Orkut

Official Website: http://www.orkut.com
Official Blog: http://en.blog.orkut.com/

Now I had heard of Orkut, but I did not realize that it was part of the Google family until preparing for this presentation. So you are asking what exactly is Orkut? So was I and this is the conclusion that I came to after scouring the web for a good definition. Orkut is Google's version of Facebook. I am sure that there are differences, but Orkut is a social networking/community site. A list of the features indicates that shares many of the features of other social networking/community sites. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.

I want it to be clear that I don't have any experience with Orkut but my initial impression is this: "Another social networking site? Really?"

It appears that Orkut is written in ASP.NET. I find that interesting.

Google Maps

Official Website: http://maps.google.com
Official Blog: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/
Official API Blog: http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/
Unofficial Blog: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

Google Analytics

Official Website: http://www.google.com/analytics/
Official Blog: http://analytics.blogspot.com/

Gmail

Official Website: http://gmail.com
Official Blog: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/

Gmail is a great email client for many reasons.

• Backup from other emails
• organize that data
• data stored offsite

It can also serve as a Chat client for real time communication


Functions can be added to gmail to allow for sms messaging.


Gmail also has a blog which can be found here http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/