6. We are in the age of cloud computing
and Google is creating application
stacks.
7. Cloud Computing
Stacking Apps in
the cloud
Google Search
Blogger
Youtube
Picassa
Google docs
Android
Google Calendar
Google Reader
Google Images
Get the idea
46. Gears formerly Google Gears
• This is a piece of software that is offered by Google that enable powerful
applications and new features to work in your web browser.
47. Gmail
• Gears allows you to use Gmail while you are offline.
• You can read mail, label it and compose messages this is all synchronized
the next time you connect.
48. Gmail (Get driving directions)
• If you enter the address into the email a map link will appear in the right
hand column.
49. Gmail Tasks
• You can use Gmail to create a task list.
56. Gmail and labels
• Label are just folders where you can organize your email massages.
Go to settings and pick
the labels tab to create
a new label.
57. Did you know you can search only blogs?
This is found under
the “More” menu
item in Google+ and
then click on even
more link at the
bottom.
http://www.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en
58. You can search patents.
http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en
63. Google calendar (Customize your view)
• Settings -> General Settings -> Custom View
Before
After
You can customize the time
period you would like be
visible. One week or two
64. Google calendar (Show weather on your calendar)
• Settings -> General -> Show weather based on my location and enter zip
code.
66. Google Buzz (Built into Gmail and looks like this )
Buzz works as a kind of social media integrator. I am going to add Twitter,
Flickr and other stuff.
67. Google Buzz
• Your Google profile is where you add your other Social Media.
Ok so I fiddled with it for 30 minutes and could get it to do
anything helpful.
68. Not a fan of Buzz
• I use my profile post section to review and comment back
70. Google Accounts
• There are some really helpful tools that use all the time in the accounts
section.
71. Google Account
Google alerts are emails that are sent to you when
Google finds a new search result that match your
search term. These could be web pages, blogs,
twitter comments. I use them to alert me to what
people are saying about the library.
This is another great tool
that we use to analyze
our web traffic.