Larry Page- Five interesting things to know about the Google Founder

   We all at one time or the other made use of a search engine either to locate the definition of a word, to find out more about a person or an issue or even to purchase one item or the other. The most common of all the available search engines is the Google search engine.
   Although the Google search engine might be familiar to most people, some might not know anything about the name Larry Page. He co-founded Google with Sergin Brin. What else is there to know about this technology genius who created one of the fastest ways to locate something on the internet? Find out below:

1. He grew up in a home surrounded by computer scientists: His dad, Vincent Carl Page earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan and was said to be a pioneer in the field of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. His mum was a computer programming instructor. His elder brother was also said to "have taught him to take things apart". No wonder his interest in the Technology field from childhood.
2. He has a bit of a musical background: He played the saxophone and studied musical composition while growing up. This musical education according to Larry l inspired his impatience and obsessions with speed in computing hence the reason why he strived to make Google search engine very fast.
3. Google isn't his only invention: At the University of Michigan, Larry Page created an inkjet printer made of Lego bricks. More recently though he created PageRank- Google's best known search ranking algorithm.
4. His other interests apart from Google: He is an investor in Tesla motors and he helped in the setting up of Singularity University, a transhumanist think tank.
5. His managerial and leadership skills: In 2015, he was voted by his employees as one of America's most popular Chief Executives and was named number one by Forbes. In other words, he's a really good boss.

Lastly, did you know?

   His full name is Lawrence Page although he is more widely known as "Larry" Page.

5 Cool Google Search Tricks and Hidden Features.

   Everyone at one point has made use of the google search page to search for one item or the other, however did you know that you can use google for other things than finding a definition or locating an item? Google has a lot of hacks and tricks within it and below are some of them. before you rush in to try them though, go to settings and disable Google Instant predictions to make sure it works out beautifully.

1. Countdown timer and Stopwatch: If you need a timer on the go, you can get one to make use of on Google. Just go to your goggle search bar and type in ‘countdown timer’. When the page loads you have a timer ready for you to use. Just enter your values and let the timer do its job. Similarly, if you need to make use of a stopwatch, just open your web browser and on the google search home page type in ‘stopwatch’. Ta da! You have a stopwatch ready for you to use.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Pacman: Pacman is an arcade game. It was developed by Toru Iwatani. It’s a very engrossing game in which the character Pac-man has to be controlled to go through a maze, eating Pac-dots until it has eaten all Pac-dot while avoiding ‘enemies’. When this is accomplished Pac-man is taken to the next stage. On google, it was originally a google doodle created to commemorate the classic game’s 30^th birthday. However this game has found a permanent secret home on google.
   
   
   If you ever get bored and need to engage yourself in a game, open up your web browser and type in Pacman. Once the page opens you’d be directed to “Tap to play”. Awesome right? Go ahead and enjoy yourself but make sure you have nothing else important to do for the rest of the day or else you'd end up getting nothing done.
   
3. Atari Breakout: This is another entertaining hidden feature on Google. It is a game whereby a layer of bricks lines the top third of the screen. A ball travels across the screen, bouncing off the top and side walls of the screen. When a brick is hit, the ball bounces away and the brick is destroyed. The player loses a turn when the ball touches the bottom of the screen and to prevent this from happening, the player has a movable paddle to bounce the ball upward, keeping it in play.
   For you to access this wonderful feature, type ‘Atari Breakout’ on the google search page of your web browser and voila! You have a game ready for you to play. A word of caution though: like Pac-man this game is addictive and you might not get anything done.
   
4. Calculator: There’s a calculator hidden within the google search page and you can access it by typing in the word ‘calculator’. If you want the scientific calculator to appear, just type in the word ‘Scientific calculator’.
   
   
   
5. Unit Converter: suppose you want to change from metre to foot, you can easily do that on your google search home page. Type in the word 'Unit Converter' and you are automatically directed to the unit converter. Enter your values and you get your answer.
   

   

Here's a bonus trick: It is actually not a usable trick but it works anyways. Type in the word 'askew' on your google search homepage and watch what happens. You should get something like this:

Did it work for you? Let us know in the comments.