Eric Ravenscraft
Contributing since March, 2017
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About Eric Ravenscraft
Eric Ravenscraft covers smarthome tech for How-To Geek. He's a problem solver who never learned to say no to a project. When he's not fixing things, he's cosplaying at cons, playing video games, and watching too many comic book movies. You can follow him on Twitter or Instagram.
Latest Articles
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How to Turn On Facebook's Data Saver Tool
If you spend a lot of time on Facebook, you can burn through your mobile data pretty quickly just scrolling past pictures and autoplaying videos.
How to Control Your Philips Hue Lights with Keyboard Shortcuts
Being able to turn your lights on and off with your voice is one of the best things about having a smart home.
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Like the IRC chat of old, Discord comes with a set of slash commands that you can use to express yourself or do useful things like search for GIFs or read text aloud.
How to Override Chrome's "Quit Everything" Ctrl+Shift+Q Shortcut
Google seems to think there's a good reason to have a shortcut that will kill every single one of your tabs at once.
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How to Disable Facebook's Chat-Style Post Tab Notifications
When you chat with people on Facebook, each conversation appears at the bottom-right corner of the site as a chat tab.
How to Use Someone Else's Music Subscription On a Shared Google Home
Google Home lets you listen to music from Spotify, Pandora, Play Music, and even YouTube Red.
How to Find Public Wi-Fi Using the Facebook App on Your Phone
Everyone needs to find a Wi-Fi hotspot every once in a while.
How to Stop Facebook Videos From Playing Sound Automatically
In Facebook's endless quest to make your life "better" (where better has a very subjective meaning), it has added a feature to its mobile app that will automatically play sound when a video starts.
How to Change the Alarm Volume On Your Google Home
If you want to adjust the volume on your Google Home, you can just swipe along the touch-sensitive top of the device to turn the volume up or down.
How to Customize Your Echo Show's Home Screen
The Echo Show is the only Amazon Echo product with a home screen.
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Now that Amazon Echos can receive calls and messages, it's only a matter of time before you get sick of all the notifications.
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Amazon's Prime Day may be about as made up of a holiday as Festivus, but you can sometimes score a few good deals.
How to Change the Brightness and Alarm Volume On Your Echo Show
Your Echo Show is a device for the whole family to share, which means you'll want to make sure everyone can both see and hear it.
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With a tap of a button, you can change the color of your Philips Hue lights.