Google Knows Animal Sounds

Wondering what a cat sounds like? Probably not, but how about a Zebra? Just Google [name of animal] sound and the click the speaker icon to hear your result.

Google Image Saves

Looking for a way to save your amazing Google Image search finds without downloading local copies? Just sign in to your Google account and when you find a result you want to keep, look for the new "Save" button with the star and click it. Then, when you want to get back to all of your saved images head on over to https://www.google.com/save/ and you'll find them all there.

Google knows how to keep time

Google search has a new metronome card that will give you time-keeping clicks from 40 to 200 beets per minute (BPM.)

Are you curious?

Just tell Google "I'm feeling curious" and you'll never know what you'll learn.

Google Knowledge Graph Adds Movie Reviews

You can search Google for [minions reviews], [reviews for ex machina] or ask Google: "did Fantastic Four get bad reviews?" and you'll see a list of reviews. Critic reviews are also displayed in the regular cards for movies and Google plans to expand this feature to books and TV shows.

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Google Card for Software Downloads

Sometimes you're trying to download a desktop software and you're searching Google for things like [chrome download], [latest java], [install itunes], [get skype]. The top result is usually the official download page, but there are various other download sites. Some of them might offer outdated versions, others might install their own software and even download adware or malware.

Google now shows a special card for software downloads. There's a big logo, the name of the organization that develops the application, the download URL and a link: "go to download". 

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Hello again...

Sorry that it's been so long since our last post but I've left the Nebraska Library Commission for Do Space and Christa has changed positions within the Commission so our ability to focus on outside projects has been severely limited. But, we wanted to let you know we're still here, we've got some posts queued up, and we've not fallen off the face of the Earth.
--Michael