10 Different Things to do with Google

10 Google as an Alternative Way to access blocked websites

If you want to access some websites that are blocked in your system, you can continue with an alternative way of accessing them through Google. Type "cache: WEBSITENAME.com" into the search box, to access the blocked website. Or you can search ‘how to use Google as a proxy’ and find the suitable results.






#9 The Trick of “Do a Barrel Roll”

Do a Barrel Roll is a funny trick developed by the search giant Google, which many of the users are not much familiar with. When you enter the phrase “do a barrel roll” on Google search box, the Google page will rotate in the screen which is related to some classic games

#8 Track your Package

If you do an online purchase through eBay or any other sites, you will go on searching your items through certain websites, then this feature is for you. No need to enter the tracking number in the website of the sender or websites such as UPS or Fedex. Track your package by entering the tracking number on Google and leave the rest to Google to give the entire information you search.

#7 Track Your Flight

Flight Tracking is one of the useful features of Google. Just enter the flight name and number into the search box, you will get the results containing the details of flights such as arrival and departure time and other details as well. This feature enables you to get the details of any flights, without searching it through other means, such as with the airline itself.

#6 Klingon as Google Search Engine

Klingon is Language Spoke in Star Trek Franchise, it is a hidden feature developed by Google for the Star Trek fans. If you have a keen interest this sci-fi franchise, you can try the Klingon on Google’s Klingon Search will give a Klingon touch to your search engine, and you can also make use of Klingon dictionary and translator.

#5 Recreate Your Gmail Address

Google Mail does not recognize dots in its system, this enables you to generate lots of mail IDs by adding dots anywhere you want. Moreover, any mail sent tousername@gmail.com and u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com should end in the same mailbox, as Gmail does not recognize dot as characters, hence the two emails are treated as the same.

#4 Search Using Tilde

When you search a certain terms on Google, try to add tilde with the search term. Then the Google will show the related words or similar terms that you were not aware of or forgot. This will enable you to do more productive searching results and to find out what exactly you search for.

#3 BeatBox with Google Translate

If you want to create some song with Google Translator, this feature helps you out with your creativity. If you add some random letters on Google translator, you can see the “Listen” button in the tab turning into ‘BeatBox’. This means that Google translator will sound the letters as beatbox.

#2 More Efficient Email Use

If you use Gmail more often, then this feature developed by Google is very effective for you. If you received a mail and you need to put a comment on it, you can highlight that particular text before you click on reply, by clicking on reply, add the highlighted text as a quote and leave the rest of the text out of it.

#1 Games with YouTube

Go to YouTube, click on any video and then type 1980.This will generate an interesting classic game, and this helps you to spend your time if you are bored.

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Useful And Unknown Features of Gmail

Even though we have been using the mailing service on a daily basis, there are certain hidden and interesting features that we have never heard about Gmail.Read on to know the most amazing and unknown features of Gmail.

Un-send emails

Don’t be scared if you have send an e-mail to a wrong address. The un-send option of the e-mail messaging service will certainly be your savior. This feature of Gmail allows anyone to take back an e-mail while is already sent within a period of 30 seconds. By enabling the ‘undo send’ option under the settings tab can get the feature ON.

Pop-Up Message If You Forget To Attach

At times, you might have been into an embarrassing situation when you have failed to attach the document even after referring to the attachment in the document. Well, the algorithm of the e-mail service is intelligent enough to recognize if the world ‘attach’ has been typed in the e-mail. Gmail will then give you a pop-up warning asking you to check whether you have attached the document. A true personal assistant!

Multiple G-mail Address

A user can create multiple e-mail addresses with the same keywords and can set e-mails to be received in all the mail address. You can do this by just adding a period at the deserved place. For example if scooby.doo@gmail.com is an e-mail address, you can generate new ID’s like scoo.by.doo@gmail.com or scoo.bydoo@gmail.com and receive e-mails on all these addresses.  

Gmail Labs

Did you ever know that you could do a test run on the new services of Gmail that are still under development? The Gmail Labs provide an option to have an on-hand experience of the new features that the internet giant is intending to implement. You can do this by clicking the Labs tab under the settings option. Click on the enable radio button and click the save changes at the bottom. The Gmail Labs will be activated on your Gmail and you are good to begin your experiment.                 

Find Who Spreads Your Gmail Address

The Google e-mail service has added an exciting feature that allows tracking  the e-mail address. To get this notification all you have to do is add a ‘+’ sign together with your e-mail address. If you want to subscribe for any promotional e-mails, you may sign up with your email for example, abc+promotions@gmail.com. The sources of any e-mails other than the one signed up for can be traced down to know who has shared the address.

Delete The Entire Contents In Inbox

Wanted to cleanup your email inbox completely? Well, you have to no longer click select all the ten thousand e-mails as Gmail has come up with an easy shortcut. Clicking on the ‘show more messages’ option will provide a check box which when ticked selects all the e-mails in your inbox. Gmail prompts you to confirm if you want to delete all the e-mails and click continue to get your inbox empty.

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