Google Friends Newsletter
March 2006
Vernal greetings from the Googleplex to all of our Google
Friends. We
hope you enjoy this update on various services and new
products. At the
bottom of this message, you'll find details on subscribing
to or
canceling this newsletter.
POWER TIP
Google Desktop Quick Search Box
The newest version of Google Desktop adds another handy
feature: the
Quick Search Box. Hit your "Ctrl" key twice to
bring it up on your
computer screen, and start your search for web or local
computer
information even faster than before. When you're done,
press
"Ctrl" twice again to hide it. If you don't
want to use the Quick
Search Box at all, disable it on the Google Desktop
preferences page.
The Quick Search Box is also available in 16 languages.
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ttp://desktop.google.com/features.html#quicksearch
NEW PRODUCTS
Google Finance
Here's a way to get quick and easy access to business and
financial
information about public and private companies and mutual
funds. Google
Finance includes interactive charts (with corresponding news
stories);
company search by name or ticker symbol; stories grouped by
topic from
Google News; timely blog posts delivered from Google Blog
Search;
on-topic discussion groups; and portfolios that are easy to
use when
tracking your financial information.
http://finance.google.com
Google News for mobile
When you're on the go with your web-enabled phone, keep
current on
the news stories that matter to you. Google News for mobile
devices
enables you to access top headlines, browse through news
categories, or
search for exactly the stories you want - all in a
phone-friendly
format that's easy to read and navigate.
http://mobil
e.google.com/news/index.html
Google SMS Sports Scores
Sports scores are among those "gotta have" bits
of information
mobile phones were surely made to deliver. Now U.S. mobile
users can
get up-to-the-minute scores and game schedules using Google
SMS on your
mobile device. Just text message a school or team name to
46645 (GOOGL)
and get ready to cheer (or groan).
http://www.google
.com/sms/demo.html
Google Widgets for your Mac
Party on, Mac-heads: there are three new Mac Dashboard
Widgets for OS X
Tiger. The Blogger Widget enables quick and easy posting to
your blog;
the Gmail Widget enables a quick check of your Gmail inbox;
use the
Search History Widget to find that website you saw last week
while
searching Google.
http://www.google.co
m/macwidgets
Google Mars
We admit a fascination with outer space, and now most
definitely
include the Red Planet. Two NASA researchers from Arizona
State
University worked with us to combine Google Maps technology
with some
of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made. Now
you can
explore Mars three ways: an elevation map (shows color-coded
peaks and
valleys); a visible-imagery map (shows what your eyes would
actually
see), and an infrared-imagery map (shows the detail your
eyes would
miss).
http://mars.google.com
National Archives films on Google Video
Over 70 years ago, the National Archives was founded to
preserve
American historical documents, as well as the moments and
events that
could be saved in still photos, films, and audio recordings.
Today the
Archives is home to everything from rare historical footage
(newsreels
and government documentaries from the 1930s) to the 1969
moon landing.
Now Google is launching a pilot program to digitize its
video content
and offer it to everyone in the world for free, and you can
watch a
growing selection on Google Video.
http://video.google
.com/nara.html
MISCELLANY
The 'plex talks
Folks who visit the Googleplex in Mountain View, California
often
compare it to a college campus - there are people engaged in
group
meetings, in solitary work, and when they can, they make
time to eat,
play or exercise. One of the most campus-like elements is a
thriving
program called "Tech Talks" - regularly
scheduled presentations
offered by Googlers or our guests on a wide variety of
subjects. Any
Googler can attend a talk on, say, "Collecting
Meteorites in
Antarctica" or "High End Computing and
Scientific Visualization at
NASA." Now you can also watch these talks, just by
searching Google
Video for [techtalks]. We obtain clearance from all speakers
so Tech
Talks can be posted publicly, and will continue to add them
to Google
Video. We hope you enjoy these sometimes obscure, always
informative,
insights into current events, research and ideas as much as
we do.
http://video.google.com
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