Olympic tip: Google “medal count” and keep yourself updated

If there was an Olympic event for searching the world’s information, Google would more than likely take the gold medal. But there isn’t, so instead, here’s a neat trick to keep up on the Olympic medal counts in real-time.

In case you didn’t know, you can simply Google “medal count” and you’ll be shown a lovely little grid with a leaderboard and medal breakdown:

If you’re on your desktop or laptop computer, Google Knowledge Graph comes into play and gives you interesting information about the London Olympics, as well as a schedule of upcoming events:

This is how I’ve been keeping up on how the United States is doing, since I have to work and can’t watch every single feed on the TV and Nexus 7. Much.