Happy Thanksgiving

Do you remember making a hand turkey in elementary school?

Relive your childhood with this cool interactive turkey from Google.

Click the link and then dress your turkey by clicking on feathers and body.

http://www.google.com/logos/2011/thanksgiving.html

The Google turkey was a Google Doodle from 2011 and remains a favorite Cool Tip.

We've explained Google Doodles before here on One Cool Tip.

For a Google search of Thanksgiving, click HERE.

Happy Thanksgiving!


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Discover the Google Star Wars Easter Egg: A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away

Google has a cool Star Wars themed Easter Egg hidden in its search site.

Search for "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away"

You'll get the search results in a Star Wars scroll

Click on the text to go to that item.

This new treat is a part of the massive Google Star Wars theme available this week promoting the new upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie.

Users can choose to join the Light Side or the Dark side.

Each choice create corresponding themes in Google products such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Chrome, YouTube and Google Maps.

In addition, Waze users can select C-3PO as the navigation voice in the mobile Waze app.

May the Google be with You!

Enjoy!


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Let C-3P0 Be Your Navigator

C-3PO, Human Cyborg Relations, can now be your voice navigator using Waze on your Android or iPhone..

C-3PO will tell you how to get to your destination at lightspeed faster than than the Millennium Falcon on a Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.

It's all part of a new massive promotion of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens film across multiple Google services,

We've told you about Waze and how it is a great navigation app.  And even when Stephen Colbert was a guest navigator.  

Now you can set the voice as C-3PO.

Here's how to do it:

• Open the Waze app 
• Scroll down to settings (click the Waze icon in the bottom left corner, then settings icon)
• Select Sound
• Click to select Star Wars

That's it!  May the Waze be with you!

For more information and links to download Waze, visit the Waze, Star Wars page HERE.

For more information on Google's Star Wars, click HERE.

Enjoy!

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Is Your Anti-Virus Software Up-to-Date?

Have you checked that your computer's anti-virus software is running and up-to-date?

Virus and malware can sneak into your PC at anytime.

Every website and email is a potential new threat.

Up-to-date anti-virus software will help keep the problems to a minimum.

But only if it is running and current.

Make it a regular habit to check each week.  

Usually, you can right mouse-click the software's icon in the task bar to check and update the definitions if they are not current.

Be prepared.  Don't wait until it's too late.

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ICYMI: Google Search for Customer Service Phone Numbers, "Find My Device" in Windows 10, Google App, Stopping Facebook Videos, Search !Bangs DuckDuckGo and Stopping Windows 10 Start Menu Ads

We've had another great week of cool tech tips here at One Cool Tip.

Cool tips this week feature tips for Google searches, new Windows 10 features, Google mobile app, Facebook videos and DuckDuckGo.

Check these cool tips for the week:

How to Find Customer Service Numbers Using Google Search

Learn how to use the power of Google to find the customer service numbers for major products and services.

"Find My Device" is New Feature of Windows 10 in November Update

The November 2015 update for Windows 10 brought a long-awaited feature, Find My Device.  Learn how to enable this valuable feature before you need it!

Google App Gets a Whole Lot Smarter

Google updated its mobile apps for Android and iPhone devices to answer more complex queries.  Learn how you can use these new search options.

How to Stop Facebook Videos from Automatically Playing to Save Data

Facebook could be wasting your mobile data.  Learn how to stop Facebook videos from automatically playing videos that drain your data.

Search Sites with DuckDuckGo !Bangs

DuckDuckGo is a terrific search engine.  One unique feature is the ability to search other sites directly such as Amazon using !Bangs.  Learn how to use this cool feature.

How to Stop Windows 10 Ads in the Start Menu

Windows 10 has a very annoying feature of "suggestions", ads, that appear in the Start Menu.  Learn how to stop these annoying ads with this cool tip.

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How to Stop Windows 10 Ads in the Start Menu

If you have Windows 10, you've probably seen the ads -- or as Microsoft calls them "suggestions" -- in the Start menu.

You didn't think your free Windows 10 upgrade was really free, did you?

There's an easy way to disable these annoying ads.

Here's how.

• Go to Settings
• Select Personalization
• Select Start
• Toggle the "Occasionally show suggestions in Start" option to "off"

That's it!  No more ads or suggestions in the Start menu in your Windows 10.

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Search Sites with DuckDuckGo !Bangs

DuckDuckGo is a terrific search site.

Unlike Google, DuckDuckGo protects users privacy while providing quality search results.

One very cool feature of the site is the ability to search other sites, especially e-commerce sites such as Amazon.

These searches, called !Bangs, are available for thousands of sites.

Here's how to search using !Bangs.

- from the DuckDuckGo main page, enter "!Amazon Shirts" (without the "s)
- The results be return search results directly from the Amazon site

Besides Amazon, !Bang searches are available for thousands of sites in a variety of categories.  These include Entertainment, Shopping, News and Tech.  Site searches include The Washington Post, Wikipedia, Bed Bath and Beyond and many more.

More information on !Bangs is available HERE.

Check out DuckDuckGo and !Bangs for your next web search.

Enjoy!

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