18+ Useful Things You Can Do with OK Google

Did You Know? Thanks to the entire U.S. waiting to hear the O.J. Simpson murder trial verdict in 1995, the day the verdict was announced long distance phone call traffic decreased 58 percent and trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange decreased by 41 percent. Geek Trivia When Gear Is Made Less Effective In Video Games, Gamers Say It Has Been? Retconned → Buffed → Jerry Rigged → Nerfed → Advertisement Computer and Hacking Forensics - FREE Video Training Course Learn how to determine potential online criminal activity, legally gather evidence, search and investigate wireless attacks. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. 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What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Verizon Launching Wi-Fi Calling On 2 Samsung Phones It's about time Verizon got onboard with Wi-Fi calling. Where I live, Verizon Wireless is absolutely terrible, almost no service in my house. Sadly iPhones won't get Wi-Fi calling on Verizon until next year sometime. [Twice] Microsoft to open source Chakra, the JavaScript heart of its Edge browser Look how far we've come in just 10 short years. All of the major browsers are based on open source now. [ArsTechnica] Anthony Daniels on 4 Decades of Life As C-3PO There's a lot of special effects in all the Star Wars movie, but Daniel's has brought a dose of traditional acting and charm to every one of them with his portrait of C-3PO. [Vulture] Minecraft hits Wii U on Dec. 17, includes six packs, GamePad play Although the $29.99 price tag is pretty steep (especially if you've already bought Minecraft for all your other platforms) the Wii U version does include integration with the gamepad screens for multiplayer. [Polygon] The BBC wants to make movies that adapt to your interests The BBC's research project, Visual Perceptive Media, adapts the media you're watching to what interests you within that video. [The Verge] Your Office Is Too Cold. Or Too Hot. But Science Wants to Help The National Renewable Energy Laboratory understands you think the office is too cold (or too hot) and they're setting up labs to study it (and technology to create little pockets of warmth or cold for each worker). [Wired] How to Find Your iPhone Using Your Apple Watch You put your iPhone down somewhere, but you can't remember where. You know it can't be far; you just had it a little while ago. Finding your missing iPhone is quick and easy using your Apple Watch. Read This Article → 18+ Useful Things You Can Do with OK Google Apple users have Siri, Windows 10 users can call upon Cortana, and Android users can use Ok Google. Ok Google can do a lot more than just look stuff up however, and it even rivals Siri in some ways. Read This Article → How to Choose Whether Your Function Keys are F1-F12 Keys or Special Keys Modern laptop and desktop keyboards have a multi-purpose set of keys in the “function” row. These keys can perform special actions related to the audio volume, playback, and hardware features. They can also function as the classic F1-F12 keys — but not at the same time. Read This Article → How to Combine Multiple Partitions Into a Single Partition Some manufacturers ship PCs with their internal drives divided into multiple partitions — one for the Windows operating system, and an empty “data” partition for your personal files. You can combine these partitions into a single one, if you prefer. Read This Article → How to Live With a 16 GB iPhone or Android Phone It’s easy to fill up a 16 GB phone by taking photos, recording videos, syncing music, and downloading large apps — especially large games. Here’s how to maximize that space if you’re not paying extra for more storage. Read This Article → How to Wipe Drives From Windows, Mac, or a Bootable Disk Whether you’re letting go of a computer or disposing of a USB drive, it’s a good idea to wipe that drive if there was ever sensitive, unencrypted data on it. This will prevent someone from using deleted-file-recovery tools to recover sensitive data from that drive. Read This Article → How to Manually Add or Remove Wi-Fi Networks from OS X One of the things that OS X does is save every Wi-Fi network you connect to. This is great if you go from Wi-Fi network to Wi-Fi network and don’t want to enter your credentials each and every time, but it does have a downside. Read This Article → How to Resume Your Last Activity on Wrist Raise on Apple Watch By default, your Apple Watch screen turns on when you raise your wrist. Also, by default, when the screen turns on due to a wrist raise, the watch face displays, even if you were performing a different activity on your watch when the screen went off. Read This Article → How to Set Up Content and Purchase Restrictions on Your Apple TV Apple TV has even more sophisticated content and purchase restrictions than its predecessors: it’s dead simple to restrict mature content, apps, and purchases. Let’s take a look at how to set and manage the restrictions. Read This Article → How to Print to PDF on Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet All modern computers, smartphones, and tablets can now easily print web pages and other documents to PDF files without any extra software. Microsoft added this to Windows 10, and Apple added it to iOS 9. 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