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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

How to Delete Your Facebook Search History

Did you know that Facebook saves all of your site activity?

Did you know that all of your Facebook searches are saved too?

Have you searched out ex-boyfriends? Ex-girlfriends?

Do you want to make these past search queries go away?

You can with a few simple steps. Just follow these instructions below:

Click on the settings cog in the top-right corned. Choose the "Activity Log" option from the dropdown list.
All of your recent Facebook activity will be displayed. On the left-hand menu, select "More" under "Photos, Likes and Comments". Then choose "Search"
Your complete search history will be displayed. You can delete individual searches by clicking the "block" icon (the circle with a line through it) and then "Remove". To remove all searches, click the "Clear Searches" link at the top.

That's it. Facebook can't use your past searches for marketing to you.

Enjoy!

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Monday, July 13, 2015

If You Read It on Facebook, It Must Be True

"There's a sucker born every minutes". That's a phrase often credited to circus promoter PT Barnum.

But on the internet, we're all potential suckers to the partly believable Facebook posts that pop up in our news feeds.

Especially when they are shared from trustworthy friends.

These are the latest versions of forwarded emails that plagued email users before Facebook became so popular.

Did you hear the one about Pope Francis wearing a Black Sabbath shirt?

Or the one about KFC serving fried rat?

Both are FALSE of course.

But how do you know?

Before you "Share" or forward a post that may or not be true, check out Snopes.com first.

The site is a collection of internet rumors and myths that are checked for accuracy.

Enjoy!

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ICYMI: Where's My iPhone?, Musical Sleep Timer, Waze Calendar Integration, Where's My Android? and Testing Internet Speed

Another great week of Cool Tips here at One Cool Tip.com. Check out these great tips from last week:

Where's My iPhone?
Losing a phone can be very frustrating. learn how to find a lost iPhone

How To Set Up a Sleep Timer on Your Phone
Do you like to go to sleep listening to music? Learn how to set a musical sleep timer on your phone.

Waze Knows Where You are Going
Wouldn't it be nice if your GPS app knew where you wanted to go? Waze now integrates with your phone's calendar. Learn how to set up this feature.

Where's My Android?
Lost your Android phone? Learn how to find it.

Test Your Internet Speed
Are you getting what you pay for with your Internet speed? Learn how you can test your connection.

Enjoy!

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Test Your Internet Speed

How fast is your Internet speed? 5 meg? 20 meg? 100 meg?

Are you really getting the speed you are promised (and paying for) by your ISP?

A quick way to find out is to use www.SpeedTest.net

Click the Begin Test button

After download and upload tests are performed, your results will be displayed. You can redo the test a few times to ensure you get consistent results. This will show if you are getting close to what you think you should be getting for the service you are buying from your internet provider.

To ensure that you are getting accurate results, be sure to limit other activity on your PC during the testing, for example a virus scan, as well as internet activity on other devices on your home or office network, for example an Apple TV device streaming Netflix.

SpeedTest is also available as a mobile app for your iPhone and Android devices. This is a good tool if you need to test the speed of your smart phone for your carrier's speed or a WiFi.

Finally, try a few other sites from time to time to validate your results:

Enjoy!

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Friday, July 10, 2015

Where's My Android?

Have you misplaced your Android phone again?

No more wondering if it is at the office, in the car or at home.

Google has made it easy to find your Android phone with a recent update to its search site.

Here's how to do it:

Simply type "find my phone" into the Google search engine from your PC. You'll need to be logged into the same Google account as your phone on your PC.

Google will then display a map with the close location of your device.

This simple new way to find your phone is in addition to the existing Android Device Manager.

Android Device Manager lets you locate your Android device and do both a lock and remote data wipe--important if you need to ensure that your data is kept safe. First, you'll need to go to your Android's device setting and select the Android Device Manager to ensure that locate device option is set.

After that, just visit https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager to locate your device.

That's it. Two ways to Find Your Android phone!

Looking to find your Apple iPhone? Check out this Cool Tip: Where's My iPhone?

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

Waze Knows Where You Are Going

Do you know where you are going?

We've shared a Cool Tip about the great driving app Waze here already.

But here's another Cool Tip.

Waze can get you directions to your destination based upon your iPhone or Android calendar.

This calendar integration means that you don't have to retype your destinations into the driving app.

Just put the destination into the "location" field in your calendar app when you are setting up an appointment or a meeting.

When you access Waze, the location will be available to confirm. You'll need to allow Waze to access you mobile calendar when you access Waze. You can also ensure that your "Calendar Sync" is turned on by visiting your Waze settings under "Calendar Events".

Enjoy!

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

How to Set Up a Sleep Timer on Your Phone

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.

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.