Google services
Google has a wealth of free
online services and applications that everyone should use. Below is a
listing of some of our favorites.
- Google Docs - Fantastic collection of free services including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation service, online forms, drawings, and more. Each of these services can also be viewed and edited between multiple users.
- Google Calendar - One of the best if not the best online calendars available to create appointments and even share events between other users.
- Google Translate - Another fantastic free service by Google that allows you to translate any text, website, or document into another language with support of over 50 different languages.
- Gmail - By far one of the best online free e-mail services with an almost endless list of features and probably the best e-mail spam filter.
- Google maps - Excellent maps service that not offers updated maps, directions, satellite views, and even street views of much of the world.
- YouTube - The premier location to share and view online videos.
RescueTime
RescueTime
is an excellent service that can help keep you focused while on the
computer and track how much time you spend on each task. This service
keeps you focused while on the computer by only allowing you to perform
productive tasks and can prevent you from accessing unproductive
programs and websites. In addition, the site offers a wealth of graphs
and data to see where you spend your time and can even keep track of how
much time you spend on each web page you visit.
WOT
An
excellent add-on that can be added to any major Internet browser
including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome that alerts you to any
Internet page you are visiting that is not safe. This service works by
allowing any user to create a comment and rating on any web site, which
WOT uses to alert a user if the site is not safe. WOT protects you from
any web page with malware, reported scam sites, sites that invade
privacy, or conducts other fraudulent activities.
Dropbox
Another
great tool that allows you to share and sync any file between your PC,
Mac, Linux, and Mobile device. Not only is this a great tool for sharing
your files but it is also a great tool for backing up your data online.
Grammarly
Fantastic
service that checks for misspellings, commonly confused words,
plagiarism, grammar errors, punctuation, and will even suggest
alternative synonyms. A Microsoft Office add-in can also be installed to
check any document you're working on within Office. Finally, with each
suggested correction an explanation about the problem, examples, and the
ability to ask the community is made available.
Flickr
The
most recognized and used services for exploring, sharing, and storing
photos online. Thousands of pictures are uploaded to this website every
minute, making it a fantastic place for inspiration for any photographer
and a great place to store, show, and print your own images.
Skype
Another
great online service and tool that allows anyone to make phone calls
and video calls between other Skype users over the Internet.
Aviary
A
fantastic online suite of tools including an image editor, effects
editor, screen capture, vector image editor, image markup, color editor,
and even an audio and music creator. Each of these programs is online
and can be used through your browser.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
is an online encyclopedia that has been generated using millions of
different contributors around the world. Today the site now contains
over 3.5 million different English articles on almost every topic
imaginable and millions of other topics in dozens of other languages.
PayPal
The number one used service for taking and sending payments without using a credit card.
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