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How to enable OK Google everywhere on your phone (video)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Joe Levi

“OK Google” is a pretty neat tool. It lets you search for virtually anything — as long as you’re on your homescreen. A recent update to Google Search unlocked that limitation and allowed users to enable OK Google everywhere, even on the lock screen!The update requires Android 4.3+ (or 4.4+, depending on who you ask), it also needs the latest version of the Google Search app and the latest update to Play Services. Head out to the Play Store and make sure you’ve got all the latest updates installed before you continue.Next, from your homescreen, simply say ...

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How to make Windows Phone 8.1 automatically turn WiFi on in certain places

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Adam Z. Lein

A few of our readers out there have asked me how I got the WiFi to turn on when arriving at certain locations in the new Windows Phone 8.1. We heard a while back that Windows Phone 8.1 would have the ability to turn WiFi on automatically after a certain amount of time, but the geolocation-based WiFi power-on option is a pleasant surprise. You probably already know that Android has had numerous apps available that can do this type of thing; turning WiFi on and off based on your location. It’s really useful if you don’t want the WiFi radio on all the time using up your battery ...

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Put Contacts in your Android Notification Shade (Video)

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Joe Levi

I love how Android integrates various ways to contact friends, family, and co-workers using a simple “contact card” metaphor. Today we have so many different ways to be contacted it’s almost comical. Work phone, home phone, work cell, home cell, home email, work email, Twitter, Facebook, Google Chat, Skype, and more! Most Contacts apps that come built-in to the major mobile operating systems today include ways to handle all these methods through which we can connect with one another. Still, firing up your contacts app, searching for the person you want to connect with, ...