15 interesting and useful services from Google

    At the end of March, Google is going to stop the “Compare” service, which allows users to compare offers for car insurance, credit cards and mortgages. But besides him, the company has enough other interesting, often hidden and really useful products that you can use.

    Google employs over 60,000 people, and the company has all sorts of resources to create original services in addition to the search engine and other major projects. Below is a selection of fun and useful apps from Google. From finding information in exclusively professional publications to geographic maps made up of photographs of ordinary people.

    1. Google Keep




    Google Keep is a free online application designed to create and store notes. It works both on the desktop computer and on the phone. Its colorful design will help you create a unique and vibrant to-do list. You can set “reminders” to be combined with GCal.



    It is enough to write down the idea, plans and at the indicated time or in a certain place the application will remind you what needs to be done. It is possible to create voice notes that Google Keep automatically converts to text. Photograph posters, recipes, and documents so you can easily find them later. Share notes with family and friends.

    2. Gmailify




    A feature called Gmailify allows everyone to take advantage of the benefits of Gmail (larger volume, spam filters, grouping emails, etc.) without having to change their email address.



    Even if your e-mail address is Yahoo, Hotmail, or Outlookо, you can still “google it” by adding lotions and Gmail design elements without actually changing the address.

    3. Project Sunroof




    Late last year, Google launched Project Sunroof to attract more people to equip their homes with solar panels. Based on high-resolution aerial photography and local weather conditions (number of sunny days), this tool allows users to check how much they can save thanks to solar energy.



    So far, the service works in test mode in the United States and in only three cities: San Francisco, Fresno and Boston. But over time, Project Sunroof will operate worldwide.

    4. Google Sky




    Google Sky is a Google Maps application that allows you to explore the far reaches of the universe using satellite imagery from NASA, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS, Sloan Digital Sky Survey) and the Hubble telescope.

    5. Google nGrams




    Google Ngram Viewe is an interesting online tool that allows you to search for words, expressions, phenomena or concepts in the literature from 1500 to 2008. More than 5 million books published over a specified period of time are analyzed. Users have the opportunity to follow the changes in words over time. Available search languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian and Chinese. The results are displayed in a graph where the frequency of use of words or phrases is visible.

    6. Google calculations




    For those who are scared of huge numbers - Google will help you figure out how even 12-digit giants are pronounced. Just enter after the number "= english".

    Through Google, you can do many other calculations. Enter math equations or transformations in the Google Search box and get quick answers.

    7. Google-fonts




    Among other services, Google offers free fonts . The collection also has Cyrillic.

    8. Google Academy




    Google Scholar makes it incredibly easy to find information from most peer-reviewed online magazines and newspapers of the largest scientific publications in Europe and the USA. This is a free search engine for the full texts of scientific publications of all formats and disciplines.



    The Google Academy has its own slogan - “standing on the shoulders of giants” (part of I. Newton’s famous saying “if I saw beyond others, then because I stood on the shoulders of giants”).

    9. Google Art Project




    Cultivate yourself with the Google Art Project online platform . A place where you can find photos of works of art by world masters in super-high resolution. The project involves about 200 museums, galleries and palaces from around the world.



    Google Art sites feature over 35,000 masterpieces of painting, sculpture, architecture. Also on the site are laid out panoramic shots from the halls of museums.

    10. Think Insights




    A “digital cheat sheet” from Google for marketers, where they use their data to collect information about what's relevant for the industry. The Think Insights project is designed for online marketing professionals, trend analysts of the online market in various areas of information consumption or user online activity.

    11. Google Trends




    For those who want to be always up to date on what people care about at the moment, the Google Trends web application will come in handy . This service shows the most frequently asked search questions in relation to the total volume of search queries in various regions of the world and in different languages.

    You can even build a chart that displays how the search frequency has increased or decreased over time according to various criteria.

    12. Panoramio




    The wonderful Panoramio website combines Google Maps with private photos, allowing users to put their pictures on the parts of the map where they were taken. The resource allows you to save the geographic coordinates of photos.

    Immediately after you upload a photo and attach it to a place, it will be reviewed by the moderators. After verification and subject to the Google Earth Acceptance Policy, the picture is marked with the Panoramio logo and the inscription “Photo selected for Google Earth” and becomes visible to all users.

    13. Google Sound Search




    Google Sound Search is a widget that works like Shazam and helps identify songs that are “on hearing”. It also helps you find a track you’ve found on the Google Play Store.

    The application is easy to use. You add Google Sound Search to your Android and when you hear a favorite but unfamiliar melody, you just need to click on the application icon. And after a few seconds, Sound Search for Google Play will tell you the name of the song and artist, as well as the name of the album.

    14. Google Translate




    For travel enthusiasts, additional features of the well-known Google Translate application are useful . With its help it is possible to translate visual and voice material in real time, which makes staying in different countries freer and easier.

    15. Build




    Build is a simulator of the popular designer on WebGL. A joint project between Google Australia and Lego, which will be interesting not only for children but also for adults.


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