Search emails, calendar, documents in Gmail

Before we were able to search only the emails in Gmail account, now we can also search calendar, documents within Gmail to find related information.

"As part of field trial we opened in October, it became possible to instantly see your relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and more when you search in Gmail. Those of you who participated in the field trial told us that you like the time-saving convenience of searching for all your stuff from one place, and over the coming week, we'll be rolling out this feature in English to all U.S. users. Now you can find what you're looking for faster right in Gmail."

This is similar to what CloudMagic has been doing for years, besides CloudMagic is a better tool searches multiple Gmail accounts, multiple Google App accounts, Twitter, Facebook accounts and more as well. I'm not sure whether Google will have those features for a while.

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Weather Forecast data added to Google Calendar

Previously, Google enabled this weather function in Google Calendar, but only showed the highs and lows of the day, but now they have added more weather details to the Calendar as shown in the picture above. It is a good setting to have to see a quick snapshot of the weather for that day in the location near you. 

If you haven't enabled this setting, you can do so by doing the following steps:


How to enable the Weather feature

To view weather forecasts in Google Calendar, simply follow these steps:

• Click the gear icon at the top of any Google Calendar page.
• Click Calendar settings
• Select the General tab
• In the 'Location' section, enter your desired location information (e.g., 'Los Altos, CA' or '94024')
• In the 'Show weather based on my location' section, select either °F or °C
• Click Save

Check also how to add your favorite sports team to the Google Calendar. 

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Add Your Favorite Sports Teams Schedules in Google Calendar also Holiday Events

Previously, I added my favorite NBA, NFL teams in Google calendar, which kept me updated to their schedules without having to visit their main sites or search for their match times. Now, Google has added even more sports teams, Holidays, Birthdays, etc., to the list.


Overlaying public calendars in Google Calendar is a great way to keep up to date on everything from public holidays to your favorite sports teams. For example, with the most exciting months of baseball season just ahead, add any MLB team’s schedule to your personal Google Calendar so that you never forget about another important game. And if you’re traveling, the schedule will update to your time zone so you’re ready for the first pitch.

To add public calendars to your Google calendar, just click the down-arrow next to “other calendars” and select “Browse Interesting Calendars.” More at the Calendar help center: http://goo.gl/9fybe. via Google in Google+.


To add like the above soccer/football teams in Google Calendar, click "Settings" --> click the "Calendar" tab --> click the "Browse Interesting Calendars", you will see "Holidays", "Sports" and "More", click the one you like to have and subscribe to that list. For example, I have added Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United Football/Soccer teams to my calender by subscribing to their schedules as shown below.

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How to add Multiple Days or Weeks Repeating Events in Google Calendar?

Update: This how to article repeats only the events, not tasks, sorry for the confusion as Georgene and Anonymous pointed out in the comments.

In Google Calendar, there is a way to repeat tasks every day, every week, every month and every year. But is there a way to set up recurring tasks say for example a task repeating the first and third week of the month? The answer is yes. Also, this post will answer the question to how to add an event every first (second or third or fourth or in some cases the fifth) week of the month.

First let us find a solution for the first question. Let us use the example "Payday first and third Friday of the month"

Click any part of the event window and add "Payday first and third Friday of the month" and click "Edit event" if you want to fine tune the hours or if you want to set it for all day etc., and click save. This will enable a repeating event, every first Friday and every third Friday of the month.

You can do the same way for a repeating event second and fourth Friday, just enter "Payday second and fourth Friday of the month" and click save.

For the second question, to set a repeating monthly task falling on the weekday of any of the four weeks, let us use an example "second Wednesday of the month".

After you add an event with the phrase "second Wednesday of the month" Google Calendar adds the every second Wednesday of the month like before.

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