Tips, Tricks and Hacks

13 May 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Understanding a Google query URL

Google gives a lot more options for filtering your search results. Like if you want to look for the definition or meaning of a certain word, you need not go to dictionary.com and search for the word. You can get your meaning with the query, “define:word” in Google. Or you can find all the pages in a site with the query, “site:yoursite.com”. You can also get desired results by modifying the Google Query URL that it returns after a query.

15 April 2009 ~ 1 Comment

How to send tweets from Gmail

There are various methods for sending tweets to Twitter. Well you send out your tweets through the medium you think is the easiest. Some tweet from the Twitter website, some from other 3rd party sites like twitpic, twitzap, friendfeed etc. while some from desktop applications like twhirl, tweetdeck, seesmic desktop etc. But you can send [...]

28 March 2009 ~ 0 Comment

Copy files from browser cache to your folder on hard disk

You watch photos of your favorite celebrities on the internet and skim through the photos clicking the “Next” and “Previous” buttons in the photo galleries. You sometimes wish to save them on your hard disk but you hold back remembering the tedious task of right clicking each photo, and saving it. All the files that [...]

19 March 2009 ~ 0 Comment

Undo sending a message in Gmail

undo sending email in gmail

There are times when you are in a hurry while writing mails and sometimes write things that could mean something else, misspell a spelling or something like that. And your practiced hand clicks the send button right away when you realize that something wasn’t right in the email. What will you do? Send another email correcting the mistakes, or regret for the next couple of minutes for having hurried? How would it be if there was some option for cancelling a message being sent? Well Gmail’s new feature lets you undo a message that is being sent.

18 March 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Popular posts widget for your blog based on the highest number of traffic-II

In the previous post, I had discussed about hosting the XML file in Google Groups containing the analytics data from Google Analytics for Popular Posts widget. Now we’ll need to use Yahoo Pipes and some Javascript codes.

03 March 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Uploading Gmail attachments made easy

Attaching files to your email in Gmail sometimes may have irritated you quite a lot as you would have to open up the dialogue box every time you upload a single file. But Gmail now lets you select multiple files to attach to your email in a single take.

01 March 2009 ~ 0 Comment

Format your Google Spreadsheets with colors

spreadsheets change color based on style

Coloring cells in Google Spreadsheets may help to have a quick overview of numbers and figures. Like you can highlight all the decimal numbers in green. You don’t want to manually highlight each cell right? So, let spreadsheets do it for you.

07 February 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Google Docs Templates-Cool and Useful

google docs template

Sometimes you need to create documents on your Google Docs in a jiffy. Something like an invitation card, to send out to your friends or maybe a short schedule. So, what will you do, dole out some time in adding colors to them? You won’t be satisfied if your invitation card looks ugly. But you won’t need to make a fuss, at such times Google Docs’ templates come in handy.

06 February 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Embed Google Maps in your blog or Document

add Google maps

Google Maps the free Web Mapping software is getting popular on the web. Businesses, Organizations and even individuals use Google Maps in their sites or blogs to show off their location to their people. Would you like to embed Google Maps in your blog? Well here is the way you do it.

28 January 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Open your Office Documents on Computer with Google Docs

open documents in Google Docs

If you have Microsoft Office installed on your computer, your office files like DOC, XLS etc. will automatically open up in Word or Excel. If you wish to see them on Google Docs you don’t need to upload them. You can configure your office files to open directly in Google Docs on double clicking.