Google 2008 in 12 pictures
Famous blog Google Operating System has made an overview of the main events of the year Google in pictures.
January. iGoogle gets a new directory of topics where users themselves can download interesting topics. Later this year, Google will use 3 collections of iGoogle themes (artists and non-business organizations) to promote its personalized page, and Gmail will also receive themes.
February. Russian commercial , in which the Gmail interface is recreated live.
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March. On March 29, the Google homepage turns black for the day as part of the promotion of the Earth Hour campaign on energy conservation.
April. April 1, Google notes with the largest scale than ever. Starting with human colonies on Mars, search using manual labor to search for web pages published tomorrow.
May. Google Translate adds 10 new languages, including as complex as Finnish.
June. The year 2008 was very successful for the Blogger service, it has many great features, such as the ability to comment directly on the post page and the option to export blogs.
July. Google launches Knol, a service that helps people share their knowledge. Built on the JotSpot wiki technology, Knol aims to increase the amount of useful information in search results. “Millions of people have useful knowledge that they are willing to share with pleasure and there are billions of people who can use it. We believe that many people do not share their knowledge simply because it is not so easy to do. The task set for us by Larry, Sergey and Eric was to make this process easier for people, ”said the official blog.
August. Google Search Insights - an advanced equivalent of Google Trends for advertisers and businesses. With it, you can find popular queries in the region, limit data to be tracked by category, or track current topics of interest.
September. Google confirms long-running rumors about its own browser by launching Chrome. The browser is based on a large number of open source projects, including a new JavaScript virtual machine, is a fast and secure product with a simple interface and is trying to win its market share from Internet Explorer.
October. The first Android-based phone, the T-Mobile G1, comes out. Crunchgear considers “device design obsolete,” Engadget is optimistic about the Android platform and its app store, while Laptopmap calls the interface “very functional, but not user friendly enough, compared to the iPhone.”
November. SearchWiki is a new search feature that allows you to tag and comment on search results. Despite a certain utility of the functional, Google could present it in a more ordered form.
December. Gmail Tasks is the 31st experimental feature introduced in Gmail Labs. Adding a task management service should have been a higher priority, within which much more needs to be done to catch up with more mature services such as Remember the Milk.
January. iGoogle gets a new directory of topics where users themselves can download interesting topics. Later this year, Google will use 3 collections of iGoogle themes (artists and non-business organizations) to promote its personalized page, and Gmail will also receive themes.
February. Russian commercial , in which the Gmail interface is recreated live.
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March. On March 29, the Google homepage turns black for the day as part of the promotion of the Earth Hour campaign on energy conservation.
April. April 1, Google notes with the largest scale than ever. Starting with human colonies on Mars, search using manual labor to search for web pages published tomorrow.
May. Google Translate adds 10 new languages, including as complex as Finnish.
June. The year 2008 was very successful for the Blogger service, it has many great features, such as the ability to comment directly on the post page and the option to export blogs.
July. Google launches Knol, a service that helps people share their knowledge. Built on the JotSpot wiki technology, Knol aims to increase the amount of useful information in search results. “Millions of people have useful knowledge that they are willing to share with pleasure and there are billions of people who can use it. We believe that many people do not share their knowledge simply because it is not so easy to do. The task set for us by Larry, Sergey and Eric was to make this process easier for people, ”said the official blog.
August. Google Search Insights - an advanced equivalent of Google Trends for advertisers and businesses. With it, you can find popular queries in the region, limit data to be tracked by category, or track current topics of interest.
September. Google confirms long-running rumors about its own browser by launching Chrome. The browser is based on a large number of open source projects, including a new JavaScript virtual machine, is a fast and secure product with a simple interface and is trying to win its market share from Internet Explorer.
October. The first Android-based phone, the T-Mobile G1, comes out. Crunchgear considers “device design obsolete,” Engadget is optimistic about the Android platform and its app store, while Laptopmap calls the interface “very functional, but not user friendly enough, compared to the iPhone.”
November. SearchWiki is a new search feature that allows you to tag and comment on search results. Despite a certain utility of the functional, Google could present it in a more ordered form.
December. Gmail Tasks is the 31st experimental feature introduced in Gmail Labs. Adding a task management service should have been a higher priority, within which much more needs to be done to catch up with more mature services such as Remember the Milk.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/47824/
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