Google services
Google
has a wealth of free online services and applications that everyone
should use. Below is a listing of some of our
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- 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.
