Google: what’s not to love? Though I did have to laugh when the courts recently rejected their anti-trust suit against Microsoft, saying (paraphrase) that Google was probably big enough to handle the competition! Here are two Google features that I especially like:

Phone Info

Okay, raise your hand if you’re tired of paying $1.50 to get a 411 call on your cell phone… Yeah, I thought so. Well, memorize this number: 800-GOOG-411. This is Google’s FREE 411 service. It’s all mechanized, but it really works! Plus, you can request to have the phone number/address and link to a Google Map texted to your phone, also free. Woohoo!

Calculator

Who can ever keep track of how may cups are in a gallon? Or the exchange rate for Euros? Well, just type convert X to Y into your Google Search box, and click search as you normally would. The first line in the search results will be the answer. It’s like magic!

Type: convert 30 euros to us dollars
Answer: 30 Euros = 38.52 U.S. dollars

Type: convert 3 quarts to cups
Answer: 3 US quarts = 12 US cups