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I hesitate to write this because many of you may already know about it, but it is worth it anyway. I’ve not met one person in day to day life that has used it before and when I tell them, they love it and now use it all the time.

SMS Google is a really neat way to find things when you are not around a computer. The steps are simple:

1. Compose a text message with what you want. For example “Costco Las Vegas”
2. Send the text message to “46645″ (which spells GOOGL)
3. Then a few moments later you will get the info texted back to you.

You can get all kinds of info:

• For addresses: hospital San Jose CA
• For reverse phone lookup : 2122269817
• For driving directions : pasadena CA to santa monica CA
• For Movie Times : batman begins 94043
• For Weather : weather dallas tx
• For Stock quotes : aapl
• For Answers to questions : population of Japan
• For Definitions : define prosimian (Awesome for when you’re in a game of scrabble.)
• For prices of products : price iPod (Great for when you’re shopping and need to compare prices.)
• FOr Zip codes locations: 94043
• For Area code locations : 650

There are a ton more. If you want to test it out visit this site and type in the text, and it will show you what you would get in return.

Another neat feature is the ability to search a movie database. You can find a movie by character, quote, genre, theme, etc. To do this, visit google and type “movie: ” and the info you know already. For example:
movie: humperdinck
movie: Johnny Depp

This is a great way to look for new movies, or to remember old ones.

So, next time you are at a dinner table and looking for a conversation, teach your company about this. I’m telling you. They’ll love you for it and think you are the smartest person in the world.

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