•ALTERNATE TO OOGLE PRODUCTS

Leave Google Behind

(Bing)ed byR Elanchezhiyan[311511205009]

LETS GOOGLE IT!Nowadays internet has become a synonym for

Google. People have become over dependent on it. There are many disadvantages in Google products which the people don't seem to comprehend. They are ignorant of other useful and effective products that can be used in the place of Google products. This presentation is a take on alternative approach on browsing, searching, maps, mail, blogging, photo sharing, cloud storage etc. that the people mostly go with the Google products. It also suggests and proposes the different approaches that lie dormant and brings to the view of other alternative sites and applications that can effectively replace Google.

MAPSGoogle Maps

Full Functionality: Australia; Canada; China; France; Germany; Israel; Italy; Netherlands; Spain; UK; United States.

Officially Supported Web Browsers: IE7+; Firefox 2.0.0.8+; Safari 3+; Mozilla 1.7+; Opera 8.02+; Google Chrome 1+.

Officially Supported Interface Languages: map display in over 50 languages. 

Multi-platform support: Android

Map Types: 6( Map; Satellite; Hybrid; Street; Traffic; 3D)

Location: Post Code; Street Name; Town; Neighborhood; City; Long/Lat.

Nokia HereFull Functionality: More than 180 navigable

countries.

Officially Supported Web Browsers: IE7+; Mozilla Firefox 3.5+; Google Chrome 4+; Safari 4+

Officially Supported Interface Languages: 30 including Tamil

Multi-platform support: iOS , Android, Windows Phone, Symbian and Firefox.

Map Types: 7(Map View; Satellite; Terrain; 3D; Traffic; Public Transportation; Heat Map; Map Creator; Explore Places; Community)

Location: Post Code; Street Name; Town; Neighborhood/Suburb; State/Region; City; Country; Long/Lat.

MAILGmail

Security & privacy: Keeps spam in your inbox at less than 3% ; SSL turned on by default .

Modern inbox: Watch videos or slide shows from your inbox; Organize emails by conversation (optional) ; Reading pane (optional); Send mail from other email accounts.

Organizational tools: Flag important messages to the top of your inbox; Built-in search.

People: Chat with Google friends

Outlook or HotmailSecurity & privacy: Keeps spam in your inbox at

less than 3%; SSL turned on by default ; Doesn't serve targeted ads based on email contents.

Modern inbox: Virtually unlimited storage (free) ; Watch videos or slide shows from your inbox; Share; view; and edit Microsoft Office docs using Office Web Apps ; Send photo slide shows from your inbox; Organize emails by conversation (optional); Reading pane (optional); Send mail from other email accounts; One click to mark as read; delete; and filter from inbox.

Organizational tools: Create aliases; Organize inbox by custom categories, folders, or both ; Auto-categorize newsletters ; Flag important messages to the top of your inbox; Create time-based rules; such as "delete after 3 days“; Built-in search.

People: Connect to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google; Chat with Facebook friends Chat with Google friends

NEWS

Yahoo News

 human editors who decide which stories go on their homepage

doesn’t display them according to each reader’s personalized interests

doesn’t groups similar stories together in “clusters”.

More useful User Interface.

Google News

a computer-generated news site.

groups similar stories together in "clusters“.

displays them according to each reader's personalized interests.

most want to get to- shoved down

CLOUD STORAGE

Google Drive Skydrive

Storage options: Free storage- 7Gb; Add 100 GB-$50.Platform: Windows, Mac, Web, Remote access, iPhone and iPad, Windows Phone, Android, Mobile web.Work together online: Edit online at the same time as others, Track versions, Work seamlessly with Microsoft Office.Free note-taking apps: Yes

Storage options: Free storage-5Gb; Add 100 GB-$60.Platform: Windows, Mac, Web, iPhone and iPad, Android, Mobile web.

Work together online: Edit online at the same time as others, Track versions.

Free note-taking apps: No

BROWSERMaxthon

Mouse Gestures- Do actions without moving the mouse

Inbuilt flash player Cloud Browser- Cloud tabs Built-in Translator, Download Manager and Sniffer-

Videos, Images, Scripts etc. Reaader Mode- Displays only the required content.

PHOTO SHARING

PicasaFree Storage: 1Gb

Pricing: $5p.a- 20Gb, $256p.a- 1Tb

Photo sharing groups: No

FlickrFree Storage: Unlimited(300Mb per month; 15Mb per photo; 2 videos- 150 Mb each)

Pricing: $24.99p.a(unlimited access) Photo sharing groups: Yes

SEARCHBing You get several Quick Tabs: Images , Biography , Facts ,

Quotes , Speeches, Issues ,Videos Very Nice Backgrounds. Change time to time. Make your

mind fresh.Support API development. Lots of endless advantages you get.

You get more accurate results to below queries: Automobiles (car models, car manufacturers) Travel & Local (countries, cities, states, points of interest like

stadiums and parks) People (celebrities, athletes, musicians, bands, politicians) Sports (NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB teams) Health (cancer, diet, over-the-counter and prescription

drugs, symptoms, genetic and conditional disease, injury trauma) Entertainment (popular television shows, movies) Retail (certain electronics such as cameras, cell phones and

optics products) Events (Oscars, Fourth of July, NASCAR, etc.)

OTHER ALTERNATIVES

Blog Search - Technorati – Beats Google Blog Search, hands down.

Social Search - Twitter – Find out what people are thinking and saying.

Mobile - Windows Phone –pretty slick, and its Metro interface is being incorporated into Windows 8.

Blogging (Hosted) - WordPress.com – Jump in and start blogging without having to set anything up.

Payment Processing - PayPal - faster, safer way to send money, make an online payment, receive money or set up a merchant account.

BING IT ON!

We saw a lot of alternatives of google products, which remain unused and unexplored.

People should change the perspective of surfing through internet.

Should not depend only on Google. There are many alternatives better than Google

products, I recommend you to use them.

References

http://windows.microsoft.com/ www.bing.com http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/