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zridling:


I know people around the world, but I also need to know when they're awake or when their markets open and so on. There are a thousand uses for Google -- and I'm sure LifeHacker has listed all of these at some point -- but here are few you may have forgotten.
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1. As a currency converter


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2. As a dictionary

(This one also works with foreign phrases.)

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3. As an image search, or face identifier


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4. As a world clock, to find local time anywhere


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5. As a weather forecaster


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6. As a measure converter


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7. As a calculator


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More helpful google 'assist' sites:
Simply Google - lets you do anything from one page.
Google Basics - the simplest starting point.
Google Guide - an interactive guide to Google's capabilties, features, and services.
Google Maps Mania - a blog that covers all the cool new Google Maps mashups, tools and applications being created by people all over the world.

Gothi[c]:
Didn't know about 2 of the 7 (timezone + dictionary feature) - nice post!  :Thmbsup:

f0dder:
Google calc (3 of the tips) rock :)

It supports some pretty esoteric quantities :D

zridling:
Who knew! Thanks f0dder, I had to capture that one to believe it.

CleverCat:
 :Thmbsup:

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