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No one would argue the


fact that Google is one of
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the most useful sites on


the Internet. Ancestor
Unfortunately, most Search
people only use about 3%
of its power. Smart Google Find Family History,
users, on the other hand,
Make Your Family
Tree W/
know how to turn Google
DiscoverAncestry!
into a quick calculator,
translate foreign sites,
create their own
customized search engine,
and search for movie
reviews and stock quotes
with special search queries.
From easter eggs to handy
shortcuts that give you
want, you want and what
you need almost instantly,
Google can do it all. Google EDITOR’S PICKS

Search is becoming an
indispensable tool to
students, travelers, the
curious and the bored and
here the 15 Amazing
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1) Play “Atari
Breakout”(Google
Images)

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playable version of game! Switch To Linux?

2) Play Pacman

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Type “Pacman” and click


Search. Click to start
playing the game.

3) Play Zerg Rush

A playable game originally


created by Google with
small ‘o’ characters that
destroy search results if
they are not clicked with
the mouse pointer.

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Apps That Can You Earn


Real Cash

4)  Input Handwriting for


Translation

Go to Google Translator,
click the pencil option at
the bottom left side of the
text box and write the
word by hand. This is
helpful when translating
from character-based
languages.

5) How to Pronounce Big


Numbers

If you want  Google Search


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to teach you how to


pronounce big numbers,
just type in the ህልgure, then
adds an equal (=) and the
language you want it to be
pronounced. However, this
works for up to 13 digits
only.

6) Use It Like a Calculator

You can not only perform


direct calculations, e.g.
5^3, 10+5, 15-8, 35*55,
100/50 in the search bar,
but also can calculate the
results for trigonometric
functions as well.

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7) Solve Geometrical
Shapes
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You can solve for


geometrical shapes such as
circle, rectangle, triangle,
trapezoid, ellipse etc. With
Google search. To do so
type “solve” and add a
shape e.g. “Solve triangle”,
click the search button and
it will return you with a
calculator to solve that
shape. Not only this but
you can also choose to
solve for area, perimeter,
gamma, height, side (a) or
side (c). Each shape carries
a diꁍerent calculator.

8) Generate a Graph

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You can create a graph


instantly for a
mathematical function. For
instance, search “graph for
x^2” or “graph for tan (x)”
and so on. The search
results returned with the
graph drawn.

9) Google Tip Calculator

You can calculate the


Waiter Tip with this if you
are poor with math but not
with tips. Search “tip
calculator”, enter your bill
amount, tip % and select
the number of people
contributing to the bill to
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get how much your tip is.

Ancestor Search
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Your Family Tree W/
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10) Currency Conversion

Although currency
conversions could be done
via Google Currency
Converter but if you want
to perform currency
conversion directly from
the Google search bar, then

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just type, the currency you


want to convert from and
into like this: 100 GBP to
USD. The search result will
return with the converted
amount.

11) Conversion of Units


for Diᣀerent Quantities

Not just currency, but you


can also  convert units for
diꁍerent. There are 9
categories you can do
conversions in:
temperature, length, mass,
speed, volume, area, fuel
consumption, time and
digital storage.

12) Translation between


Languages

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Just type the language you


want to translate from and
the language you want to
translate into to turn your
search bar into a
temporary translator. In
this example, we tried
“French to English”.

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13) Google Timer

Type in Google Timer and a


box will pop up, allowing
you to enter any amount of
time, for example 45
seconds. Google Timer will
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start the countdown and a


beeping alarm will ring
once it reaches 0. Google
timer can be set for full
screen as well.

14) Sunrise and Sunset

Google can  give you the


exact times for sunrise and
sunset in your city. Search
sunrise or sunset in
city_name  and the search
result will return to the
exact time.

15) Weather Forecast

You can get the weather

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forecast for any city just by


typing the city. Followed by
“forecast.”

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