Y Ultimate guide to 500gle’s CV a Prey S 22 © Ma x TO) wan yy PP in ney APPS, TIPS & REVIEWSWelcome Make Google work better for you Is hardto imagine the web without Google. How would we find anything ‘online without its search engine, get directions without Google Maps or wate the latest viral veos without YouTube? Fortunately, none of those services is going anywhere: indeed they're becoming smarter, faster and more useful all the time, Even if you consider yourself @ Google ‘expert, we guarantee that you'l learn plenty of clever, new things to do and uncover secret ways to improve your enjoyment ofthe web, Robert Irvine, Editor robert [email protected]. In this MagBook, we reveal more than 400 secret tricks to help you get the most from the Google sites and software you use every day. 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Dennis Publishing takes no responsiblity for the companies advertising n this Magcok The paper used within this MagBookis produced from sustainable fibre, manufactured by mils with aval chain of custody Print a Postar Bicester bya eo ne Dear ty ‘THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO Go0GLE"s HIDDEN TOOLS eprroniat, ator Robert Irvine ‘Production Editor Rachel Story Art Ettor Satoh Rateitto Digital Production Manager Nicky Baker MANAGEMENT MagBook Publisher ‘Operations Director Robin Ryan MD of Advertising dull Hover Evans Nowstrade Director Davie Barker MO of Enterprise Martin Gelso | Chet Operating officer ‘Group Finance Director Chie Brecutive ‘chairman Felx Dennis lees‘Amazing new sights to explore in Google Maps Play Google's latest Chrome and web games Clever new ways to use Google's search tools S more useful Google websites Chapter 2: Get more from Chrome Personalise your web with Chrome extensions How to browse faster using Sitel auncher How to customise Chrome's New Tab page Speed up your browsing with Chrome tools How to manage your Chrome extensions How to block spam using Chrome Keep Chrome at its best with a full health check How to use Chrome Remote Desktop Make and save money with Chrome add-ons Restore your favourite Chrome features How to supercharge Chrome using Toolbox How to tweak Chrome to make it work faster Get hold of Safar's best features in Chrome Teorey Tools ‘Take full control of your Chrome tabs How te transform your PC using Chrome OS Chapter 3: Secret search tips How to speed up your Goosle searches How to customise Google Clever new search tools Chapter 4: Get more from Gmail How to organise your inbox with Gmail's tabs How to back up all your Gmail messages 10 secret tips for Gmail TO best Gmail add-ons 2 1 Gmail hacks 2 13 Chapter 5: YouTube tips & tricks How to use VLC to get more from YouTube 14 How-to create slideshow videos on YouTube ig 70-brilliant YouTube channels. 29 How-to get more from YouTube in Chrome DriveTunes Set gegenChapter 6: Make Google more secure ‘Hidden privacy tools you must turn on. Remove vour personal data from Google. How to stop Gooale following vou everywhere. Chapter 7: Get more from Google Maps Howto use the new Goosle Mans interface Best Gooale Mans. Earth & Street View tools Edit Gooale Mans using Goosle Map Maker ‘Amazing Street View sights. Chapter 8: Google Drive tips & tricks How to get to arins with Google Drive Secret tins and tricks for Gooale Drive ‘Zmost useful fee extras for Gooale Drive Chapter Google tools to improve your life An-expert auide to Google Keep Hovr to create notes with Google Keen. Create a family website with Goosle Sites. Customise Google tools. Secret tins for Google Secret tios for Picasa. An.expert guide to Goosle Glass Best alternatives to Goosle Reader 76. 78 20 28. ses 99 Chapter 10: Android tips & tools 120 Best free Android apps 122 How touse smart rules on your Android phone 130. Get more from your Android mobile 12 How to print to any printer from Android 135 How to edit photos on your Android device 136 Anexnert quide ta Android cameras 138 How to det SOGR of free cloud storage for Android 140 How to keep your Android device clean and fast 14 Chapter 11: Google product tests 142, ‘Acer C7 Chromebook 4a Sony Xperia Tablet 2. 146. Samsuna Galaxy Note 8.0. uaz lever new devices that use Android. 148. Chapter 12: Nexus tips & tricks 150 Hidden Nexus 7 secrets. tips and tricks. 152 How to boost your mobile storage capacity 154 Nexus 7 problems solved aera Chapter 13: What’s next from Google 159 ‘The man who teaches the world to Gooale 159 181 162 4 Gooale projects that act away Byretnsnekenic EakcWhat’s new in Google Amazing new sights to explore in Google Maps Play Google's latest Chrome and web games Clever new ways to use Google’s search tools 5 more useful Google websitesWhat’s new in Google Amazing new sights to explore in Google Maps Google is constantly adding interesting and innovative elements to Maps, Earth and Street View. Here we look at some recent outstanding examples Use Street View in Google Earth on phones and tablets ‘The new version of the Google Earth app for Android cbitv/andraid322) and 10S (bit.|v/ios322) adds Street View, letting you take virtual tours around the world an your phone and tablet. Previously, you could only Use Street View through the Google Maps ape. There's also a new interface, ving you quicker access to the app - just Click the top-left Earth logo ~ and more information in ‘ayers, including Panoramio photos and Wikipedia. Orag the yellow peaman onto the map to lunch Street View, then double-tap to Gis ckc ee move forward, folowina yellow or white lines. To change the view. pinch or sroll the screen. Another improvement to both Google Maps and Earth sees the removal of clouds from satelite imagery. You can see some ‘before’ and after’ photos on Google's Lat Long blog (hiLiv/skies522, such as these images of Indonesia. See the world’s tallest building in Street View Check out the amazina view from the observation deck on the world’s tallest building, ene Burj Kalifain Dubai, which Google has added to Street View. Goto bit.u/uri822 to se¢ the best images, then watch this video to see how Google captured them: bitiv/sv822, Explore 1,001 new locations in Street View Google recently added some spectacular destinations to Street View massive update. Highlights include Singapore Zoe, Sevile Cathedral and Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. You can also visit the Mark Twain museum in Connecticut and sail down the canals of Copenhagen, from where you'll be able to see the famous Little Mermaid statue, based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale. For links to more new locations, check out Google's Lat Long blog: biniy/5¥321 Inan earlier update, Google added new images of New York to Street View, including the 9/11 Memorial (bit.1v/04321) and Central Park (bitIv/aark32D.Watch Google Earth timelapse animations Google has teamed up with NASA, Time magazine and the US Geological Survey to create timelanse animations from satelite images taken since 1984 (ouyutime.com/imelanse, I's fascinating way to see how areas such as the Amazon rainforest, Las Vegas and Alaska have changed. Read the Gooale Lat Lona bloa for more Information: bit.v/timest9 See Hungary in Street View Earlier this year, Street View arrived in Hungary, as illustrated by this image token helfway across Budecest's famous Chain Bridge (bits/nunaary3t2). Other eye-catching locations include the Parliament Suilding (oit./oarl312 and Buda Castle (bitly/budaSi7), Create your own Street View using Hyperlapse A nyperlapse combines time-lapse photography and sweeping camera shots to produce a stunning video of 2 journey from A to 5. Now you can make your own using Street View imagery. Go to bit.b/munerS1z, type a location, move the map markers, then click Create. Here's a great example of 2 Hyperlanse ‘hat zooms across San Franciaco's Golden Gate Bridge: vimao.com/83653873. See Fukushima in Street View Google has taken photos of the Japanese city of Nemie-machi, near ‘the Fukushima nuciear plant, which was, abandoned following the earthquake ‘and tsunami in March 2011 ity/ fukushima3I6). With images of washed-up boats, crushed houses and deserted streets, they capture the territying destruction of the disaster Check out new UK images in Street View ‘You should check to see if there's 2 new image of your home on Street View because Google recently added thousands of miles of new images for Manchester, Glasgow, Caritf and London It's als filed in some of the gaps in ‘South Wales, East Anglia and the Scottish coastine Further east. there are over 200 ew Russian cites on Street View, inclucing Sochi, home ofthe 2014 Winter Olympics. And Bulgaria became the 48th country to be added to Street View, with Google photographing areas including the Black Sea coastline and the capital Sofia, ‘where youll see the stunning Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. For shortcut links to some of the Bulgarian and Russian highlights, vist itvéviewstd, Climb the world’s highest mountains in Google Maps ‘You can now see amazing Views from four ofthe highest mountains on Earth in Google Maps - Mount Elbrus in Russia, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Everest Base Camp in the Himalayas ‘and Aconcagua in Argentina. These ‘make up four of the famous Seven Summits the tallest peaks on each of the continents. See bitIa/mountainsS15, forthe collection. Visit random, surprise places in Street View Fora magical mystery tour through Street View, click the link above then a0 through The Secret Door (itiv/door3i8). We began in this wonderfully old-fashioned sweot shop in Evesham, then hopped toWhat’s new in Google waterfalls in Japan, museums in Jerusalem and pubs in London. it has a delightful just one more click’ appeal Explore the Grand Canyon in Google Maps This stunning view below comes trom Gooale’s new collection of Grand Canyon panoramas (oitIv/canyan312), which contain over 75 miles of walking trails. Click the link above for shortcuts to stunning images, or use the Street View gallery a titiv/arandsI2, Google's team of map-makers used the Trekker backpack to take the images captured inthis videos bitu/trees2, Gooale has also been masing more of North Korea, using ‘3 community of citizen cartographers {As you'll see by reading Google's blog (ait ivékorea2), these amateurs have added a lot of detail, whichis just as well because it might be several years before the world’s most secretive country lets Google's Steet View car conta its roads. Happily, Google has had ne trouble mapping several US and Canadian ski resorts, providing spectacular views of some of North America’s mast famous ‘mountains including Whistler Blackcomb, Squaw Valley and Jackson Hole biblvdeesarts312. See Israel in Street View Google has added hundreds of Israel locations to Street View (bitiv/istael3ID, including the coral reef in WNO Ell, the lowest point on earth atthe Dead Sea, and the Sea of Galilee (see photo below). But none of these can beat the marvellous Egged Bus Museum (aikiveggedbus315), Take new guided 3D tours in Google Earth Google Earth earthanaslecoukd, has added 100,000 new tours in 200 countries, giving you dazaling 3D guides of famous locations. To use, search for ‘location, then click the Tour Guide tab atthe bottom of the screen. Click thumbnail photo and youll fy over that location, with information appearing on the sereen. Google's video wil explain more: bit.v/tourauideStl 1's @ brillant way to prepare fora holidey. Guess whereabouts you are in the world GeoGuessr faeoauessr.com)is an addictive game that makes biliant use of Street View. Loakcat the area in the photo, then click the world map to place ' guess marker where you think the location is, The closer you are, the more points you score Visit the set of Alley in Street View bitty/harcy323 You can now get closer to the world of Harry Patter in Strest View by visting the set of Diagon Alley on the Warner Brothers Stucio Tour You'l recognise buildings such as Weasleys’ Wizare ‘wheezes joke shop and Mr Mullpepper's Apothecary. See current traffic information in Google Maps bitty/mans323 Google has updated its Maps app for Android and iOS, adding incident details for problems on the voad and alerts if a better route becomes avaliatle. Read Google's Lat Lons blog for details ofall the new extras: blty/amans323, GooglePlay Google’s latest Chrome and web games Google’s games are ingeniously designed and highly addictive. Here we round up six of the very best new ones to play in your browser with friends or on your own Play Cube Slam in Chrome CCube Slam (qaei.cubeslam,com)is a 3D Pona-stvle game you can play against a friend, You need to invite them, then allow Chrome to access your webcam, which makes your face the target! none of your friends are online, you can play Bob the Bear instead. Download the ape (bitivéslam22) and you'll be able to play 206 offline, too, Play Roll It in Chrome Roll (chrame.com/ampaions/+a recreates skee ball the ball-roling game youll recognise from seaside arcades. Syne your phone with your computer ‘and youll be able to ro the bell with @ flick of your wrist, This video explains more bit.y/all32 Play Chrome Racer game In Chrome Racer (swwe.chvome.com/ zacen)_yourace coloured blocks an 3 track that's spit across up to five Android oF 10S screens, so friends can line up thei phones and tablets and play # Chrome version of Scalectrix. You can also play Racer by yourself. Each device will need torun the latest version of Chrome for Mobile (oitv/cheomemabile20), Play Atari Breakout in Google Type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google Images and the results wil masically transform into the classic Seventies game. it's Google's latest hidden tool following such classics as ‘do a barrel rallin Search Play Chrome 3D maze game chrome.cam/maze ‘The Chrome game World Wide Maze is another brillant demonstration of new web technology. It turns any weosite into 13D maze, and lets you move a ball through itby titing your phone or tablet which is synced to your PC, as though it's 2 console contraller, You'll need a device running 10S 5 or Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), or better. Sync Chrome games between phone and PC Super Sync Sports (anwa.chrame.com/ suunersyncsnacts) comprises three games that appear on your PC, but are synced to your phone or tablet. This lets you control the games by moving your fingers on your mobile deviee. The games are running, cycling and swimming, 59 you have to move your fingers 25 quickly as you used towagale your joystick playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon.What’s new in Google Clever new ways to use Google’s search tools Google is constantly improving its search experience by adding interesting, new features. Here we take a look at five of the best recent examples Watch Google’s search wall Google's dazzling, multi-coloured search wall itv/wall320) shows you trending searches in the UK in real time. Google Urges you to 20 full-screen to excerience the “biggest, purest eye candy", Click the top-left icon to reduce the size of the gre and the menu at the bottom to view search trends in a different country. Search the web with Google using just your voice Chrome now lets you search Google Using your voice. Click the microphone icon tothe right of the search bar then allow Google to access your PC's microphone. The results are a bit erratic, but it's an interesting climose into the future of search Google Sr ter oae Search for flights in Google Earlier this year, Google launched its Flight search tao in the UK (vswveaoogle ‘com/tights).You can fier searches by aitine, stops, duration and price, although results don't currently include Ryanair, Lufthansa, easyet, Thomas Cook and Aer Lingus. liek the bar-chart icon in the top-right corer to see the lowest fares fora particular period, Find out how search works How Search Works is an interesting <2. new ste from Google that explains the complex search process that leads to your simple page of results from algorithms to answers" Itoes sa using along t infographic called The Story, which = * combines facts, colourtulilustrations and ce 3 pop-up windows of relevant information ‘You can view lve examples ofthe type of snam pages Google removes, ther ns sections cover how the search engine crawls and indexes trillions of documents and its policies for deleting content. Search instantly in Google's Street View Instant Gooale Street View ‘vn instantsteeetvient.com) presents Instant results as you search in Steet View, ike visual equivalent of Google's instant search service. Start typing ‘Buckingham Palace’ for example, and you whizz through Buenos Aires, Bucharest. Buckinghamshire and other locations before arriving at your destination. It's a fun, random way to see the world. eT MaR THe) AN TRILION5 more useful Google websites Save money on your mortgage and cat insurance, discover the truth about data requests and organise your accounts after you die with this handy selection of Google resources coe Acer Manager Plan your ‘digital afterlife” with Google Goose's inactive Account Manager (bitivinactive3IZ)- “not a orest name” it admits - ets you decide what heppens to your Google accounts after you die. ‘Options include deleting your data ater set periods of time, or selecting trusted contacts to receive data from accounts Read Google's biog fr more information bitivAi17, See every Google Doodle Some of Google's ‘doodles’, which mark anniversaries birthdays and notable ‘events, are so good that it's shame you only get to see them for 24 hours Fortunately, you can revisit every doodle from the last 15 years by going to wu-cn0sie.cam/doadies. This also includes doodles that only GR CED ee ‘appeared on the Google homepage of particular countees, with Google “There are loads of sites that let you compare carinsurance onlin, but Google's talored service (oittu/ao0glecari02) is more honest {and reliable than mast. it always Includes the true costs of policies anc Claims, woa't pass your details onto third patties and makes it easy to ade ‘extras such as breakclown cover. ‘Your results are clearly presented {and are sourced trom more than 120 insurance providers. Compare mortgages with Google Goosle’s mortassae comparison service ‘appears every time you search for @ ‘mortgage-related term, To use it, simply click the Search mortgages’ box that ‘2ppears in the results, underneath the sponsored link, or just go straight to the Google Mortaages website (oltlu/mortganesaooals). Google says that it doesn’t keep any ofthe personal Cost data you submit when searching for a ‘900d desl Read Google’s Transparency Report Google's latest Transparency Report (inwug0osle.com/transnarancyrenatt) reveals how often in the second half of 2012 governments around the world asked the company to remove content from its services. includina search and YouTube. To skip straight to requests made by the UK government, visit bithduksowts18, Google Alaa ae Bren coo ee EC(Oy Get more from Chrome fFGet more from Chrome Personalise your web with Chrome extensions How to browse faster using SiteLauncher How to customise Chrome’s New Tab page Speed up your browsing with Chrome tools How to manage your Chrome extensions How to block spam using Chrome Keep Chrome at its best with a full health check How to use Chrome Remote Deskto} Make and save money with Chrome add-ons Restore your favourite Chrome features How to supercharge Chrome using Toolbox How to tweak Chrome to make it work faster Get hold of Safari’s best features in Chrome Take full control of your Chrome tabs How to transform your PC using Chrome OS 6 Be Se BBB 33 cm 36(@y) Get more from Chrome Personalise your web with Chrome extensions One of the reasons Chrome is now the world’s most popular browser is the quelity and quantity of its add-ons. You can add exciting extra features and functionality to your browser and personalise your whole browsing experience. Here are our favourite new Chrome extensions CAPTURE OPTIONS BB Visivie partof page Selected area % Entire page Browser window ooaga Blank Screen ‘ Options imbus Screen Capture bitivdnimbuss23. This add-on makes it easy ta take screen arabs of wed pages. Just click the toolbar button to capture a sereonshot of the entire page, only 8 selected ares or your whole screen. You can then resize and crop the image, save it to your hard drive oF Google Drive, and print it out Real Time Search Engine bitiveoaltime323. Find only the newest and best articles when you're searching the web by Instaling this add-on from the URL shortening service Billy. It ets you search links that have recently been shortened and shred by Bitty users, 15 wel as view trending topies and popular pages. Context Menus bibiv/cantaxt323 [Add un to 194 extra functions to Chrome’s, right-click menu using tis handy extension. Injust a couple of clicks, you can search the web, shorten URLS. create GR codes, translate pages. share content on social networks, access browser Features such as downloads and Search Amazon UK bitty/amazon323 This simple add-on offers seversl ways to search Amazon directly from Chrome. You can either click the toolbar button and type the product you want to buy: highlight text on a web page, rightclick land choose Search: or type amazon and Your search query into the address bar Jt remote * QSIeES ° oa Web2Flickr bitiv/licirs22 This add-on lets you make the most of Flickr’ one-terabyte of storage space. by saving a screen grab of every website you visit. This effectively creates a visual History of your online activity, although it's 2 shame you can’ togale the add-on off to stop it storina certain paces. 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Click this to reveal the characters you've entered, so you den't need to start all over again. You can also press the padlock to Keep your password Visible so you can edit it, but make sure rno-one's looking over your shoulder. robert_inine@dennis ‘Tabman Tabs Manager bittv/tabman320 This is one of the simplest add-ons we've seen for managing lots of tabs in Chrome. Just click your toolbar button to view all your open tabs ina drop-down menu. From here, you can switch between, search and close your tabs, anc drag and {drop them into different positions PageZipper bity/oanezinnecs20 Some websites spilt articles an galleries Into several parts, to increase their number of page views. Ifyou find this ‘annoying, install PageZipper, which ‘combines the content from multi-page articles into one continuous piece, so you ‘can easily scroll trough the whole thina, (ie YouTweak bitvoutweaksI9 YYouTweak lets you make a range of useful adjustments to YouTube, to improve your viewing experience. You can hice videos you've already watched from search results, stop clips playing automaticaly, specify a default playback size and ‘auality, and much more, Twipster bitiv/twinsterti9 IF you'd like to try Twitter, out you find ita ‘confusing mess ofa site, this add-on can(@) Get more from Chrome help. Twipster removes distracting ‘elements, such as trends and who to {ollow suggestions, trom Twitter's Interface and enlarges tweets so they're ‘easier to read. It works with Safar, too. ‘Generate 2 Secretbook image * sect ma ed — Secretbook bitiv/secret317 ‘This amazing add-on lets you send secret messages on Facebook by hiding them in photos (a technique called stenography). Simply select an image, type your message and secure it with a password. 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