Tricks To Using Google
January 31st, 2008
Did you know that Google has some extras to offer?
- Get local time
Type, e.g. time chicago, time singapore - Weather and temperature
E.g. temp hong kong, temp new york - Find the meaning of a word
Add define before the search term - Currency conversion
E.g. 20 usd in euro - Unit Conversion
E.g.
Temperature - 50 f to c, 30 c to f
Distance - 10 miles to km
Volume - half cup to ml, 30 oz to ml - Tracking parcels
Enter your tracking number for USPS, UPS or FedEx without having to login to the respective websites - Get flight details
Enter the carrier’s name and flight number to find out the departure and estimated arrival time - Free Proxy
Type cache:example.com to view a webpage blocked from your computer (replace example with the correct domain name) - Search specific photo images
When searching for a photo of a person named Rose, add &imgtype=face to the end of your image search so that only images of faces will be shown (and not the flower) - Do calculations
Type 14 * 28, 23.53+42.56+25.36, tan(50) / cos(60)
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