Comments on: 14 Awesome Google Tricks You May Not Be Using

By: alex Miller

alex Miller — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:04:54 +0000

Also Check out my recent blog post How to check your non-gmail email with gmail for another great trick - using gmail as a POP client from anywhere!

By: Fotoflo

Fotoflo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:03:13 +0000

@Life Revived Re: Currency Converter

I use it all the time as a currency converter. Though it gets a little tiring doing all that typing… Here is a simplification:

Search for:
100 USD to HKD
to change US dollars to Hong Kong dollars

By: alex Miller

alex Miller — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:55:06 +0000

Yes, google rules. But they also rule your privacy. They can search all your records and see who you have been mailing and what you have been sending. Check out Or you could use an email encryption program like MailCloak, which uses open source GnuPG (like PGP) to protect your gmail from google, your MSN mail from M$ and your Yahoo! Mail from Yahoo!

By: garry

garry — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:44:24 +0000

It is true after all, Google really does rule the world!

By: Jitendra Bangani

Jitendra Bangani — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:50:09 +0000

#2: You need not frame it as a question. You can just type ‘time london’ to get the local time.

By: Life Revived

Life Revived — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:25:49 +0000

How about a currency convertor ?
e.g. Type in
1 USD in Canadian Currency
or
12 British Currency in American Currency

By: N1nj4Br34dm4n

N1nj4Br34dm4n — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:46:20 +0000

Yea, the phonebook thing isn’t as accurate as you think, I can’t find any of the large retailers that are within a five mile radius or my house, and while I could find my phone number, I could not find the number for any of the 7 friends I tried….whereas my yellowpages has them all, I think I’ll stick to the book for now thanks.

By: Sean A. Rhodes

Sean A. Rhodes — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:43:45 +0000

There is also a dictionary function.
type -
Define: word
to get a definition and links

By: Mikael

Mikael — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:27:19 +0000

Most of the tips don’t seem to work if you have selected a different language.

By: ScreenRant.com

ScreenRant.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:15:54 +0000

I’ve heard of number of those above before, but over time I just forget they’re available.

Turns out you can type in:

stock company name

and it will return the stock info if you don’t know the symbol. Cool.

Vic