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Reviewer's Guides We have created a number of guides for journalists who are interested in reviewing these products. Each one details the product features, includes screen shots and provides a PR contact. We will continue to add new reviewer's guides to this page as new products become available. Blog Search New! Using the same technology that powers Google's web search, Google Blog Search provides fresh, relevant search results from millions of feed-enabled blogs. Users can search for blog posts, blog names, authors, or a specific date range. Blog Search Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 1.4MB) Blogger New! Blogger is Google's web-based publishing tool that gives people the ability to publish to the web instantly in a blog format. Blogs are web pages made up of short, informal, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically. Blogger Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 3.9MB) Gmail Gmail is Google's free search-based webmail service that includes 2,000 megabytes (two gigabytes) of storage. The backbone of Gmail is a powerful Google search engine that quickly and easily finds any message sent or received through Gmail. When Gmail displays an email message, it automatically shows all the replies to that message as well, so users can view them in the context of a conversation. Gmail is available by invitation only. Gmail Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 2.1MB) Google Desktop New! Google Desktop is a free application that gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google. Google Desktop Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 1.6MB) Google Earth Google Earth delivers a 3D digital model of the entire earth via the Internet. The groundbreaking EarthStream™ technology combines advanced 3D graphics and network streaming innovations in a high performance system that runs on standard PCs and commodity servers. Users can point and zoom to anyplace on the planet. Satellite images zoom into view, enhanced by Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Google Earth Reviewer's Guide (Low resolution: PDF - 278KB, High resolution: PDF - 3.2MB) Google Groups Google Groups enables easy participation in Internet discussion groups by providing users with tools to search, read and browse these groups and to post messages of their own. Users can quickly create their own announcement lists, mailing lists and public discussions. Every Google Group has its own Google-fast search, which makes it easy to find discussions deep in a group's archive. Google Groups Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 244KB) Google Talk New! This downloadable Windows application enables users to make calls or send instant messages via their computers. All you need is an Internet connection, a microphone and a speaker. Google Talk works with any computer speaker and microphone – many laptops today have these built-in – and with wired and wireless headsets and USB phones. Google Talk Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 803KB) Google Toolbar The Google Toolbar is a free browser tool that makes web browsing more efficient and effective. Users can search from any website without having to visit the Google homepage first, translate English words, check spelling on web forms, block annoying pop-up ads, and much more. The Toolbar supports Firefox on the Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms, or is available for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Google Toolbar Reviewer's Guide (Low resolution: PDF - 450KB, High resolution: PDF, zipped - 5.3MB) Personalized Homepage Personalized Homepage is a Google Labs product that enables users to add their favorite content to their main Google.com page. With a simple drag and drop functionality, users may customize the page with items including Google News headlines, weather updates, stock quotes, and content feeds from their favorite sources. Personalized Homepage Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 1MB) Personalized Search Personalized Search orders Google search results based on what is most relevant to an individual user. The Search History feature of Personalized Search enables users to view and manage their history of searches and which results they've clicked on. Over time, this information personalizes future searches by bringing results closer to the top when it's clear they are the most relevant. Personalized Search Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 429KB) Picasa Picasa is free downloadable software from Google that helps users instantly find, edit and share all the digital pictures on their PCs. Each time they open Picasa, it automatically locates photos and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with recognizable folder names. Picasa also provides advanced editing features and powerful effects, making it easy to share pictures via email, printing, on gift CDs, or through a Blogger blog. Picasa Reviewer's Guide (Low resolution: PDF - 1MB, High resolution: PDF, zipped - 4.5MB) Reader New! Google Reader is a web-based feed reader that makes it easy to find and subscribe to online feeds. With the Reader, users can organize and stay current with the ever-increasing amount of web information they consume every day. Reader Reviewer's Guide (PDF - 1.3MB) |
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