Power Searching with Google

Google recently introduced an online course, as part of Google Inside Search, named "Power Searching with Google". This course is about advance searching techniques with Google. Everyone is free to register. The course has already began on Monday, September 24. Since the first assessment will be held on September 28 (deadend time: October 1), yet there is a chance to register.

The course consists of 6 classes and 3 assessments and each class includes some lessons. Every lesson comes with a video, presented by Dan Russell, and a PDF slide, follows by an activity. By the way there is a text version of each lesson. There are also other sources available to learn more, such as scheduled Hangouts and DiscussionForum. 

Power Searching with Google! Image form powersearchingwithgoogle.com

Here is the course schedule:

Classes become available on the dates listed below at 8:00am PT (11:00am New York / 4:00pm London / 8:30pm Hyderabad )

• Class 1 available September 24
• Class 2 available September 26
• Hangout on Air with search experts September 27 10:00-10:45am PT
• Class 3 & mid-class assessment available September 28
• Class 4 available October 1
• Hangout on Air with search experts October 2 4:00-4:45pm PT
• Class 5 available October 3
• Hangout on Air with search experts October 4 10:00-10:45am PT
• Class 6 & post-class assessment available October 5
• Mid-class assessment due October 10 at 11:59pm PT
• Post-class assessment due October 10 at 11:59pm PT

At the end of the course, Google will give a printable certificate to those who pass all assessments successfully. It's a  win-win opportunity. Do not lose it! Register Now!

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Doodles right in your Reader!

Google Beta-1998. Photo from Google Doodles

Since Google has begun his carrier, Doodles had been an important and interesting part of the company's activities. For almost any event in the world, Google changes his logo to a new doodle. If your are one of those who follow these  doodles, and if you want to lose none of them, Google has a simple and brilliant solution for you: 

You can subscribe for Google Doodles RSS feed and receive latest updates in your RSS reader.

However it isn't something new, but I doubt how many people know this feature. It's a simple and easy way to be informed about new doodles and enjoy of them without any trouble. So, do not hesitate! Try it now: https://www.google.com/doodles/doodles.xml

Persian New Year 2012. Photo from Google Doodles

 NOTE  The mentioned feed is placed in the left-bottom corner of the Google Doodle page, right beside the Copyright statement; if you are looking for it!

Note quickly with Quick Note

Apps and Extensions are one of the Chrome's most interesting features. The freedom that these add-ons give to users is pleasant. Previously, I introduced Scratchpad, a useful offline app form taking note in Chrome and sync them with your Google Drive Account. Today I'm going to do this again, this time with a different app: the Quick Note.

Quick Note's UI. Picture from Chrome Web Store

Quick Note is an offline app: "The quickest way to take notes in Chrome, as quick and slick as the best desktop note-app" they say. One of  Quick Note's advantages is its "Quick to Add and Edit" feature, gives you the ability to take notes quickly and easily from web pages without leaving them. You can access this  feature by right clicking on any part of a page and select "New Note". This will show a sidebar on the right side of the page that allows you to write/take notes. Also highlighting a part of a web page and select "New Note" outcomes the same result.

Quick Note can sync your data on Diigo cloud servers that of course needs a Diigo account. You can sign up for Diigo directly or use your Google, Twitter, Facebook or Yahoo accounts for sign up. The sync process is done almost instantly. Besides, running Quick Note takes much less RAM than most of other apps that makes it a good choice for common uses.

Quick Note

Developer: Diigo

Version: 1.4.1

Updated: Friday, July 6, 2012

Works Offline: Yes

Languages: Deutsch, English, Nederlands, Türkçe, italiano, polski, português (Portugal), русский, 中文 (简体), 中文 (繁體), 日本語, 한국어

This app can access:

● Your data on all websites
● Your tabs and browsing activity