Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Google Hand Turkey

UPDATE 6/1/2015. - Updated with link to Google Doodle Archive
--------------------------------------

Build yourself a share-able hand turkey via Google's Thanksgiving Day doodle.  (Now Archived)

https://www.google.com/doodles/thanksgiving-2011

You can share it after you customize it via an email link or through the new Google+ social networking site..

Google says this Google Doodle will stay up through Thanksgiving Day (Thursday).

Gobble Gobble.

READ MORE

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

Friday, November 11, 2011

Sunrise, Sunset

Need to know when sunrise or sunset is?  Check out this handy site.  Just choose your location on the handy Google map, and it will tell you the times for both!

Check it out here:  http://www.sunrisesunsetmap.com/




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

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Let the Google Clock tell you the time.

http://googleearthclock.cwandt.com/

The numbers from the clock are taken from Google Earth images.



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

Friday, September 23, 2011

NASA Ring Tones Just Launched

NASA Logo
UPDATE 5/31/15:  This is one of the most popular tech tips available here on OneCoolTip.com.  We've added more instructions on how to install the ringtones to your smartphone both iPhone and Android.

----------------------

What could be more geekier than NASA ringtones?

Check out the new collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions.

You can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch or Neil Armstrong's "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" every time you get a phone call.

Or, you can hear the memorable words "Houston, we've had a problem," every time you make an error on your computer.

NASA has included both MP3 and M4R (iPhone) sound files to download.UPDATED

https://www.nasa.gov/audio-and-ringtones/ 

To install the NASA sounds and ringtones for iPhone, read detailed instructions:
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds/iphone_install_directions.html

To install the NASA sounds and ringtones for Android devices, NASA recommends downloading and installing their app available from the Google Play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nasa

Note: The ringtone option is available from the main page of the app in the MENU option.

UPDATE: NASA also launches a new image gallery with over 138.000 images from 70 collections.  Learn more HERE

Source: NASA

READ MORE

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

Friday, August 5, 2011

Secret Twitter Photo Search

Twitter logo
UPDATE 6/1/2015 - Updated with current instructions on how to search and filter Twitter results including Advanced Search.

----------------------------------------------------------

It's not so secret anymore.  In the years since this OneCoolTip first posted, Twitter has added additional search capabilities to its site.

Twitter has become the "go to" app for up-to-the-moment searches.

But with this enormous stream of information comes the challenge of how to filter unwanted results.

Fortunately, Twitter now has advanced search tools.

But first things first.  To do a photo search, enter your keyword(s) in the search box on the Twitter main page.  When the results are displayed, you can limit them to photos by selecting the "Photos" option in the top bar across the results.

In the example below, I searched for "cat" and then limited the results to just photos.

Twitter Search constrained to Photos


Twitter Search More Options Drop Down MenuIn addition, there are additional options besides "Top", "Live", "Accounts", "Photos" and "Videos".  Click the "More Options" link to show these options.

You can limit the results to just from people you follow or even from near your location.

Finally, there is a comprehensive "Advanced" Search option available at: https://twitter.com/search-advanced

The "Advanced" Search option page allows you to search full or partial words as well exact phrases and even hashtags.  Or even results that do not contain key words.

You can also search by accounts and account mentions.

And a very useful advanced search is to limit by date.

All of these options are great tools for finding the information you want from the very popular Twitter site.


READ MORE

One Cool Tip.com

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Skype for iPad Officially Released

UPDATE 6/22/15: Skype for Web allows you to use skype only from a PC web browser.  Learn more HERE.

Skype has released an iPad version of its popular video software.   The new version made a brief cameo last night and was pulled from the Apple iTunes store.  But it's back for good, officially.

You can download the new version HERE.

Check out the new video on the new Skype for iPad app:

-



READ MORE

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

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

What Do You Love?

Google has a new tool out that is not yet widely know called What Do You Love available at http://www.wdyl.com

This new sites lets you do a really comprehensive search on topics.  Results are then returned for images, videos, maps, and most of the other Google tools.

Looking for information on Cats on Google?  A search on WDYL returns a quick overview of Google's tools on the subject:



So check it out on What Do You Love!


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