has it been hiding?

Hangouts, the video, audio and text messaging service, has always been a part of Google+.

But today you also can find it at its new home: hangouts.google.com

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This is a good move for Google.  It allows Hangouts to come out of the shadows of Google+ to be a more visible tool for net users.

The Apple iOS and Google Android apps have also been revamped recently.

These changes look a lot like the recent changes that Facebook has made with its Messenger service.

Competition is good.  So hang on, and hangout, messaging is growing up.


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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Tell Outlook Where to Search

Can't find something in Outlook?

You may not be looking in the right place.

Outlook is the default email software used in most companies and usually connects to a company's Exchange server to provide access to email, calendar, contacts and To-Do lists.

Users can also connect to other mailservers, mailboxes and accounts.

But after a while, it can become terribly difficult to find an item within all of these connected sources.

There are several ways to tell Outlook where to search for an email.

By default, Outlook will search the current mailbox.  

But you can change that.  

Go to File -> Options -> Search to display the search options.


Microsoft Outlook Search Options

You can now change the default search location to the Current folder, remain as the Current folder but also search the mailbox when search from the Inbox, the current mailbox or All Mailboxes.

Select an option and then click OK to change the default search option.

You can also change the search on a search-by-search basis.  Select the dropdown option to the right of the search box.


Microsoft Outlook Search

Finally, you can change the search location, access the advanced search screen and display the Search Options screen from the Search Tools link on the File ribbon menu bar.




Happy Searching!


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Monday, August 17, 2015

One Cool Tip.com Show Now on Stitcher Radio

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The One Cool Tip.com Show Podcast is now playing on Stitcher Radio.  You can find it HERE.

You can listen to it on the Stitcher website, as well as the iPhone app and the Google Android app.


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Snipping Tool in Windows 10 Now Lets You Capture Pop Up Menus with Delay Option

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Windows 10 is full of subtle changes for the better.

One small but important change is a very good enhancement to the Snipping Tool.

The Snipping Tool lets you capture a screenshot, called a "snip", of any part of your computer screen and then save the image.

This can be important if you need to document something that is showing on the screen for a technical issue or if you are capturing part of the screen for a presentation or detailed instructions.

Since its introduction in Windows Vista, there has been one drawback with the bundled Snipping Tool.

 A screen capture could not be taken if the mouse was holding down a dropdown menu or during some other screen actions or popup menus.

The upgrade fixes this by allowing you to set a 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 second delay before the capture begins..

Snipping Tool Windows 10 Delay Screen - www.onecooltip.com


Just select how many seconds delay you want, let's say 5, then perform the screen action.  When the time delay happens, you can then capture the part of screen as normal.

This is a great but important enhancement that makes using Windows 10 even better.

Enjoy!