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Google Input tools

shantanuo — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:44:40 GMT

Google suddenly stopped download of Input Tools package without giving any reason. And here is official response by Google:We have been in touch with the Google Input Tools team and have confirmed that the Windows application is no longer available for download or installation. Instead, the team recommends you install the Google Input Tools Chrome extension as an alternative.

This is not expected from a company like google.

Google Calculator

shantanuo — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:34:04 GMT

24685316 kb in MBshows the wrong results:24 685 316 kilobits = 3 013.34424 megabytes

I should have typed KB in capital to find the correct MB count

24685316 KB in MB24 685 316 kilobytes = 24 106.7539 megabytes

(Note the spelling difference in kilobits and kilobytes!)

comic books

shantanuo — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:44:38 GMT

A way to quickly search for free comic books online using Google if you are looking for title specific searches.-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified" spider-man cbrto find simpsons...-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified" simpsons cbr

Gmail Filters

shantanuo — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:19:22 GMT

Use the wildcard character () for companies that use multiple types of address from the same domain. One great use I’ve seen is to use the wildcard character for vendors such as Amazon or eBay to make it easier to track online purchases. Create a label (online shopping) and a filter with such email addresses as @amazon.com| @ebay.com|@paypal.com|* @barnesandnoble.com

Better image search

shantanuo — Sun, 27 May 2007 09:56:47 GMT

The image results for Paris are pretty diverse, but most of them are about the French city and Paris Hilton. Now let's restrict the images to faces by adding &imgtype=face (or =news) at the end of the URL: we get all kinds of images, but all of them show faces. Google uses face detection technology to select only images that contain faces and that may be the first visible result of the Neven Vision acquisition.

Backup Outlook to gmail

shantanuo — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:32:26 GMT

Create an email rule in Outlook that will auto-forward all incoming email to our new GMail address.
Click Start from a blank rule, and then click Next. (Check messages as they arrive).
Choose forward messages and specify your_address@gmail.com. Run this rule now on messages already in your Inbox.
Click Finish and get a cup of coffee. Outlook is now transferring your inbox messages to the gmail.

The above bulk-email forwarding technique can work for Yahoo and Hotmail users as well.

mail fetcher in gmail!

shantanuo — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:17:21 GMT

A mail fetcher is a software that retrieves mail from one or more POP3 mailboxes and sends it to another mailbox. Gmail includes a mail fetcher, but this new feature is not yet available for everyone.

Google music

shantanuo — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:29:35 GMT

Google is good for so many things, among which is searching for all sorts of files, including MP3's. Here's a quick primer:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Nirvana"

Just substitute the term "Nirvana" for any band or singer you might be looking for, and your search will lead you to open indexes that contain downloadable music files.

Google code search

shantanuo — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:40:16 GMT

Google has introduced Google Code Search, a site that simplifies how software developers search for programming code to improve existing software or create new programs.

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Find related images

shantanuo — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:34:02 GMT

You know how to check out the images of the given word in google by clicking on the appropriate link on the google search page. But did you know that when you search for "mango" on this page....

blog.outer-court.com

you get pictures of banana, apple, Strawberry, pineapple and other fruits?

It combines Google sets and Google images. So just type in the name of something, word, description etc and see what images Google turns up.

Way too much fun, way too addictive. (for e.g. mars, red, George Bush)