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Google Search is a web search engine, which is Google's core product. It receives over 3 billion search queries per day. Google also offers regional search by its 189 regional level domains. (see List of Google domains#Localized & regional domains)Hummingbird – Expanded query analysis. For example, if you search for 'best pie place in Seattle' Google will also search for 'best pie restaurant in Seattle'.PageRank – link analysis algorithm.Snapshots – mechanism that indexes PDFs, Word documents, and more.Google Search functionality – Google Search includes Boolean logical operators, wildcards, and more, to help users refine their searches.Multiple languages – Google Search is supported by a large number of different languages.Google Author Rank – The idea that an online author can have topical authority within Google Search Results.Experimental Search options for testing new interfaces while searching with Google, including Timeline views and keyboard shortcuts.Encrypted Search – In May 2010 Google rolled out SSL-encrypted web search.[1] The encrypted search can be accessed at Google [2]Google Alerts – email notification service, which sends alerts based on chosen search terms, whenever there are new results. Alerts include web results, Groups results news, and video. The system is not functioning correctly beginning in 2013.[3]Google Books (formerly Print) – 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.Google Custom Search – allows a user to create a customized search experience for his/her own website. Renamed from Google Co-op, which in turn replaced Google Free Search.Google Finance – searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data. Features include company-specific pages, blog search, interactive charts, executives information, discussion groups and a portfolio.Google Groups – web and email discussion service and Usenet archive. 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. In January, 2007, version 3 of Google Groups was released. New features include the ability to create customized pages and share files.Google Hotel Finder – Provides searches similar to other Online Travel Agencies (Travel website) that searchers can search for check-in and check-out dates.[4] Now directly available through searching, for example searching 'hotels in Seattle' will result in an info box under advertisements.[5]Google Flight Search – a service that allows users to search for flights from many airlines to many destinations, offering tools such as price comparisons and travel recommendations.[6]Google Image Search – image search engine, with results based on the file name of the image, the link text pointing to the image and text adjacent to the image. You can also make a search by uploading a picture from your computer. When searching, a thumbnail of each matching image is displayed.Language Tools – Collection of linguistic applications, including one that allows users to translate text or web pages from one language to another, and another that allows searching in web pages located in a specific country or written in a specific language.Life Search (Google China) – Search engine tailored towards everyday needs, such as train times, recipes and housing.Google News – automated news compilation service and search engine for news. There are versions of the aggregator for more than 20 languages. While the selection of news stories is fully automated, the sites included are selected by human editors.Google Patent Search – search engine to search through millions of patents, each result with its own page, including drawings, claims and citations.Google Recipe View – lets you narrow your search results to show only recipes, and helps you choose the right recipe amongst the search results by showing clearly marked ratings, ingredients and pictures. First mentioned on Google's blog in February 2011.[7]Google Scholar – search engine for the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and scholarly fields. Today, the index includes virtually all peer-reviewed journals available online.Google Shopping (was Google Product Search and Froogle): price engine that searches online stores, including auctions, for products. Beginning in Fall of 2012, it will become a fully commercial product, only indexing paid listings.[8]Suggest – auto-completion in search results while typing to give popular searches.Google Video – video search engine. Google's main video partnerships include agreements with CBS, NHL and the NBA. It also searches videos posted on YouTube, Metacafe, Daily Motion, and other popular video hosting sites. In the past Google Video itself offered a video hosting service, but this feature was shut down on August 20, 2012.[9]Web History (was Google Search History, Personalized Search) – web page tracking, which records Google searches, web pages, images, videos, music and other data. It also includes bookmarks, search trends and item recommendations. Google released Search History in April 2005, when it began to record browsing history,[10] later expanding and renaming the service to Web History in April 2007.[11]Knowledge Graph – a knowledge base used to enhance search results with semantic information gathered from several sources.Zagat – a source of consumer survey-based information for restaurants and other leisure activities.Advertising services[edit]AdMob is a mobile advertising network that Google acquired in November 2009.[12] It offers advertising solutions for Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8.[13]Google AdSense – Offers a contextual advertising solution to web publishers, and delivers text-based Google AdWords ads that are relevant to site content pages.Google Ad Planner – Ad Planner has been replaced with Google Display Planner.[14]Google AdWords – advertise with Google AdWords ads in the Sponsored Links section next to search results to boost website traffic and sales.Adwords Express – Local online advertising made easyGoogle Certification Program – Google AdWords partner certification program, providing AdWords qualifications to agencies that pass exams and other criteria. Replaced Google Advertising Professionals in April 2010.DoubleClick – ad management and ad serving technology foundation for buyers, creators and sellers of digital media.DoubleClick for Publishers by Google – Set of tools for driving direct sales revenue and maximizing yield on non-guaranteed inventory.Google Ad Grants – in-kind donation program awarding free AdWords advertising to select charitable organizations.Google Think InsightsCommunication and publishing tools[edit]Google Cultural InstituteGoogle Art ProjectFeedBurner – news feed management services, including feed traffic analysis and advertising facilities.Google Keep – note keeping (like Evernote)Google 3D Warehouse – online service that hosts 3D models of existing objects, locations (including buildings) and vehicles created in Google SketchUp by the aforementioned application's users. The models can be downloaded into Google Sketch-up by other users or Google Earth.Google Apps for Work – service for businesses, enterprise, and education providing independently customizable versions of several Google products under a custom domain name. Features included are Gmail, Google Hangouts, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, Google Slides, Google Sites, Google Contacts, and Google Groups.Blogger – weblog publishing tool. Users can create custom, hosted blogs with features such as photo publishing, comments, group blogs, blogger profiles and mobile-based posting with little technical knowledge.Google Bookmarks – free online bookmark storage service, available to Google Account holders[15] launched on October 10, 2005.[16]http://Boutiques.com – personalized shopping experience that let users find and discover fashion goods. http://Boutiques.com was launched in November 2010, and consolidated with Google Product Search on October 14, 2011.[17]Google Business Solutions – collection of services offered by Google specifically directed at webmasters and businesses.[18] Products included are Feedburner, Google AdWords, Google AdSense, Google Analytics, Google Enterprise Search solutions, Google Apps, Google Checkout, Google Local Business Center, Google Merchant Center, Google Trusted Stores, Postini, Google Webmaster Central, Google Ad Manager, Google Maps and Earth Solutions, Google Website Optimizer and Google Site Search.Google Calendar – free online calendar, includes Gmail integration, calendar sharing, and a "quick add" function that allows inserting events using natural language input. It is similar to those offered by Yahoo! and Windows Live.Google Charts - interactive, Web-based chart image generation from user-supplied JavaScript.Google Docs – document, spreadsheet, drawing, survey, and presentation application, with document collaboration and publishing capabilitiesGoogle Domains (United States only) — a domain registration service, with website publishing partnersGoogle Drive – an online backup service and storage space. This service is connected with Google Docs.Google Hangouts – an instant messaging and video chat platform launched on May 15, 2013, serving as a unified replacement for Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and Hangouts, the video chat system present within Google+.Google Helpouts – Hangout-based live video chat with experts (defunct since April 20, 2015)Gmail (also termed Google Mail) – free webmail IMAP and POP email service provided by Google, known for its abundant storage, intuitive search-based interface and elasticity. It was first released in an invitation-only form on April 1, 2004. Mobile access and Google Talk integration is also featured.Google Inbox – an email app for Android, iOS, and web platforms that attempts to organize emails for the user and automate to-do lists using information provided in emails.Google URL Shortener – URL shortener for both Google and non-Google websites. (Also referred to as Google URL Shortener).Google Play Music - upload up to 50,000 songs for free for cloud media accessGoogle+ – Google's social networking servicePanoramio – Photos of the worldGoogle profile – allows controlling how users appear and present themselves on Google products, to other Google users, and tell others a bit more about who they are.Google Sites (was Jotspot) – Website creation tool for private or public groups, for both personal and corporate use.SMS Channels (Google India only) – Launched September 2008, allows users to create and subscribe to channels over SMS. Channels can be based on RSS feeds.Spaces, a cross-platform application for group messaging and sharing.Speak To Tweet – telephone service created in collaboration with Twitter and SayNow allowing users to phone a specific number and leave a voicemail; a tweet is automatically posted on Twitter with a link to the voice message stored on Google's SayNow.Google Voice (United States only) – known as "GrandCentral" before 2009-03-11, Google Voice is a free voice communication system. Google Voice provides a phone number, but is not a last mile provider (unlike POTS, which does provide the last mile connection). It includes a follow-me service that lets users forward their Google voice phone number to simultaneously ring up to 6 other phone numbers. It also features a unified voice mail service, SMS and free outgoing calls via Google's "click2call" and 3rd party dialers.Google Fonts – interactive directory of free hosted web font-API's.YouTube – free video sharing Web site which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. In October 2006, Google announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for 1.65 billion USD in Google stock. The deal closed on 13 November 2006.Google Ventures – a radically different kind of venture-capital fundGoogle Classroom – a content management system for schools that aids in distribution and grading of assignments and providing in-class communicationGoogle Cloud Search - Launched February 2017, a smart search engine that allows G Suite business customer users to search across G Suite products, including Google Drive, Gmail, Sites, Google Calendar, Docs, Contacts and more.[19][20]Development tools[edit]Google App Engine – tool that allows developers to write and run web applications.Google Developers (was Google Code) – Google's site for developers interested in Google-related development. The site contains open source code and lists of their API services. Also provides project hosting for any free and open source software.Dart – a structured web programming language developed by Google.Go (programming language) – compiled, concurrent programming language developed by Google.OpenSocial – set of common APIs for building social applications on many websites.Google PageSpeed Tools – tool for helping developers to optimize the performance of their webpages.Google Swiffy – tool that converts Adobe Flash files (SWF) into HTML5.Google Web Toolkit – open source Java software development framework that allows web developers to create Ajax applications in Java.Google Search Console (was Webmaster Tools and formerly Google Sitemaps): Sitemap submission and analysis for the Sitemaps protocol. Renamed from Google Sitemaps to cover broader features, including query statistics and robots.txt analysis.Translator Toolkit – collaborated translation toolSecurity tools[edit]reCAPTCHA – a user-dialogue system use to prevent bots from accessing websitesMap-related products[edit]Google Map Maker – Map editor used to submit changes to Google Maps.Google Maps – Mapping service that indexes streets and displays satellite and street-level imagery, providing driving directions and local business search.Google Street ViewGoogle Street View Inside Trusted (formerly Google Business View) – A 360°, interactive tour.[21] Customers will be able to truly experience a business by walking around, exploring, and interacting with the business using the same Street View technology used in streets around the world. These virtual tours are created by Google certified trusted photographers or trusted agencies.Google My Maps – Social custom map making tool based on Google Maps.Google Maps Gallery – Collection of data and historic mapsGoogle Mars – imagery of Mars using the Google Maps interface. Elevation, visible imagery and infrared imagery can be shown. It was released on March 13, 2006, the anniversary of the birth of astronomer Percival Lowell.Google Moon – NASA imagery of the moon through the Google Maps interface. It was launched on July 20, 2009, in honor of the first manned Moon landing on July 20, 1969.Google Sky – Internet tool to view stars and galaxies, can be used via browser version of "Google Sky".Google Transit – Public transport trip planning through the Google Maps interface, now fully integrated with maps. Released on December 7, 2005.Google Santa Tracker – Tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.Zygote Body (previously Google Body) – 3D anatomical model of human body.Build with Chrome – a initiative between Lego and Google to build the world using Lego.[22]Statistical tools[edit]Google Analytics – Traffic statistics generator for defined websites, with strong AdWords integration. Webmasters can optimize their ad campaigns, based on the statistics that are given. Analytics is based on the Urchin software and the new version released in May 2007 integrates improvements based on Measure Map.Google Consumer Surveys – Market research tool similar to Survata.Google Correlate – Search patterns relating to real world trends.Freebase - Open, Creative Commons Attribution licensed collection of structured data, and a Freebase platform for accessing and manipulating that data via the Freebase API. (Deprecated)Google Fusion Tables – Tool for gathering and visualizing arbitrary data.Google Ngram Viewer – Tool for charting year-by-year frequencies of any set of comma-delimited strings in Google's text corpora.Google Public Data Explorer – Provides public data and forecasts from a range of international organizations and academic institutions including the World Bank, OECD, Eurostat and the University of Denver. These can be displayed as line graphs, bar graphs, cross sectional plots or on maps.TensorFlow - Machine Learning service that allows for making effective neural networks in an easier and more visible fashionTrendalyzer – Data trend viewing platform to make nations' statistics accessible on the Internet in an animated, interactive graph form. Acquired from the Gapminder Foundation in 2007.Google Trends – Graph plotting application for Web Search statistics, showing the popularity of particular search terms over time. Multiple terms can be shown at once. Results can also be displayed by city, region or language. Related news stories are also shown. Has "Google Trends for Websites" sub-section which shows popularity of websites over time.Zeitgeist – Collection of lists of the most frequent search queries. There used to be weekly, monthly and yearly lists, and topic and country specific lists. Closed 22 May 2007 and replaced by "Hot Trends, a dynamic feature in Google Trends". An annual Zeitgeist summary for the US and other countries is still produced.Google Activity Report – A service that provides a monthly report including statistics about a user's Google usage, such as sign-in, third party authentication changes, Gmail usage, calendar, search history, and YouTube.Operating systems[edit]Android – Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.Chrome OS – Linux-based operating system designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications. Runs on the Chromebook and the nettop Chromebox, the first of which (Samsung Series 3) was released in May 2012.[23]Android Wear – A version of Google's Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables.Android Auto – A version of Android made for automobiles by Google with the help of the Open Automotive AllianceAndroid TV – A version of Android made for TVs. Similar to Google TVTelevision Fanatic - Mindspark Interactive NetworkGlass OS – Operating system for Google GlassGoogle FuchsiaDesktop applications[edit]AdWords Editor – desktop application to manage a Google AdWords account; lets users make changes to their account and advertising campaigns before synchronizing with the online service. (Supports Mac OS X (10.7 or later), Windows 7, and Windows 8.)Google Chrome – web browser. (Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Linux (specifically Debian- and Red Hat/Fedora-based versions), and Mac OS X.)Google Earth – virtual 3D globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography, GIS from Google's repository. (Supports Linux, Mac OS X, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, iPhone, iPad, and Android.)Google Input Tools – input method editor that allows users to enter text in one of the supported languages using a Roman keyboard. (Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.)[24]Google Japanese Input – Japanese input method editor. (Supports Windows XP SP2+, Windows Vista SP1+, 7, and Mac OS X Leopard+.) (Google Japan)Google Pinyin – input method editor that is used to convert Chinese Pinyin characters, which can be entered on Western-style keyboards, to Chinese characters. (Supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.) (Google China)Google Toolbar – web browser toolbar with features such as a Google Search box, pop-up blocker and ability for website owners to create buttons. (Supports Internet Explorer 6 and up.)Android Studio – development tool for Android. (Supports Windows, Linux, and Mac.)Google Web Designer – WYSIWYG editor for making rich HTML5 pages and ads intended to run on multiple devices. (Supports Windows, Linux, and Mac.)Google Drive – Client software to synchronize files between the user's computer and Google Drive storage. (Supports Windows and Mac.)Google Photos Backup – Back up photos and videos to Google Photos service. (Supports Windows and Mac.)Nik Collection - Make your Photoshop more HDTilt Brush - A painting game for the Vive and Oculus RiftMobile applications[edit]Mobile web applications[edit]These products can be accessed through a browser on a mobile device.Blogger Mobile – Available on some US and Canadian networks only. Allows updating Blogger blog from mobile devices.Google Calendar – Displays a list of all Google Calendar events on a mobile device; users can quickly add events to personal calendars.Drive – View documents on a mobile device, previously known as Google Docs.Gmail – access a Gmail account from a mobile device using a standard mobile web browser. Alternatively, Google provides a specific mobile application to access and download Gmail messages quicker. User must now provide phone number to verify account.Google Keep – Quickly create, access and organize notes, lists and photos with Google Keep. (This product can be accessed through a browser on a mobile device.)Google Maps – Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. (This product can be accessed through a browser on a mobile device.)Maps Navigation – Android navigation application for GPS-enabled mobile devices (such as Google Nexus One) with 3D views, voice guided turn-by-turn navigation and automatic rerouting. (Supports Android and iOS).Mobilizer – Optimizes web pages for mobile web browsers.Google News – Allows user to access Google News in a mobile-optimized view. Google AMP Integration is expected in the future.[25]Google Offers – Works with Google Wallet to combine coupons, discounts, and payments for people buying things through their phone.[26]Google+ – Social network, competing with FacebookGoogle Product Search – Updated version of the prior Froogle Mobile that allows users to easily search for information about a product.Google Photos – Provides unlimited video and photo storage for personal use.Google Search – Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. (This product can be accessed through a browser on a mobile device.)Google Search for Android – A Google Search app for the Android operating system.Google Wallet – Android app that makes your phone your wallet using near field communication, or NFC; its virtual plastic card. Will work together with Google Offers to combine coupons, discounts, and payments for people buying things through their phone.[26]Google Currents – Interactive magazine. Launched on December 9, 2011, it was discontinued in November 2013 and replaced by Google Play Newsstand.Google Translate – Google's free online language translation service instantly translates text and web pages.YouTube – Video hosting service that publishes to a public web site available for both desktop and mobileQuick, Draw! a online game based around a neural network guessing what a drawing represents, intended to teach people about machine learning.Mobile standalone applications[edit]Some of these products must be downloaded and run from a mobile device.Google Authenticator – A downloadable application for MFA (Multi-factor authentication) to enhance security by using your smartphone as extra authentication. (Supports Android, Blackberry OS, iOS)Google Play Books – A downloadable application that allows users to buy and download books and keep them stored on remote servers, allows reading one book on a variety of devices.[27](Android, iOS)Gmail – downloadable application that has many advantages over accessing Gmail through a web interface on a mobile at any time, such as the ability to interact with Gmail features including labels and archiving. Requires a properly configured Java Virtual Machine, which is not available by default on some platforms (such as Palm Treo).CatalogsDrive – Downloadable app that allows the user to access files and documents stored on Google Drive remotely through this application. This service was previously available as just a web-service and was called Google Docs.Google Keep – mobile application which integrates note-taking and web surfing.Google Goggles – downloadable application from Google Labs that uses image recognition to trigger searches based on pictures taken with a device's built-in camera; taking pictures of things (examples: famous landmark, product barcode) causes searches for information on them.[28] (Supports Android, iOS).Tango - downloadable application that includes augmented reality, indoor navigation, 3D mapping, physical space measurement and environmental recognition. It also allows developers to create applications using it's APIs.Google Maps – mobile application to view maps on mobile devices. Lets users find addresses and plot directions. Teamed with a GPS, it can use user geolocation and show current location on the map. Users can also share current locations with friends through Google Latitude. The device must have either a specific application to use Google maps or any phone with a properly configured Java Virtual Machine. (Supports Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iOS, Symbian, Palm OS, Palm WebOS, and J2ME).Google Play Music – online music store which started operations on 16 November 2011.[29] Music is now available for free.Google Play Newsstand a news aggregator that combines the features of the discontinued apps Google Play Magazines and Google Currents into a single product. Newsstand serves subscriptions to magazines, web feeds and server-generated topical feeds.One Today – features nonprofits that are part of the Google for nonprofits program, and allows people to donate to them.Shopper – downloadable application that makes shopping easier and smarter. (Supports Android, iOS)Sky Map – augmented reality program displaying a star map which is scrolled by moving the phone. (Supports Android, Mobile).Google Sync – synchronizes mobile phones with multiple Google calendars and contacts using a Google Account.Google Talk – VoIP and text application for smartphones. The Android version is text only and lacks the VoIP function of BlackBerry version. (Supports Android, BlackBerry, iOS).Hangouts – is an instant messaging and video chat platform. (supports Android, iOS)Translate – allows users to translate conversations instantly. (Supports Android, iOS)Google Voice app – downloadable application for accessing Google Voice functions on selected devices. It is currently available for users around the world. (Supports Android, Blackberry, iOS).Yinyue (Music) (Google China) – site containing links to a large archive of Chinese pop music (principally Cantopop and Mandopop), including audio streaming over Google's own player, legal lyric downloads, and in most cases legal MP3 downloads. The archive is provided by Top100.cn (i.e., this service does not search the whole Internet) and is available in mainland China only.YouTube – downloadable application to view YouTube videos on selected devices.YouTube Remote – A downloadable application to view YouTube videos, it lets users browse and play videos, control television volume and essentially do everything the YouTube Leanback product supports, but from their mobile handset.[30] (Supports Android).Google Now – A application that acts as a personal assistant through voice commands (Supports Android and iOS).Google+ – A downloadable app that will allow the user to access the multilingual, social networking site by Google. It provides the user the ability to incorporate his/her accounts from YouTube, Google Photos in order to share photos and videos. Hangouts, Circles, Sparks and Ripples are some of the new features that have been added by Google into G+.Waze – A GPS application that allows users to input and view live traffic and alerts.Who's Down – An app to indicate your social availability to your friends.[31]Gboard (Google Keyboard for IOS and Android) - A keyboard for iOS and Android that features glide typing, GIF search, emoji search and Google search built in.[32][33]Hardware[edit]Google Search Appliance - a search appliance designed for indexing corporate data.Google driverless car – a driverless car.Nexus One – Smartphone running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 2.3 "Gingerbread".Nexus S – Smartphone running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 4.1 "Jelly Bean".Galaxy Nexus – Smartphone running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 4.3 "Jelly Bean".Google TV – Smart TV interface running on smart TVs and set-top boxes.Nexus Q – Media-streaming entertainment device in the Google Nexus product family. Discontinued.Nexus 7 (2012 version) – 7" Tablet manufactured by Asus running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 5.1 "Lollipop".Nexus 7 (2013 version) – 7" Tablet manufactured by Asus running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 5.1 "Lollipop".Nexus 4 – 4.7" Phone manufactured by LG running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 5.1 "Lollipop".Nexus 5 – 4.95" Phone manufactured by LG running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 6.0 "Marshmallow".Nexus 6 – 5.96" Phone manufactured by Motorola running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 5.1 "Lollipop".[34]Nexus 9 – 9" Tablet running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 5.1 "Lollipop".Nexus 10 – 10" Tablet running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 5.1 "Lollipop".Nexus 5X – 5" Phone running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 6.0 "Marshmallow".Nexus 6P – 5.7" Phone running the Android open source mobile operating system, version 6.0 "Marshmallow".[35]Nexus Player – A streaming media player created in collaboration between Google and ASUS, the first device running Android TV, version 5.1 "Lollipop".Pixel C – 10.2" convertible tablet running Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow"Chromebook – Laptop personal computer running Chrome OS.Chromebook Pixel – High end laptop computer designed by Google running Chrome OS.Chromebox – Desktop personal computer running Chrome OS.Chromecast – A media streaming adapter produced by Google.Chromecast Ultra – A 4K capable media streaming adapter produced by Google.Chromecast Audio – An audio streaming adapter produced by Google.Google Glass – a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display and camera that allows the wearer to interact with various applications and the Internet via natural language voice commands. It is still in development, after an initial version was discontinued.Google Contact Lens – a contact lens capable of monitoring the user's glucose level in tears. It is not yet released for public usage, but is in testing at Verily, a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet.Google OnHub – a brand new line of routers manufactured by TP-Link and Asus.Google Daydream - a virtual reality platformGoogle Home - an AI assistant competing with Amazon EchoPixel - A 5" smartphone running Android 7.1 "Nougat"Pixel XL - A 5.5" smartphone running Android 7.1 "Nougat"Services[edit]Google Cloud Platform – a set of modular cloud-based services for software development.Google Crisis Response – public project, which covers ongoing and past disasters, turmoils and other emergencies and alerts.Google Fiber is a project to build an experimental broadband internet network infrastructure using fiber-optic communication in Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Provo, Utah, and Austin, Texas.Google Get Your Business Online, launched by Google in 2011, aimed at increasing the web presence of small businesses and cities. Provides free advice on search engine optimization and helps business owners update their information on Google for free.[36]Google Public DNS – publicly accessible DNS server run by Google.Google Ideas – a cross-sector, inter-disciplinary "think tank" or "think/do tank" based in New York City, dedicated to understanding global challenges and applying technological solutions.Google Person Finder – an open source tool that helps people reconnect with others in the aftermath of a disaster.Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) – an open source project and service to accelerate content on mobile devices.[37][38][39] After a technical preview, the service was launched in February 2016.[40][41][42] AMP provides a vast JavaScript library for developers and restricts the use of third-party JS.[43]Google Firebase - Firebase's primary product is a realtime database which provides an API that allows developers to store and sync data across multiple clientsGoogle Cast - Google Cast is a technology that lets you cast your favorite entertainment and apps from your phone, tablet or laptop right to your TV or speakers.[44]List of Google products - Wikipedia

We attempted to do this early when I started as CTO but ultimately the endeavor was not successful. Chrome OS provides a number of benefits to managing computers in the enterprise but there are some key things to consider to be successful.How are Microsoft tools used today? Are they used mostly for internal documents or also for client interfacing documents?How do users store files on their computer?What special applications, plugins, or extensions are needed for users or for the business as a whole?How familiar are users with web based applications? Comfort level? Training?What type of connectivity is present for users of Chrome OS. Note that many Chromebooks come with 4g installed.I will add that a “Microsoft addicted office” isn’t a problem, just subscribe to Office 365 and use the web versions of the software.Let me explain why these questions are important in your selection.In my experience, our users were familiar with Microsoft Office and less willing to attempt to do the same documents in Google Docs. This varied quite a bit user by user (often generational). We did not do a lot of collaborative documents with multiple editors, so a traditional MS Office workflow of one person working then sending the document to the next person worked well.We also had a large number of foreign workers who had zero familiarity with Google Docs. The training burden was too high.Most of our documents were going out to clients or other entities and THEY required MS Office formats. While many simple documents can be converted back and forth from Offie to Docs, many do not go seamlessly, and when doing quick turn projects the time it takes to reformat is not good.Our users were traveling internationally on LONG flights, and arriving in destinations with often less than adequate internet availability. It was critical that they have their files stored locally and reliably.If you are operating in the US, Chromebooks works well. They provide good offline access for files you have opened recently or told to sync. The applications work well offline as well. In the US, not having a file means being somewhat inconvenienced until you find wifi or a strong 4g signal. In the Middle East that process might take days instead of minutes.Chromebooks are fantastic for web based applications. If you can run your business using Harvest, Salesforce, Docs/Office 365, Trello, etc you are golden. If you require some specific Office plug in for tagging documents, you might be out of luck. I fully believe that web based applications can be used to run an entire company, but you need to be willing to use those specific applications and understand that customization or extension are not often possible.Some users can jump from desktop Office to 365 with no issues. Others will be more of a deer in the headlights situation. Know your users, run pilots with both your super users and your least adept users. If training is an option, most times the problem is lack of familiarity. In my case it was lack of familiarity plus very large distance, plus no training budget, plus language barrier. That proved too much. If you are a US based company with all English speaking users familiar with using the web, there should be no problem.Wifi is available now in most offices and often around cities and at home for most employees. This setup is ideal, even better with a 4g chip and contract on each devices. This lets users connect ANYWHERE. 4G might be especially awesome if you have to go to client sites as you then do not need to negotiate network access, you’re just connected. This can also drastically increase productivity. Need to grab a file quick before a meeting? No need to find wifi or stop off at the coffee shop, you’re good to go. Stuck in the TSA line? open up that computer and crank out some emails (somewhat kidding there).Again for my company this wasn’t a good option. The 4g options on Chromebooks work great in the US, but less great in many parts of the world.A last comment on your point of “winning them over.” To win users over merely requires providing them a solution that is quicker and better than the old solution. For many, the collaborative editing features of Docs and 365 are such a headache saver vs MS Office that it saves hours off their time every week. I’d start there and add in the lack of need to manage a file system, get updates, or check software versions. Chromebooks can be a very liberating computing experience if the tools are inplace and the teams are using the feature sets available.

The two most popular collaborative project management tools online these days are probably Basecamp (web app) and Central Desktop (http://www.centraldesktop.com/). Each of these has been around for quite awhile and have solid user bases. BaseCamp has very many add-on possibilities through its API (Application Programming Interface - a way of connecting software made by different companies), creating a lot of flexibility. And Central Desktop, while it does not support add-ons, has a lot of functionality built into it (including shared editing of Office docs), though the learning curve is steep.For document co-editing and sharing the race is on, with Google recently releasing Cloud Connect which expands Google Apps users ability to use either Google Docs or their Microsoft Office plugin. Microsoft has a similar product with their Web Apps / SkyDrive offering. RackSpace Cloud Drive allows for a shared drive which appears as a regular drive in Windows Explorer (no need to use browser) and is automatically synched on members' hard drives as well as backed up in the cloud. For simple upload / download / commenting services there's something like Box.net which also integrates with other collaborative tools like Google Apps and Salesforce.And there is a brand new breed of collaboration tools that afford some of the above services with extras -- enterprise social networking and microblogging tools.I am actually researching this topic myself and the choices are intense. You'll find links to the above sites and topics on my social bookmarking link list here:http://www.diigo.com/list/hopealso/collaboration-toolsCurrently we are using a combination of Basecamp, Skype, gQueues, GoogleApps GoogleSites (Wiki), and RackSpace CloudDrive for a small business that is geographically spread with telecommuters. Our Basecamp setup is integrated with Wallsome, BurndownGraph and Toggl, which is nice as it motivates us to finish our projects and allows us to track time to our Basecamp To-Do Lists. But I have to say that it does get a bit intimidating using so many cloud based (semi)-integrated solutions.For now, this is a very shifting environment. We set up RackSpace recently, but with Google's CloudConnect announcement we may re-think!Being in the market for collaboration apps right now is like being in the market for a tablet -- it's scary to commit, because it's impossible to know who the big players will be 1-2 years down the line, and whether your personal best solution may actually be just 3 months away from release!You need to consider not just what tool meets your needs but how it integrates with any existing processes and tools and what barriers you may run into in terms of your team learning the tool and changing habits. All tools are only as effective as the degree to which they are used, as they say.Coming full circle, if you're simply looking for project management, Basecamp and CentralDesktop should be among your top options for the simple reason of stability and popular adoption. GoogleApps is very flexible but we have had so many problems with the (lack of) customer service with Google that I wouldn't recommend it except on the smallest of budgets. I did include some tips on Google Apps add-ons for collaboration in my list below, however.Good luck!http://www.diigo.com/list/hopealso/collaboration-tools