Google: 10 Secret Tricks

10 secrettricks to get more out of Google

There's so much thesearch engine can do for you beyond its most popular products like search, mapsand gmail. Here's the best of what Google has to offer  Google Maps 
 
Earth View from Google Maps is a Chromeextension that gives you a bird's-eye view of amazing places around the world. 
 
GoogleDictionary 
 
The Google Dictionary extension for Chromelets you look up words by highlighting them, saving you time in the process. 
 
EvernoteGoogle 
 
Keep is a productivity app like Evernote thatworks on the web and on your smartphone. 
PublicData 
 
Google Public Data Explorer is fantastic forvisualising statistics. It's also a great place to discover new data you neverknew was publicly available. 
NgramViewer 
 
Google Ngram Viewer searches books inmultiple languages dating back to 1600 for any keywords you can think of. It'sgood for seeing when things became popular. 
GoogleFonts 
 
Google Fonts is a public database oftypefaces you can use on web projects for free. 
Mortgagescalculator 
 
Google Search now has a built in mortgagecalculator that can quickly tell you if a home is in your budget or not. 
GoogleSky 
 
Google Sky lets you explore distant galaxieswith images from space telescopes. It's like Google Earth for space. 
Unitconversions 
 
Good news for those who hate mathematics.Google can easily do unit conversions for you that would be a headache onpaper. 
FlightTrack 
 
A helpful addition for the jet setting CEOs.Google is great for tracking flights, even to the remotest of places. 
Source | Economic Times | 11 February 2015