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Googling - something different

Postby walkinTas » Thu 25 Apr, 2013 10:47 pm

Have you notice some of the interesting things you can do with Google these days. Using keyword like "convert", "calculate", "define", "Time" and "Translate".

Temperature / measurement conversion.
    Just type the key word convert in front of your conversion.
    Here are two examples:
    convert 10 c to f. Which will result in 10°C being converted to 50°F
    convert 10 mile to k. Which should be obvious enough.
    convert.png
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Calculations.
    Just type the key word calculate in front of the maths.
    e.g. Calculate 100/16
    calculate.png
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Definitions
    Just type the key word "define" in front of any word in order to get a definition of the word.
    define range
    define.png
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Time
    Just type the keyword time to get the current time and date, or type time CItyName to get the time in that city.
    e.g. time Madrid
    time.png
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Translations

Does anyone know any others that work?
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Re: Googling - something different

Postby walkinTas » Thu 25 Apr, 2013 11:01 pm

Temperature
    Type temperature followed by a Cityname
    e.g. Temperature Launceston
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Re: Googling - something different

Postby Strider » Thu 25 Apr, 2013 11:12 pm

These features have been around for years :)
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Re: Googling - something different

Postby walkinTas » Thu 25 Apr, 2013 11:17 pm

The tools have been around for several years, but the interactive interface is relatively new. Six to 12 mths maybe? I use define and calculate (especially for currency exchange) often and only recently noticed the new look.

Edit: See here for more.
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Re: Googling - something different

Postby Hallu » Fri 26 Apr, 2013 9:24 am

And yet they still haven't changed that ugly late 90's layout with the magnificent "html blue"...
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