Get Paid for Testing Google Beta Software Anywhere in the World

Google is looking for people [18+] from across the globe to help the search company improve their existing products and even prototypes that are still in development stage. And it's a paid assignment where you may earn upto $75 per hour.

You can participate in the User Experience Research study by either visiting Google Offices, or filling an online survey or even from your home by testing out the Google product online and giving feedback to Google over phone. In some cases, Google Researchers may make come to your home itself to interview you about how you use computers or the Web.

You will get paid depending on the type of study, but typically Google pays $75 for each hour that you spend with a Google researcher, either in person or on the phone. Your travel expenses won't be reimbursed however. For online surveys, which you complete from your own computer, the amount varies, depending on the length of the survey.

Sign Up To participate in the Google user experience research study. Detailed information here. [via v7n.com]

Related: Work from Home for Google - all you need is a bachelor's degree and a high-speed internet connection to telecommute.

How to Download Contacts from Facebook To Outlook Address Book

Facebook users are not too pleased with the "walled garden" approach of Facebook. The reason is simple - while you can easily import your Outlook address book and GMail contacts into Facebook, the reverse path is closed. There's no "official" way to export your Facebook friends email addresses or contact phone numbers out as a CSV file so that you can sync the contacts data with Outlook, GMail or your BlackBerry. Some third-party Facebook hacks like "Facebook Sync" (for Mac) and "Facebook Downloader" (for Windows) did allow you to download your Facebook friends' names, emails, mobile phone number and profile photo to the desktop but they were quickly removed for violation of Facebook Terms of Use. How to Download Contacts from Facebook There are still some options to take Friends data outside the walls of Facebook wall. Facebook offers the Takeout option allowing you to download all Facebook data locally to the disk (include

Learn to Create a Firefox Search Plugin in Less Than 2 Minutes

Almost every blog has a site search form where you just type in the search query and press enter to digg through the archives of that blog . The only drawback here is that you first have to visit the site homepage to locate the search box. And there's also a possibility that the site has no search form at all. This tutorial will show you a very simple Firefox hack that allows you to search any blog straight from the Firefox search bar without having to visit the actual blog . And there's something for IE users as well. Related: Firefox Search Bar Hacks First the not-so-good approach though it works with IE: Type the following query in the Google IE toolbar or in the Firefox Search Box with Google selected as the default engine: site:labnol.blogspot.com adobe captivate This query will retrieve all documents about Adobe Captivate on Digital Inspiration. You can replace labnol.blogspot.com with any site URL that you intend to search. You may have know the above trick already but i

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