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Google Friends Newsletter team. We hope you enjoy this roundup of tips,
how-to’s and new developments around the Googleplex. At the bottom of
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POWER TIP
Translate and convert currency using Google SMS
By sending a text message to 46645 in the US, or 64664 in the UK (GOOGL
or 6GOOG, respectively), you can translate a word or simple phrase into
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish – to or from English.
Just enter 'translate’ or 't’ followed by a word or expression, and the
languages to and from which you want it translated (e.g., 't gas
station from english to german’). To convert from one currency to
another, simply enter the conversion you’d like completed (e.g., '3.5
USD in GBP’).
http://www.google.com/sms/howtouse.html#more
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NEW PRODUCTS
Froogle local shopping
Sometimes you’re just looking for the best deal online, but sometimes
you need to head to a nearby store to feel the goods. Froogle offers
both options. Search for „digital camera New York” and click on
„Local Shopping” or „Online Shopping” to toggle between the two result
sets. Going local is especially great for things you want to physically
handle or don’t want to have shipped.
http://froogle.google.com
Google Base
Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all types of online
and offline content that we’ll host and make searchable online. You can
describe any item you post with attributes (the words or phrases that
help describe the characteristics and qualities of your items that will
help people find them when they search Google Base). And based on the
relevance of your items, they may be included in the main Google search
index and other Google products like Froogle, Google Base and Google
Local.
http://base.google.com
Music Search
Some of our specialized searches can deliver a subset of results at the
top of the page which highlight the most relevant information for that
kind of query. For example, a stock quote search will yield a chart at
the top of the results. Or look for a current film and see theatre
showtimes up front. In this same vein, now you can search for a popular
musical performer and often Google will show some information about
that artist (cover art, reviews, and music store links where you can
download or buy). Right now this feature works best for artists popular
in the U.S., but we plan to expand it.
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#music
New Firefox extensions
We have two: One alerts you if a web page you visit appears to be
asking for your personal or financial information under false
pretenses. This type of attack, known as phishing or spoofing, is
becoming more widespread. Google Safe Browsing combines advanced
algorithms with reports about misleading pages, and is often able to
warn you automatically when you encounter a page that’s trying to trick
you into disclosing personal information. The other is Blogger Web
Comments for Firefox. This makes it easy to see what bloggers are
saying about a page you’re viewing in Firefox, and even make your own
blog post about it, all without leaving the page you’re on.
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/webcomments
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MISCELLANY
Google.org update
Google.org, the umbrella name for Google’s philanthropic efforts, is
beginning its program activities. Google.org includes the work of the
Google Foundation, some of Google’s own projects, as well as
partnerships and contributions to for-profit and non-profit entities.
The Google Foundation, which aims to support selected organizations
whose work addresses the challenge of global poverty in ways that are
effective, sustainable, and scalable, has recently funded two projects.
One, Acumen Fund, develops plans for delivering critical goods and
services to people earning less than $4 a day. The Fund has invested in
producing malaria bednets – a simple way to keep out malaria-bearing
mosquitoes in Tanzania, where the threat of death from malaria is
alarmingly high. (The bednets are simple netting devices embedded with
insecticide, which stops mosquitoes when people sleep beneath them.)
The factory which Acumen supports employs +2,000 women who produce more
than 3 million long-lasting bednets every year.
A second grantee is PlanetRead, an organization seeking to improve
literacy in India using an extremely simple concept: same-language
subtitling. By adding subtitles to Bollywood films and popular TV
shows, people who have low literacy skills are able to get regular
reading practice based on songs and shows they know by associating the
words on the screen with their meanings. Results have been very
positive, and the program will expand across 10 states in India,
potentially reaching hundreds of millions of people.
http://www.google.org
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