Sunday, October 18, 2015

ICYMI: Google Links, Speaker Phone, Send text via Email, Download Facebook Data, Wi-Fi Assist Update and How to Read WSJ Articles for Free

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A great week of Cool Tips here on One Cool Tip. Did you catch them all this week?  Don't worry, here are links to them all.


One Cool Tip Show, October 18, 2015
Listen to the latest episode of the show.  News includes the recent court decision regarding Google book scanning and Playboy's decision to go Safe for Work.  Plus a recap of cool tech tips.


Use These Two Google Search Tips for Links and Related Sites 
Learn more about these two Google searches that will help you find sites that link to a site as well as being similar.

How to Make a Hands-Free Phone Call with the Speaker Enabled 
Learn how you can go hands-free and enable the speakerphone on your next cell phone call.

How to Send an Email as a Text to a Cell Phone 
Learn how you can send a text to a mobile phone via text.

How to Download Your Facebook Data 
Learn how to download an archive of your Facebook data including photos, videos and posts.

Update: Apple Responds to the "Wi-Fi Assist" iOS9 Controversy 
Don;t be surprised by an expensive cell phone bill caused by iOS9's Wi-Fi Assist.  Learn what Apple now says about the feature.

How to Read Wall Street Journal Articles for Free
We all like Free.  Learn this cool tip how to read Wall Street Journal articles for free.

And finally, learn about JillStone.net and her blog post about One Cool Tip.


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One Cool Tip Show, October 18, 2015

The latest One Cool Tip Show, Things I Didn't Know, is now online.

Topics include the recent court ruling on Google Books and Playboy's recent decision to go to PG13 content.  Also included are Google search tips, Facebook Data, sending texts via email, reading the Wall Street Journal for free online and Wi-Fi assist on Apple iPhones.



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Saturday, October 17, 2015

How to Read Wall Street Journal Articles for Free

Everybody loves getting things for free.  Over time, most internet users expect most things on the net to be free.

So we all can get annoyed when a link to an online article requires paying for a subscription.

That's what happens for most Wall Street Journal articles.  And it is not cheap.  An annual subscription to wsj,com costs hundreds of dollars.

But what if you just need to read one article? Or two?
WSJ Steve Ballmer is Now One of Twitters Biggest Shareholders
Note the Key symbol means a subscription is required

There is a free, simple and ethical solution.

Search the article's title in Google.

Look for the article link on wsj,com and click to read. For free!

Google and the Wall Street Journal have a marketing agreement where users who read articles from the search site do so for free.

It's a good deal for the WSJ to allow users to read articles and then subscribe if they like the service,  And it's a great deal for Google users to be able to experience the quality articles from the Wall Street Journal.

In this example, I highlighted the article title within Chrome and then right-mouse clicked to search Google for this text.  You can also copy the title text, go to Google and paste, then search.

WSJ Steve Ballmer is Now One of Twitters Biggest Shareholders

Clicking the link that is in the Google search results will let you read the article for free.

Enjoy!

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Update: Apple Responds to "Wi-Fi Assist" iOS9 Controversy

iOS9
We told you recently about how a new feature in iOS9 on the iPhone might cause a nasty surprise of unexpected data charges on your wireless bill.  

When enabled, the "Wi-Fi Assist" feature attempts to improve performance by switching from a poor Wi-Fi connection to cellular data service.  Users who think they are on unlimited Wi-Fi connection and who are streaming video on Netflix, Hulu ,YouTube or other data-intensive apps will easily exceed data caps and cause expensive data charges on limited cellular data plans.

Our recommendation was to turn the feature off.

Apple has a new response to the controversial feature on their support page.

The Apple support page notes how the "Wi-Fi Assist" works and the possibility of unexpected increased data usage.

Apple also provided new, additional details on how the feature works in certain conditions:
  • Wi-Fi Assist will not automatically switch to cellular if you're data roaming.
  • Wi-Fi Assist only works when you have apps running in the foreground and doesn't activate with background downloading of content.
  • Wi-Fi Assist doesn’t activate with some third-party apps that stream audio or video, or download attachments, like an email app, as they might use large amounts of data.
While this new information provides insights on how the function works, users are still vulnerable to unexpected data charges since there is no warning that the Wi-Fi connection switched to cellular coverage.

So our Cool Tip remains, disable this feature if you are on a limited data plan or share data with other family users on your same plan.  To enable or disable the feature  go to "Settings", "Cellular" and then scroll down to "Wi-Fi Assist" to toggle it on or off.

iOS9 Wi-Fi Assist

Enjoy!

Thursday, October 15, 2015

How to Download Your Facebook Data

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Maybe you didn't save all of those photos and videos you've been uploading to Facebook over the years.   Or you are thinking about cleaning out your Facebook content or even closing your account.

Whatever the reason, Facebook makes it easy to download an archive of your Facebook data.

Here is how to do it.

1. Click the triangle icon in the upper right-hand corner of any Facebook Page.
2. Select "Settings"
3. Click "Download a copy of your Facebook data"
4. Click "Start My Archive"

facebook download your data

You'll be notified when your archive is ready to download.

Enjoy!

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Kudos to Jill Stone.net - Meeting Planner Extraordinaire!

Jill Stone www.jillstone.net
A great big "Thank You" and kudos to Jill Stone, Meeting Planner Extraordinaire, for her blog post today on www.JillStone.net featuring One Cool Tip.

Jill Stone is an experienced meeting planner who helps companies save time, money and headaches by handling meetings.  She handles the site selection, RFPs, contracts and can provide on-site meeting support.

Planning a meeting can be overwhelming, my cool tip is to let a professional handle it.  Be sure to check out how Jill Stone can help you with your next meeting. www.jillstone.net

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How to Send an Email as a Text to a Cell Phone

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Did you know you can send an email to a cell phone as a text?

Maybe you're at your PC and just want to send a quick text without retyping on your phone.

To send an email as a text, you'll need to know the phone number of the recipient and which mobile carrier is used.  For example, AT&T, Verizon or Sprint.

Listed below are the formats for each major carrier.

As an example, to send an email as a text to an AT&T recipient, you'd address your email to the 10DigitPhoneNumber@txt.att.net.  It would look like this 1234567890@txt.att.net  Of course, replace the 10 digit phone number with the phone number of your recipient.


Alltel
PlainText:  10DigitPhoneNumber@message.alltel.com
Picture or Video: 10DigitPhoneNumber@sms.alltel.com

AT&T
Plain Text: 10DigitPhoneNumber@txt.att.net
Picture or Video: 10DigitPhoneNumber@mms.att.net

Boost Mobile
10DigitPhoneNumber@myboostmobile.com

Sprint
10DigitPhoneNumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile
No longer supported by T-Mobile but may work with some subscribers:
10DigitPhoneNumber@tmomail.net

US Cellular
10DigitPhoneNumber@email.uscc.net

Verizon
10DigitPhoneNumber@vtext.com

Virgin Mobile

10DigitPhoneNumber@vmobl.com

This tried and true method still works.  Tho it is quickly being replaced by dedicated chat and messaging apps such as SnapChat, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp that bypass the carriers texting service all together.


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