Using Google's 12 best life hacks in 2012 for the New Year

1. Finding stuff faster in Gmail and Search, involving a new field trial that makes search more comprehensive. While in Gmail, as a user starts typing into the search box, relevant emails from Gmail along with results from Google Drive and Google Calendar will appear. 2. New Compose and reply experience in Gmail: When a user opts in to this feature, a chat-like window pops up to let one compose mail, making it easy to reference other mails without having to close the draft email. The feature also allows one to write multiple messages at once and minimize a message to finish it later. 3. Remote sign-out from Gmail: allows a user to signed into - and out of - Gmail on different computers. Handy for those who forgot to sign out. A user can scroll down to the bottom of Gmail, go to the "Last Activity" and give a command to “sign out all other sessions.” 4. Keyboard shortcuts for Drive: Keyboard shortcuts that allow easier and faster navigating in Drive. 5. Working offline with Google Docs: For those whose Internet connections are spotty or cut off, they can create and edit Google documents offline, including formatting text and adding comments. Changes are automatically synced when a user goes back online. 6. Access more stuff in Docs, Slides & Drawings with the update Research Pane, which sits alongside a document and allows a user to search the Web directly from where he or she is working. Search results now include a user's files in Drive, pictures in Picasa and posts shared with the user on G+, along with web results. 7. Access revision history in Google Docs: One who wants to see the changes people made in a document, slide or presentation can see a list of previous versions of the document, and restore these view differences between that version and the latest. 8. Insert files directly from Drive to Gmail. One can insert files up to 10GB, 40 times larger than what you can send as a traditional attachment. Gmail will also double-check that your recipients all have access to any files you’re sending. 9. Save web content directly to Drive in Chrome: a "Save to Drive" Chrome extension lets one save content from anywhere on the web directly to Google Drive. 10. Share stuff from Drive in Google+: Photos, docs or presentations can be embedded directly into your Google+ posts. 11. More on-the-go with Google Drive on iOS and Android: The updated Drive app for iOS and Android allows one to create and edit Google documents and spreadsheets while on the go, along with searching for files, adding document collaborators and viewing files both on and offline. 12. Manage folders more easily in Drive: Chrome users can drag and drop entire folders from the desktop to Drive on the web.