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

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.

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Microsoft Word's Magical Lorem Ipsum Generator

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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 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."
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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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