Tuesday, July 7, 2015

How to Set Up a Sleep Timer on Your Phone

Timer
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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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Amazon Echo Celebrates Independence Day

Amazon Echo
As a special surprise for American Independence Day, try asking your Amazon Echo these questions:
  • "Alexa, play the Star-Spangled Banner"
  • "Alexa, read the Declaration of Independence"
  • "Alexa, tell me an Independence Day joke"





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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!

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Friday, July 3, 2015

The Many Searches of Google

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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.

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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!

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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!


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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Coolest Tips in June 2015

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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.

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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

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