Pathik Shah

How to Enable and Use Google Instant Search in Opera

Google just rolled out a new feature, Google Instant Search, which displays search results dynamically as you type out the search query.

It’s an awesome feature which automatically displays search results for the most likely suggestion based on what you are typing in the search box.

However, for some weird reason, Google Instant Search supports only the latest versions Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari. Despite Opera being the best browsers which is fully compatible with all the latest web standards, you can use it with Google Instant Search. Not anymore.

How To Enable Google Instant in Opera

Just go to www.google.com/instant from Opera and click on the Try it Now button. It will redirect you back to the Google.com homepage.

Right click on any corner of the page and click on Edit Site Preferences. Select the Network tab and in the Browser Identification box, select Identify as Firefox.

Click OK and reload the Google homepage. You should have Google Instant Search working on Opera now.

Wolfram Alpha, the newest search engine on the interwubz may not quite be the Google killer everyone was expecting it to be, but it sure is great fun!

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TP2Location – Search for location by phone numbers.

All of us have at some point of time wondered which country or location a particular phone number was from, but there wasn’t any way to exactly know how. There is a new service in town, TP2Location which can help you find the exact location of any phone / mobile number. It’s free, fast and very accurate.

Just go to www.TP2Location.com and enter the number you want to search in the exact format specified – prefixed with the country and region codes and you shall have the location in a few seconds. It supports most countries including USA, Canada, India, China, Russia, France – you can check out the whole list here and also keeps your search data private. What else could you wish for? If you have any doubts, you can check out the FAQs or leave a comment here.

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WinWithSearch.com

After Live Cashback, here is one more attempt by Microsoft to get users to use Live Search.  This one is specifically for Indians.

Whenever you search for any term on Live Search, you have a chance to win Rs. 100 via Oxicash.in. You can then use your Oxicash balance to recharge your prepaid mobile account or pay bills, buy air tickets etc.

Just goto http://www.winwithsearch.com and search for anything you want to. On the top, you will see two dice rolling, if the total comes out to be 6+6=12, you Win Rs. 100. The contest restarts every 10 mins.

Keep Searching. Good Luck.

Do leave a comment here if you win something.

Reportedly talks are on again between Microsoft and Yahoo – This time around, Microsoft has offered $20 billion to buy just Yahoo’s Search business.

Here is the deal:

Under the terms of the proposed transaction, Microsoft would provide a $5 billion facility to the Miller and Levinsohn management team. The duo would raise an additional $5 billion from external investors.This cash would be used to buy convertible preference shares and warrants which would give it a holding in excess of 30% of Yahoo.The external investors would also have the right to appoint three of Yahoo’s 11 board directors. The talks with Yahoo involve Microsoft obtaining a 10-year operating agreement to manage the search business. It would also receive a two-year call option to buy the search business for $20 billion. That would leave Yahoo to run its own e-mail, messaging, and content services.

With Carl Icahn recently buying 6.8 million more Yahoo stock, it is obvious that there is something definitely happening behind the curtains. Keep watching this space for more updates.

Read more:

Techcrunch – Reports Of New Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Hard To Believe

VentureBeat – A new, elaborate $20 billion deal for Microsoft to buy Yahoo Search?