57 Useful Google Tools You've Never Heard Of | College@Home - 2 views
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Reader: Reader is a Web-based news aggregator
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iGoogle: Create a custom designed home page with iGoogle.
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Picasa: This Google program makes it easy to manage your photos online and off.
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Docs: You no longer need desktop publishing applications installed on your computer to type out documents or create spreadsheets, you can do it entirely online with Google.
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Notebook: Research can be easier with this Web clipping application from Google.
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Desktop: Make it easy to find everything on your desktop with this application from Google.
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Ride Finder: Hook up with taxi, limousine and shuttle services through this search tool which uses GPS data from vehicles in 14 US cities.
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Transit: Those taking public transportation will appreciate this mapping tool which helps users to plan a trip via the local public transportation options by using Google Maps.
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Mars:
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Users can see the elevation, infrared data and photos of Mars through the site.
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It provides easy access to images from the Hubble telescope through the Space Telescope Science Institute, allowing users to look through planets, stars, galaxies, satellites and more.
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Sky: T
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uses satellite imagery and mapping technology to allow you to find and see any location in the world through an attractive and easy to use interface.
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SketchUp: SketchUp is a simple but effective 3D drawing tool designed for both Macs and PCs that can be a handy tool
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Checkout: Designed to simplifying the process of paying for things online,
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Web Accelerator: Make webpages load a little faster by making use of this tool. It uses data compression, prefetching of content, and shared cached data to make even slow Internet connections less painful to use.
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FeedBurner:
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manage a variety of RSS feeds
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Web History:
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Base: This tool from Google is an online database in which any user can add content– text, images, documents and webpages.
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Co-Op: Co-Op allows web developers to feature specialized information in Google searches
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App Engine: Developers can build and host websites on Google servers using this tool.
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Website Optimizer:
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Browser Sync:
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Click-to-Call:
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Page Creator:
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Orkut: This social networking service used to be invitation only, but since 2006 has been open for anyone to join.
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Android: Android is an open source mobile phone platform
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Send to Phone: Send yourself a message from the Web with this tool.
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Shared Stuff: Google offers this free Web page sharing system that allows users to save and share pages they find interesting on the Web with others.
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Talk: You may have heard of Google Talk but did you know that it’s not only a chat tool but can be used for VoIP conversations as well?
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Dodgeball: This social networking site was created for use on mobile phones
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Friend Connect: This new feature offered by Google allows users to easily add social networking functionality to their sites.
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GrandCentral: GrandCentral is a VoIP service that allows customers to link several phone numbers.
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Sites: Create and collaborate on shared websites with this tool from Google.
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Scholar: Google Scholar provides a great way to search through the full text of scholarly literature from all fields and formats.
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Patent Search:
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allows you to enter a few items of a set into a search query and the site will try to predict other items in the set.
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Sets:
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Catalogs:
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Search by Number:
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Accessible Search:
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Trends: Get easy to read graphs of Web trends over time with this tool.
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Book Search: Formerly known as Google Print,
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News Archive Search:
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Special Searches:
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Google Pack:
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Gadgets:
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Pinyin IME:
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Image Labeler:
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Code Search:
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Alerts:
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Apps:
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GOOG-411:
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Google Moblizer:
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Gears:
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Simply Google: This site provides access to all of Google’s specialized searches in one easy-to-use place.
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Googlematic: With this helpful tool, you’ll be able to search Google using AIM or MSN Messenge
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Cooking With Google:
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Babelplex:
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What most people don't know, however, is just how many useful tools Google has out there than can make everything from tracking a package to creating and publishing webpages a breeze.
