Thursday, May 13, 2010

Google Contact Information

 

Have you ever felt the need to contact Google only to find out that the company that is present everywhere on the Internet is hard to come by?

It feels strange that such a big company has no public support hotline but only email and forum supports. Google support employees exist but their contact information are not available directly on the Internet. It boils down to the fact that they can contact you at anytime but you cannot contact them directly.

This article tries to answer the question who to contact at Google if you need to do so to get your question, request or proposal answered as quickly as possible.

Let us start with addresses and phone numbers of Google offices throughout the world.

Google Inc.

1600 Amphitheatre, Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001

United States

Google Ann Arbor

201 S. Division St.
Suite 500
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: +1 734-332-6500
Fax: +1 734-332-6501

United States

Google Atlanta

Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309

Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

United States

Google Boulder

2590 Pearl Street
Suite 100
Boulder, CO 80302

Phone: +1 303-245-0086
Fax: +1 303-535-5592

United States

Google Cambridge

5 Cambridge Center, Floors 3-6
Cambridge, MA 02142

Phone: +1 617-575-1300
Fax: +1 617-575-1301

United States

Google Chicago

20 West Kinzie St.
Chicago, IL 60610

Phone: +1 312-840-4100
Fax: +1 312-840-4101

United States

Google Detroit

114 Willits Street
Birmingham, MI 48009

Phone: +1 248-593-4000
Fax: +1 248-593-4001

United States

Google Irvine

19540 Jamboree Road
2nd Floor
Irvine, CA 92612

Phone: +1 949-794-1600
Fax: +1 949-794-1601

United States

Google Kirkland

747 6th Street South,
Kirkland, WA 98033

Phone: +1 425-739-5600
Fax: +1 425-739-5601

United States

Google Madison

301 S. Blount St.
Suite 301
Madison, WI 53703

Phone: +1 608-669-9600
Fax: +1 608-669-9601

United States

Google New York

76 Ninth Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Phone: +1 212-565-0000
Fax: +1 212-565-0001

United States

Google New York

Chelsea Market Space
(mail cannot be received at this address)
75 Ninth Avenue
2nd and 4th Floors
New York, NY 10011

Phone: +1 212-565-0000
Fax: +1 212-565-0001

United States

Google Pittsburgh

Google Inc.
Collaborative Innovation Center
4720 Forbes Avenue
Lower Level
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone: +1 412-297-5400
Fax: +1 412-297-5401

United States

Google Reston

1818 Library Street
Suite 400
Reston, VA 20190

Phone: +1 202-370-5600
Fax: +1 202-370-5601

United States

Google San Francisco

345 Spear Street
Floors 2-4
San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: +1 415-736-0000

United States

Google Santa Monica

604 Arizona Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Phone: +1 310-460-4000
Fax: +1 310-309-6840

United States

Google Seattle

651 N. 34th St.
Seattle, WA 98103

Phone: +1 206-876-1800
Fax: +1 206-876-1701

United States

Google Washington DC

1101 New York Avenue, N.W.
Second Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: +1 202-346-1100

United States

Google Paris

38 avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris

Phone: +33 (0)1 42 68 53 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 53 01 08 15

France

Google Hamburg

Google Germany GmbH
ABC-Strasse 19
20354 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 40-80-81-79-000
Fax: +49 40-4921-9194

Germany

Google Athens

Athens Tower
2-4 Mesogeion Avenue
Athens 11527

Phone: +30 210 7454333

Greece

Google Dublin

Google Ireland Ltd.
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4

Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001

Ireland

Google Italy

Corso Europa 2
20122 Milan

Phone: +39 02-36618 300
Fax: +39 02-36618 301

Italy

Google Amsterdam

Claude Debussylaan 34
Vinoly Mahler 4
Toren B, 15th Floor
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1082

Phone: +31 (0)20-5045-100
Fax: +31 (0)20-524-8150

Netherlands

Google Oslo

C.J. Hambros plass 2C
N-0164 Oslo

Phone: +47 22996288
Fax: +47 22996010

Norway

Google Kraków

Rynek Glowny 12, II floor
31-042 Krakow

Phone: +48 (12) 68 15 300
Fax: +48 (12) 68 15 362

Poland

Google Wrocław

Bema Plaza, V pietro
Plac Gen. Jozefa Bema nr 2
50-265 Wroclaw

Phone: +48 (71) 73 41 000
Fax: +48 (71) 73 41 051

Poland

Google Moscow

OOO Google
7 Balchug st.
Moscow 115035

Phone: +7-495-644-1400
Fax: +7-495-644-1401

Russian Federation

Google St. Petersburg

Alia Tempora
ul. Mayakovskogo Bldg 3B
Floors 8-9
Saint Petersburg, 191025

Phone: +7 (812) 313-4800
Fax: +7 (812) 313-4801

Russian Federation

Google Madrid

Torre Picasso
Plaza Pablo Ruiz Picasso 1
Madrid 28020

Phone: +34 91-748-6400
Fax: +34 91-748-6402

Spain

Google Zürich

Brandschenkestrasse 110
8002 Zürich

Phone: +41 44-668-1800
Fax: +41 44-668-1818

Switzerland

Google London

Google UK Ltd
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ

Phone: +44 (0)20-7031-3000
Fax: +44 (0)20-7031-3001

United Kingdom

Google Montreal

1253 McGill College, Suite 250
Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2Y5

Phone: 514-670-8700
Fax: 514-670-8701

Canada

Google Toronto

10 Dundas Street East
Suite 600
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2G9

Phone: +1 416-915-8200
Fax: +1 416-915-8201

Canada

Google Waterloo

340 Hagey Blvd
2nd Floor
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 6R6

Phone: 519-880-2300
Fax: 519-880-3401

Canada

Google Taipei

Level 73, Taipei 101 Tower
7 Xinyi Road, Sec. 5, Taipei, 110

Phone: 886 2 8729 6000
Fax: 886 2 8729 6001

Taiwan

Google Singapore

#38-01/01A
8 Shenton Way
Singapore 068811

Phone: +65 6521-8000
Fax: +65 6521-8901

Singapore

Google Seoul

Google Korea LLC.
22nd Floor, Gangnam Finance Center
737 Yeoksam-dong
Kangnam-gu
Seoul 135 984

Phone: +82-2-531-9000
Fax: +82-2-531-900

South Korea

Google Bangalore

Google India Pvt. Ltd
No. 3, RMZ Infinity - Tower E
Old Madras Road
3rd, 4th, and 5th Floors
Bangalore, 560 016

Phone: +91-80-67218989

India

Google Gurgaon

Google India Pvt Ltd
8th and 9th Floors
Tower C Building No.8
DLF Cyber City
Gurgaon India
122002

Phone: +91-124-4512900

India

Google Mumbai

Google India Pvt Ltd
264-265 Vaswani Chambers
1st Floor
Dr Annie Besant Road
Mumbai, 400 025

Phone: +91-22-6611-7200

India

Google Hong Kong

Tower 1, Times Square
1 Matheson Street
Room 1706
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Phone: +852-3923-5400
Fax: +852-3923-5401

Hong Kong

Google Shanghai

16F, Raffles City
No.268 Xizang Zhong Road, Huangpu District
Shanghai, China 200001

Phone: +86-21-61337666

China

Google Beijing

Tsinghua Science Park Bldg 6
No. 1 Zhongguancun East Road
Haidian District
Beijing 100084

Phone: +86-10-62503000
Fax: +86-10-62503001

China

Google Sydney

Google Australia Pty Ltd.
Level 5, 48 Pirrama Road,
Pyrmont, NSW 2009

Phone: +61 2 9374 4000
Fax: +61 2 9374 4001

Australia

Google Buenos Aires

Dock del Plata
Alicia Moreau de Justo 350, 2nd floor
Buenos Aires, C1107AAH

Phone: +54-11-5530-3000
Fax: +54-11-5530-3001

Argentina

Google Sao Paulo

Google Brasil Internet Limitada
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima
nº 3900 5th floor, Itaim
Sao Paulo, 04538-132

Phone: +55-11-3797-1000
Fax: +55-11-3797-1001

Brazil

Google Mexico

Paseo de la Reforma #115, Piso 22
Col. Lomas de Chapultepec
México D.F. 11000,

Phone: +52 55-5342-8400
Fax: +52 55-5342-8401

México

Those are the only phone numbers and addresses that you will find. Most of the support requests are handled via email, forums and web forms.

Google's Help Center is the starting point for users who need help with Google products. This usually involves clicking through a series of support questions before a web form is displayed to contact Google.

 

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Google Buys BumpTop, 3D Desktop






Google bought BumpTop, an interesting software that replaces your computer's desktop with an intuitive 3D environment where you can quickly organize your files.

 

BumpTop is a fresh, innovative 3D desktop user interface that lets you stay organized and share your files and photos from your desktop naturally and easily. BumpTop has the look and feel of a real desktop, so it's natural and intuitive. But unlike a real desk where stacks can become unruly, BumpTop lets you pile files intelligently -- by project, by file type or any way you choose.

People organize their real-world desks in any number of different ways, to suit their own style. Research shows that everyone stacks and piles their documents, and almost a third of people indicate stacking and piling is their preferred way of organizing their desks. However, people have had to conform to the rigid, conventional desktop organization which is grid and folder based. BumpTop allows users to create a digital desktop that is intuitive and easy to use, just like their physical one but with the power and intelligence of the underlying computer to increase productivity in a fun and playful way.


You can still download BumpTop for Windows and Mac until the end of the week. The application doesn't use a lot of resources and it completely replaces your desktop. Even if it doesn't support multi-touch or Linux, BumpTop seems like the perfect addition to Android.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

20 Tips for More Efficient Google SEARCHES.

1. Either/or. Google normally searches for pages that contain all the words you type in the search box, but if you want pages that have one term or another (or both), use the OR operator  or use the symbol (pipe symbol) to save you a keystroke. [enjoy | the | masti]

2. Quotes. If you want to search for an exact phrase, use quotes. [enjoy the masti] will only find that exact phrase. [enjoy the masti] will find pages that contain the word enjoy and the exact phrase the masti.

3. Not. If you dont want a term or phrase, use the - symbol. [-enjoy the masti] will return pages that contain the and masti but that dont contain enjoy.

4. Similar terms. Use the ~ symbol to return similar terms. [~enjoy the masti -enjoy] will get you pages that contain funny the masti and stupid the masti but not enjoy the masti.

5. Wildcard. The * symbol is a wildcard. This is useful if youre trying to find the lyrics to a song, but cant remember the exact lyrics. [cant * me love lyrics] will return the Beatles song youre looking for. Its also useful for finding stuff only in certain domains, such as educational information: [enjoy the masti research *.edu].

6. Advanced search. If you cant remember any of these operators, you can always use Googles advanced search.

7. Definitions. Use the define: operator to get a quick definition. [define:enjoy] will give you a whole host of definitions from different sources, with links.

8. Calculator. One of the handiest uses of Google, type in a quick calculation in the search box and get an answer. Its faster than calling up your computers calculator in most cases. Use the +, -, *, / symbols and parentheses to do a simple equation.

9. Numrange. This the-known feature searches for a range of numbers. For example, [best books 2002..2007] will return lists of best books for each of the years from 2002 to 2007 (note the two periods between the two numbers).

10. Site-specific. Use the site: operator to search only within a certain website. [site:enjoythemasti.com leo] will search for the term leo only within this blog.

11. Backlinks. The link: operatror will find pages that link to a specific URL. You can use this not only for a main URL but even to a specific page. Not all links to an URL are listed, however.

12. Vertical search. Instead of searching for a term across all pages on the web, search within a specialized field. Google has a number of specific searches, allowing you to search within blogs, news, books, and much more:
* Blog Search
* Book Search
* Scholar
* Catalogs
* Code Search
* Directory
* Finance
* Images
* Local/Maps
* News
* Patent Search
* Product Search
* Video

13. Movies. Use the movie: operator to search for a movie title along with either a zip code or U.S. city and state to get a list of movie theaters in the area and show times.

14. Music. The music: operator returns content related to music only.

15. Unit converter. Use Google for a quick conversion, from yards to meters for example, or different currency: [12 meters in yards]

16. Types of numbers: Google algorithms can recognize patterns in numbers you enter, so you can search for:
* Telephone area codes
* Vehicle ID number (US only)
* Federal Communications Commission (FCC) equipment numbers (US only)
* UPC codes
* Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airplane registration number (US only)
* Patent numbers (US only)
* Even stock quotes (using the stock symbol) or a weather forecast regarding the next five days

17. File types. If you just want to search for .PDF files, or Word documents, or Excel spreadsheets, for example, use the filetype: operator.

18. Location of term. By default, Google searches for your term throughout a web page. But if you just want it to search certain locations, you can use operators such as inurl:, intitle:, intext:, and inanchor:. Those search for a term only within the URL, the title, the body text, and the anchor text (the text used to describe a link).

19. Cached pages. Looking for a version of a page the Google stores on its own servers? This can help with outdated or update pages. Use the cached: operator.

20. Answer to life, the universe, and everything. Search for that phrase, in lower case, and Google will give you the answer.