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"Google can do more for you than provide easy access to websites, photos, videos, maps, news, shopping, and email. It offers a suite of mobile apps to simplify your life. And they aren&amp;#039;t just for Google Android devices \u2014 you can get many of them on other platforms, like the iPhone or BlackBerry. The ones below aren&amp;#039;t brand new, but they&amp;#039;re the ones I find super useful (or just plain fun!) in my daily life.   Google Voice Search: If you&amp;#039;re a multi-tasking mom, you probably juggle lots of things at once. Google Voice Search gives you a hand (literally and figuratively!) by allowing you to search queries on your phone using voice commands. I also like Voice Actions for &amp;quot;dialing&amp;quot; phone calls and sending texts without tapping on the keyboard.  Use when: You&amp;#039;re driving and can&amp;#039;t (and shouldn&amp;#039;t!) type on your phone.  Google Places: The newest of the bunch, Google Places connects you with restaurants and services. Like Yelp, it gives you honest reviews from real people. Use when: You want the scoop on the food at the Thai place down the street.   Google Shopper: If you want to know if you&amp;#039;re getting a fair deal on a product, take a photo of it, scan the barcode, or speak its name into your phone. You&amp;#039;ll get a read-out of local stores and online retailers with the best prices. And if you find something you like, share it easily with friends and family via Gmail, Facebook, or Twitter.  Use when: You&amp;#039;re in Best Buy and want to make sure you&amp;#039;re not overpaying on a new laptop. Google Goggles: Snap a photo of a book, person, or painting and Goggles will deliver information on it. Recently I snapped a photo of an actor on TV because I couldn&amp;#039;t remember his name and Google found it for me! Use when: You&amp;#039;re at a ball game and want to impress your husband with how much you know about the players.    Google Sky Map: Want to show your daughter what the sky looked like on the night she was born? This app shows you the placement of the stars and planets on any night in history. Want to give her an astronomy lesson? Find out what stars are in the sky by snapping a photo of it \u2014 it will provide you with the names and shapes of the constellations and celestial objects. If you want to find a specific celestial body, say Mars, Sky Map will direct you to it with an arrow. Use when: You want to recreate the night sky from the night you were married! Google Maps for Mobile: If you haven&amp;#039;t already used this one (or at least the non-mobile version) download it now. It&amp;#039;s invaluable for getting directions or information. With 100 million active monthly users in over 100 countries, Google Maps has navigated over a billion miles worth of directions!  Use when: You just can&amp;#039;t seem to find your daughter&amp;#039;s new ballet school. Hope these will help simplify your life as much as they&amp;#039;ve helped mine! Are there any I&amp;#039;ve missed that you can&amp;#039;t live without? Let me know. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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