Google Chrome Browser and 61 more gifts from Google
September 13, 2008 by admin · 2 Comments
Google Chrome and the other apps, services and “things” Google gives away for free are like money in your bank account.
Some people don’t realize this because they confuse the word “free” with the words “no cost” or “no value’.
The phrase “A penny saved is a penny earned” clarifies that issue.
Here’s a quick list of things Google has given away free or charged a reasonable price to deliver. The list is incomplete. If your favorite is not listed, add it in a comment.
Display environment for your web app: Chrome
Platform/Server to run your web apps: Google app engine/Google’s cloud
Faster/easier app development: Google Web Toolkit
Add social network features to your application/web page: Friend Connect
Add functionality to your application/web page: Gadgets
Leverage your development efforts: Open Social
Run your web apps like they are desktop apps: Gears
Desktop like startup page: iGoogle
Tools for daily use:
- Google Search
- Google Apps
- YouTube
- Google Docs Template Gallery
- Google Groups
- Gmail
- Google Chat
- Lively
- Picasa
- Google Calendar
- Google Reader
- Google Maps/Google Earth/Street View
- Knol expert articles
- Google News
- Google Finance
- Google Desktop
- Google Gadgets
- Google SketchUp
- Google Video
- Google Health
- Google Sites
- Google Translation
- Blogger
Business Related Apps
- Google Apps Premier Edition
- Salesforce for Google Apps
- Google Video for Business
- Google Search Appliance enterprise search solution
- Google Site Search
- Google Webmaster Tools
- Google Analytics
- Google Website Optimizer
- Google Trends
Tools for promoting your business and generating revenue
- Adwords
- Adsense
- TV/Radio Ads
Mobile Platform
- Android
- Chrome and all other Google Apps
Developer Education
- Google Developer Days
- Campfires
- Google I/O
- Scholarships
- Computer Science Summer Institute
- Open Source and API development
Initiatives
- Cloud computing
- Open standards and open source
- Google Grants
- Initiative to Scan Public Domain books
- Wireless Satellite
- High Speed Connectivity
- Renewable Energy
- Virgle (human settlement on Mars)
- Google for Non-profits
- (Too many more to mention)
Google’s Chrome and Android Stake Claim to Mobile “Real Estate”
September 12, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Is Google staking their claim in mobile “real estate” with Chrome browser and Android operating system?
With everyone talking about Google going after IE and the Microsoft desktop, most people overlook how Google’s mobile strategy ties into everything they do.
Of course, many things at Google seem to tie into their bigger strategy, like their investments in an undersea telecommunications cable (Betanews.com) and wireless communication through satellite (NY Times), or their participation the recent telecom spectrum auction process (InformationWeek).
We can’t forget their actions to “Free the Airwaves” (see the post by Google’s own Minnie Ingersoll, Product Manager, Alternative Access Team).
In terms of mobile, if you think about the phone as the “computer everyone carries around with them” and that more and more power is coming to these small hand held devices, Chrome and Android again help place Google smack dab in the path of future progress.
Just like in real estate investing, it’s all about location, location, location.
Google has their “prime real estate” bought and paid for, now all they have to do is wait for progress to push the rest of us right to their doorstep.
PS – Unlike regular real estate though, Google is offering “free rent” on most of its properties (Chrome, Android, Gmail, etc).
