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Set Google Now Reminders From Google Search Results

Google Now’s new Reminders feature is pretty darn awesome. Lifehacker reader Gmapper14 has found a great feature you may not know about: you can add reminders right from Google search results.

9 May 2013

Entertainment

Add ‘Instant’ To A Twitter #Music URL To Discover Similar Artists

Twitter #Music is a good way to find new music, and it can even play tracks via Spotify, Rdio or iTunes. Right now, you can browse trending artists or search for specific ones. With this URL tweak, you can queue up a Pandora-style list of similar artists to the ones you love.

3 May 2013

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Find List-Based Articles On Google With This Search Operator

Finding list articles is as easy as 1..3 with this simple Google search parameter. It searches for any number within a numerical field, so you can find good roundups and comparison articles.

2 May 2013

Communicate

“To Bing, Or Not To Bing?” Will Microsoft’s Search Engine Ever Become A Verb?

The word ‘Google’ has been widely embraced by the English speaking world as a de facto verb for internet searches. When you want to find something out online, you don’t search for it; you “google” it. But what about Microsoft’s rival search engine Bing? Over the past few days, I’ve been asking friends, family and co-workers to ‘Bing’ search queries for me. Here’s a transcription of some of their reactions…

1 May 2013

Productivity

Tablified Market Finds The Best Android Tablet Apps

Android: The Google Play Store does an OK job of highlighting good tablet apps. If you’re looking for a better method though, Tablified is a market just for slates.

26 April 2013

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Clever Uses For Reverse Image Search

Reverse image search is one of those innovations that sounds nifty but doesn’t always have obvious uses. However, it’s not just for finding the original version of a photo: it’s also useful for hunting down product names, recipes, and even apartments. Here are a few of our favourite uses.

Security

Google Content Removal Requests In Australia: Not Much To See Here

Google’s latest Transparency Report shows an uptick in the number of requests by government agencies to be removed, but the total number is still low. The big lesson? When you’re assembling a list of issues to worry about, content removal requests will be low on the list.

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Google Adds Drop Down Menu To Search Results, Hides Cached Pages Inside

Google recently updated its search results format, again moving the link for cached page access somewhere else. Now it hides in a convenient menu next to the page’s URL.

23 April 2013

Productivity

CamFind Is A More Accurate Google Goggles

iOS: Google Googles is a great way to search for objects in the real world based on an image, but it’s not exactly the most accurate app out there. CamFind does the same basic trick, but it’s more accurate and provides a wealth of information.

22 April 2013

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Australian Postcode Decoder Zooms In To Show How Postcodes Are Created

If you want to know the postcode for a given location, you can find it out with Australia Post’s search site or some quick Googling. But if you want to see how postcodes are constructed, the Australian Postcode Decoder offers a neat graphical representation.

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