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    Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products including search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. It offers a variety of free services such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Maps, Google+, YouTube, Android, and Google Play as well as paid apps and services. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and has grown to become one of the largest technology companies in the world.

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    Introduction to

    Services and
    Products

    Background

    American multinational corporation specializing in


    Internet-related services and products

    Search
    Cloud computing software
    Online advertising technologies

    Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while Ph.D.


    students at Stanford University, September 4, 1998
    Named the search engine they built Google, a
    play on the word googol, the mathematical term
    for a 1 followed by 100 zeros

    Search

    Web search engine


    Googles core product
    Can filter results to show only images, websites,
    videos, maps, etc.
    Offers currency conversion, unit conversion,
    graphing of equations, etc.
    Can search images

    Gmail

    http://mail.google.com

    Free, advertising-supported email service


    Can contain 10 GB of storage per account
    Storage may be increased through a monthly
    charge

    Drive

    http://drive.google.com

    File storage and synchronization service


    Enables user cloud storage, file sharing and
    collaborative editing
    Gives all users 5 GB of free storage

    Not counting Google Docs native file formats

    Client software is installed to synchronize local files


    to the cloud

    Docs

    http://docs.google.com redirects to
    http://drive.google.com
    Free, Web-based software as a service office suite
    and data storage service
    Now housed in Google Drive
    Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Form,
    Drawing
    Documents can be shared, opened, and edited by
    multiple users at the same time

    Talk

    Voice Over IP instant messaging service


    Real time chat available over web browser or
    application for Windows, Android, Blackberry and
    Chrome OS

    Maps

    http://maps.google.com

    Web mapping service application and


    technology that powers many map-based
    services, including the Google Maps
    website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit
    Offers street maps, a route planner for
    traveling by foot, car, bike (beta), or with
    public transportation and a locator for
    urban businesses in numerous countries
    around the world

    Plus

    http://plus.google.com

    Multilingual social networking and identity service


    Currently the second largest social networking site
    in the world

    Passed twitter in January 2013

    Features:

    Streams, Circles, Hangouts, +1, Games, Pages, etc.

    YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com

    Free video sharing Web site which lets users


    upload, view, and share video clips
    Created by PayPal in 2005 and bought by Google in
    2006

    Chrome

    Freeware web browser that uses the


    WebKit layout engine
    Beta version released on 2007, stable
    version released on 2008

    Android

    Open source Linux-based operating


    system designed primarily for
    touchscreen mobile devices such as
    smartphones and tablet computers
    Has a large community of developers
    writing applications ("apps") that
    extend the functionality of devices,
    written primarily in a customized
    version of the Java programming
    language
    World's most widely used smartphone
    platform

    Play

    https://play.google.com/store

    Digital application distribution platform


    for Android and an online electronics
    store
    Formerly called Android Market
    Allows users to browse and download
    music, magazines, books, movies,
    television programs, and applications
    published through Google
    Catalog content:

    Play Music Play Books


    Play Magazines Play Movies and TV
    Applications Devices

    Translate

    https://translate.google.com

    Free statistical multilingual machine-translation


    service to translate written text from one language
    into another
    Supports 53 languages and voice input for 15
    languages

    iGoogle

    http://www.google.com/ig

    Customizable Ajax-based startpage or


    personal web portal
    Provides gadgets to services by Google,
    e.g. Gmail, Talk, Calendar, News, etc. and
    other web apps like Facebook
    Has customizable theme

    Calendar

    Free time-management web application


    Can be viewed from any location that has Internet
    access
    Natively supported on Android-based mobile
    phones
    Has integration to other devices and to PC
    applications
    Can share events created to other users with
    Google account

    Contacts

    https://www.google.com/contacts/

    Contact management tool that is available


    in its free email service Gmail, as a
    standalone service, and as a part of
    Google's business-oriented suite of web
    apps Google Apps
    Can be synchronized with mobile devices
    and operating systems

    Blogger

    http://www.blogger.com/home

    Blog-publishing service that allows private


    or multi-user blogs with time-stamped
    entries
    Blogs are hosted by Google at a
    subdomain of blogspot.com

    May 1, 2010 Blogger allowed users to publish


    blogs on other hosts, via FTP

    Wallet

    http://www.google.com/wallet/

    Mobile payment system developed by Google that


    allows its users to store debit cards, credit cards,
    loyalty cards, and gift cards among other things, as
    well as redeeming sales promotions on their mobile
    phone
    Only available on some devices

    Picasa Web Albums


    http://picasa.google.com/

    Online photo sharing, with integration with the


    main Picasa program

    often compared to Flickr and similar sites

    Allows users with accounts at Google to store and


    share 1 GB of large photos for free
    Actual resolution of the photo is maintained, even
    though a smaller resolution photo may be
    displayed by the web interface
    Can upload pictures in many ways

    Web uploader
    Uploader applications

    News

    https://news.google.com/

    Automated news compilation service and


    search engine for news
    There are versions of the aggregator for
    more than 20 languages

    Books

    Search engine for the full text of printed books


    Google scans and stores in its digital database
    The content that is displayed depends on the
    arrangement with the publishers, ranging from
    short extracts to entire books

    Scholar

    Accessible web search engine that indexes


    the full text of scholarly literature across an
    array of publishing formats and disciplines

    Groups

    Free service that supports discussion


    groups, including many Usenet
    newsgroups, based on common interests
    Membership is free of charge and many
    groups a re anonymous
    Users can find discussion groups related to
    their interests and participate in threaded
    conversations
    Users can join a group, make a group,
    publish posts, track their favorite topics,
    write a set of group web pages updatable
    by members and share group files

    Code

    http://code.google.com/

    Site for developer tools, APIs and technical


    resources
    Contains documentation on using Google
    developer tools and APIsincluding
    discussion groups and blogs for
    developers using Google's developer
    products

    And many more

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