Google Mobile Search App, Google Search Tips, Fun Giveaways
Posted by Writing PIs on February 2, 2013
Google Talks Back
Did you know Google’s mobile search app not only lets you speak your question, but the answer speaks back? You can download either an Android app or an iOS app.
Quick Google Look-Ups
There’s a variety of search engines out there, but bottom line: Google is the best for finding information. Yes, Google gets a bad rap for its privacy issues, and deservedly so, but did you know you can use other search engines like DuckDuckGo and StartPage that also offer Google search results without sharing your data and compromising your privacy? Give one of them a try.
btw, here’s an entertaining infographic by DuckDuckGo that explains how Google tracks users and where your personal information goes (click here to read).
Here’s a few easy lookups and reverse searches. The words in blue are the Google command format; italicized commands are examples.
What’s the weather like?
The command weather city (for example weather denver) gives you weather for any city.
What time is it?
The command time city (for example time denver) gives you time for any city.
What area is that zip code in?
The command zip code number (for example zip code 80202) returns the town and a small map.
Whose phone number is that?
Type the phone number (for example 303-444-0000) and Google returns online listings and other public information about the number (Note: If no information displays, the number might be a pre-paid cell phone number)
Like Winning Free Stuff?
We’re not always about sleuthing here at Guns, Gams and Gumshoes. Sometimes we share some fun stuff, like the below giveaways.
Colleen Collins’s Valentine’s Day Giveaway
Guns, Gams, and Gumshoes’s Colleen Collins is giving away books, a $25 Amazon gift card and a box of chocolates (for the Valentine in your life). To enter, click on The Next Right Thing book cover, below (btw, it’s a private eye-romance wrapped in a legal mystery).
Kindle Book Review Giveaway
They have all kinds of fun giveaways going on at the Kindle Book Review, from a free Kindle to a $50 Amazon gift card. To participate, click on the graphic below.
Have a great Super Bowl weekend, Writing PIs
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