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10 Very Useful Google Services You Should Know

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Alex.Braz.

In only a few years Google has become the king of the Web. It went from a college research project to the most popular search engine that rakes in billions of dollars every year. They’ve expanded to mobile, OSs and, in the past few days, promising the fastest broadband Internet to thousands of homes in the States.

We use the Google search engine on a daily basis, but Google has lots of other great services out there.  Recently, we talked about 5 Great and Unknown Google Products.  I want to dive back into that topic and share a few more services that Google has going that you should know about.

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4 Ways to Throw a Web Site Up Cheaply, Easily and Quickly

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Squealing.Rat.

Ever wanted to throw a site up quickly, easily and cheaply? Perhaps for a school project, a business meeting or a knowledge base? There are 4 ways, varying from highly customizable, to unbelievably easy.

All of the following are very easy to set up and do not require use of coding. Let me take you through them.

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Top 5 Sites to Find the Best Stuff on the Internet

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by UzEE.

When it comes to getting the low down on the latest and greatest on the Internet, individual niche blogs and forums aren’t enough. What you need is a content aggregator, which does the dirty job of gathering all the top stories happening on the web for you. Fortunately, there are a number of services like that and some of them have become web phenomenons like digg for example. But one size surely doesn’t fit all, and this article is going to be your guide to find your perfect match.

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5 Great and Unknown Google Products

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Prasanth Chandra.

Google has made one’s life on Internet easier. Whether I’m talking about the million pound gorilla, Google Search Engine or Gmail, Google Documents, Google Reader, Picasa, or Google Calendar, each of these products plays a huge a role in our daily lives.

Google lets us discover new things, send mails, organize our stuff, share pictures, and much more. That’s just covers the mainstream Google products.  Google is always experimenting and trying out new things. If I ask you to name all the Google products, you will probably miss several of their lesser know products.  This article is going to tell you about 5 great Google services that aren’t very well known.

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Learn or Teach Online with WiZiQ

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Nelba Quintana.

It is not always easy to find the right time to learn additional skills, or if you are a teacher, teach additional skills.   Everyone is so busy these days with work, family and all the other activities you find yourself doing.  Learning and teaching virtually is becoming more and more common, because you can learn or teach at a time that fits your schedule.

One service that can help learners and teachers get together is WiZiQ. WiZiQ is a web based education platform that “enables teachers and learners to collaborate.”

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Top 5 Google Chrome Extensions

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by UzEE.

About 16 months ago, Google took the world by surprise, when it announced its intention of launching a web browser of its own. Touting it as the web browser for the next generation, Google made several innovations and modifications to the architecture and style of the existing web browsers.

Google Chrome is based on the Webkit layout engine, which is known for its excellent rendering speeds. Besides that, Google introduced a number of other features and enhancements such as the JavaScript processing engine V8, and insanely fast loading speeds along with other improvements such as sandboxing and private browsing mode for improved security. Even though Chrome had all the ingredients for a perfect browser, it still lacks when it comes to add-ons or extensions.

While Google Chrome is still no where near Mozilla Firefox when it comes to extension support, there are still some pretty good add-ons out there which can greatly enhance your browsing experience. Here’s my list of the top 5 extensions that are a must have if you are a Google Chrome user.

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Find the Fastest and Cheapest Traveling Route with routeRANK

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by srikanth.

routeRANK is a web based travel planning service that considers every type of travel route available for the destination including rail, road and air connections. Users can sort their best travel routes based on priorities like price, travel time and carbon-di-oxide emissions. It also gives information on the amount of luggage suitable and the time of travel to reach the destination.

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5 Sites to Get Free Medical Textbooks

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Nicólas Crognali.

Are you one of those students or professionals that thrive on continuing your education?  There are lots of ways to continue your education, and one of them is through reading textbooks.  The problem with textbooks is that they can be amazingly expensive.  Through my research around the Internet, I’ve found several sites that give you great medical textbooks for free.

Most of the books are in PDF or some other type of online format, but when the price is free, the format doesn’t really matter.  Let’s dive into my top 5 sites to get free medical textbooks.

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