Saturday, July 4, 2015

How to Type Accented Letters on an iPhone

Some days you just want to say Olé

 Or type an accented characters on your iPhone or iPad.

 But how do you access this hidden set of keyboard characters?

 The answer is pretty simple.

 Just press and hold the desired letter.  
Accented versions will display that you can select.

Olé!




Enjoy!

READ MORE

One Cool Tip.com
Daily Tips for a Cooler Life!

#iphone #ipad #accent #characters #keyboard
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , , ,

Friday, July 3, 2015

The Many Searches of Google

Google Logo
When we think of searching Google, we usually just go to Google's main page, or use the Chrome browser's search box.

That is fine for most Google searches.

But Google has a number of specialized search sites that can assist you in finding the right information.

Check out these sites the next time you need to search the web:

Google Images - images.google.com
Search for images on the web.

Google News - news.google.com
Search news from news sources from around the world.

Google Maps - maps.google.com
Search for directions but also search for specific destinations.

Google Finance - https://www.google.com/finance
Search the latest financial information.

Google Video - video.google.com
Search for videos from around the web.

Google Shopping - google.com/shopping
Search for a variety of merchandise from thousands of merchants.

Google Books - books.google.com
Search through an extensive collection of digitized books.  Many in the public domain can be viewed completely and downloaded as a PDF file.

Google Patent Search - www.google.com/?tbm=pts&hl=en
Search through millions of patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Google Scholar - scholar.google.com
Search for scholarly literature with this specialized site from Google.

Google Trends - http://www.google.com/trends/?hl=en
Search and explore top search trends on Google.

READ MORE

 One Cool Tip.com
Cool Tips for a Cooler Life!

#google #news #images #search #maps #finance #books #patent #trends #scholar #video
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: ,

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Microsoft Word's Magical Lorem Ipsum Generator

Microsoft Word
In publishing and graphical design, "lorem ipsum" is random Latin text used to fill a page.

It is used by designers as a tool to show others how a page layout design will look.

But why random Latin words?

This filler text allows the viewer to focus on the graphical elements and overall page layout rather than focusing on the actual words.

How can you generate your own lorem ipsum if you are mocking up a document, web page or presentation for review?

Fortunately, Microsoft Word has a built-in lorem ipsum text generator with a simple command:
=lorem(p,l)

Where "p" is the number of paragraphs to generate and "l" is the number of lines for each paragraph.

To generate lorem ipsum, just enter the formula in a document and press the "enter" key, for example, =lorem(5,6)
lorem ipsum

That's it!

Text can also be copied and used in other programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint to do the same thing.

Lorem ipsum is derived from the Latin dolorem ipsum, "pain itself".  The text is usually scrambled text from a text by Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum.

If you would like English words rather than Latin, replace "lorem" with "Rand" and random Microsoft Office help text will be generated and displayed in the MS Word document.

Enjoy!

READ MORE

#Microsoft #Word #lorem #ipsum #MSWord
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: ,

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

"Siri, What is Zero Divided by Zero?"

Homemade Cookies
Siri, Apple's personal assistant for iOS on the iPhone and iPad, is at it again with a new Easter Egg hidden in her response.

 Ask Siri, "What is zero divided by zero?"

 You'll laugh.  And then you might be sad too.

 Scroll down to see Siri's response.
---- Spoiler Ahead ------
"Imagine that you have zero cookies and you split them evenly among zero friends. How many cookies does each person get? See? It doesn't make sense. And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies, and you are sad that you have no friends."
Enjoy!


READ MORE

One Cool Tip.com
Cool Tips for a Cooler Life!


#Siri #EasterEgg #iOS #iPhone #CookieMonster
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , ,

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Coolest Tips in June 2015

One Cool Tip.com
It's been a busy month of June with the relaunch of www.OneCoolTip.com.

 What have been the coolest tips in June 2015?

 NASA Ring Tones Just Launched
This popular tip from 2008 zoomed to the top of June's list with thousands of views.  Who knew that NASA's sound files were so popular.  Learn how to use many famous sounds as ring tones for your mobile phone.

 How Do I Get Windows 10 for Free?
The newest version of Windows is coming.  For many PC users, it can be a free upgrade.  Learn how you can get your free version.

 Blocking Calls on Your Smart Phone
Ring Ring Ring.  Learn how you can block annoying calls to your mobile phone.

 Snapseed: Google's Best Photo App You Don't Know About
Learn how Google's Snapseed app is the best mobile photo editor.

 How to Restart Your iPhone or iPad
Learn how you can restart your iPhone or iPad for better performance or to recover when it is frozen.

 Enjoy!


One Cool Tip.com
Cool Tips for a Cooler Life!


#NASA #Windows 10 #iPhone #Android #Snapseed
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , , ,

How to Turn Off or On Emergency Alerts on Your Phone

Wireless Emergency Alerts
Why is my phone making a weird siren alert?

 Because many Americans no longer get their news from their living room television.

The modern version of American television's Emergency Broadcasting System is the Wireless Emergency Alerts phone on newer smart phones.

The wireless alerts are designed to notify mobile phone users about local emergencies, such as kidnappings (Amber Alerts), severe weather and even national emergencies from the office of the US President.

 Alerts are localized by geography so you'll only receive notifications from the authorities based upon where your phone is located.  However, roll out of the service has not been perfect.  There have been cases where phones noisily alerted phone users in the middle of the night for child kidnappings hours after the child had been found safe.  Fortunately, the system has gotten better as authorities have learned how to coordinate and time the alerts.

 But as a phone user, you can also turn off the Amber and Emergency Alerts.    Or chaeck that the alerts are enabled.  There's no way to disable a presidential alert.  

Android 
To enable or disable emergency alerts in Android, go to Settings then click the More option in Wireless & Networks.  Then scroll to Cell Broadcasts to enable or disable alerts.  Android is fickle so you may find settings in a different location based upon the version and the phone carriers implementation. 

iOS (iPhone and iPad) 
Alerts can be changed by going to Settings, then Notifications.  At the bottom are two settings under Government Alerts, Amber Alerts and Emergency Alerts which can be enabled or disabled.

 More information on Emergency Alerts is available from FEMA at http://www.ready.gov/alerts

#iPhone #Android #EmergencyAlert

READ MORE
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , ,

Monday, June 29, 2015

The Single Best Tip To Take Better Videos With Your Smart Phone

Do you take videos with your smart phone? You might be doing it wrong. And by wrong, I mean you are holding your phone wrong.

Grand Canyon Video Screenshot in Portrait Mode on MonitorThe single best tip for taking better videos is to always take your videos in landscape mode.

Put down that selfie stick.  You might have to use two hands to take a video.

But it will be worth it.

Taking videos in portrait mode (vertical) will leave black bars on each side of the image when the video is played on a PC monitor of a high def TV screen.

Landscape (or horizontal) videos will fill your monitors and TV screens correctly.

Grand Canyon Horizontal Video
So always, always, always, take videos in landscape mode.

Enjoy!

#video #iPhone #Android #horizontal #landscape #portrait






READ MORE
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , , , ,

Sunday, June 28, 2015

ICYMI: Cloud Storage, Mobile Photo Editor, NASA Images, Blocking Calls, "Unsend" from Gmail, Group Chat

ICYMI - In Case You Missed It
Did you catch all of the cool tips this week?

We covered a wide range of cool topics including the best cloud storage, the best photo editor for your smart phone, a new NASA image gallery, how to block annoying calls to your mobile phone, Gmail's new "Undo" feature and finally the best group chat app that works across difference devices and platforms.

In Case You Missed It:

Learn how you can store documents so you can access them from multiple devices with Dropbox and cloud storage.

Learn how Google's Snapseed app is the best mobile photo editor.

Visit and search the new NASA image gallery with over 138,000 photos from 70 collections.

Learn how you can block annoying calls to your mobile phone.

Learn how you can enable Gmail's new "Unsend" option to unsend an email.

Discover which group chat app is the best service to use to connect your friends and family.

Finally, One Cool Tip is now on Facebook.  Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/onecooltip
be sure to like and share the page with your Facebook friends!

Enjoy!



One Cool Tip.com
Cool Tips for a Cooler Life!

#callblocking #cloud #dropbox #facebook #gmail #ICYMI #messenger #NASA #Snapseed #unsend
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , , , , , , , ,

Saturday, June 27, 2015

One Chat App to Rule Them All

Facebook Messenger Icon
Are all of your family and friends on the same group chat application?

The answer is probably no.

Even before AOL's Instant Messenger service, chat applications have been fragmented with various services and device reluctant to communicate with one another gather a large enough userbase to be useful.

Perhaps today's worse offender is Apple's iOS iMessage app which works with other Apple devices and thus all other mobile devices only via cellular text messaging.  That leaves Android phones and tablets out of the conversation.

So what's the answer?

Facebook Messenger app screenshot
There are a number of apps trying to solve this problem.  Snapchat, WhatsApp, GroupMe, Skype, and Google Hangouts are just a few of the apps trying to be "the next big thing" in group chat.

But Facebook Messenger is the clear winner.  At least for now.

It has a large built-in user base, great features and can be accessed from multiple platforms:
Some of the key features include:
  • Make audio and video calls to other Messenger users
  • Know when people see your text
  • Make High Def phone calls to other users worldwide
  • Snap photos and shoot video
  • Record voice messages
  • Chat with your favorite groups of other users
Facebook announced this week that Messenger will no longer require a Facebook account to use.
That helps adoption by users who may not want to have a Facebook account.

Group chat is a rapidly growing market for the mobile world.  Facebook has with a winning chat strategy for both mobile and desktop users.

Enjoy!


#chat #facebook #messenger #Android #iPhone #Windowsphone
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , , , ,

Friday, June 26, 2015

You Can Now "Unsend" an Email from Gmail

Google Gmail Logo
Did you just send an email in anger?
Did you just send the wrong message to your boss?
Did you get your girlfriend and your wife's email mixed up?  Only kidding.

Google can help you solve these modern first-world problems with a new feature available to all users in Google's Gmail service.

Google announced this week that an "Undo Send" option has become part of the official product.  It had been in testing as part of Gmail's Lab options.

When enabled, you have between 5-30 seconds to "unsend" the message.

Here's how to enable this feature and use it in Gmail:
  • Log into your Gmail account.
  • Click the "gear" Setting icon in the upper right-hand corner.
  • Select "Settings".
  • Select "general" tab if not already.
  • About half-way down, look for the "Undo Send" option.  
  • Click the check box to "Enable Undo Send".
  • Click the dropdown box to choose 5, 10, 20 or 30 seconds.
  • Scroll tot he bottom of the page and click the "Save Changes" button.
When you next send an email, a message will appear that says "Your message has been sent.  Undo.".  Click the Undo option to unsend the message.  Your message will not be sent.  You can edit or close the message and return it to your draft folder.

That's it!  Save yourself some grief by turn this new feature on.

Enjoy!


READ MORE
One Cool Tip.com
Cool Tips for a Cooler Life!

#email #gmail #google #unsend
at No comments:
Cool Tip Topics: , , ,
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)