Once a week we dip into the tips box and pulls out some clever tips to share. This week we’re looking at how to instantly cool your hot car down,  improve your Google search results with automatic synonyms, and extending your Android keyboard.

Cool a Hot Car Down by Pumping the Door Open and Closed

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Mark writes in with this cool down technique:

Search Google with Synonyms

Steve writes in with a clever search trick:

Great tip, Steve! We thought we were Google ninjas around here but the tilde to force synonym searching was a trick we’d never used before. Nice find.

Swipe Up for More Android Keyboard Space

Angela writes in with a handy way to work faster on an Android keyboard. She writes:

Not many people are aware of this feature Angela. If you have Android 2.2 or above and are using the default keyboard then a simple swipe gives you a spacious keyboard to work with. Thanks for writing in!