A review on Real-World Case: Google is changing everything!

Initially, Google is known for its search engine and its related advertising tools. These days, it has utilized technology by delivering innovation in its system.

A quick look on Google’s activities

Google’s inventions enable information across the world accessible and organize. One of it is reinvention of spreadsheet as a Web-based application. Google Spreadsheets can be viewed by 10 users at once make it simple for users to enter and shares data. If there are any changes made by users, it will be saved promptly in Google’s computer servers. It is useful for small work teams in social situations or small businesses where can import or export data from Excel’s .xls format or open Comma Separated Value (.csv) format. In a nutshell, Google Spreadsheets have similar function with Microsoft Excel such as sort data and common spreadsheet formulas but it overtakes Excel for concurrently view by several users.

Next is Enterprise Search. It is a system that can be adapt to company’s intranet or website. It identifies and enables specific content across the enterprise to be indexed, searched, and displayed to authorized users. Enterprise Search is a sophisticated search engine that sneaks into database of company and index their content. Varieties of data are sort into different section to lighten analysis. As well, it can also be enhanced by integrate with other applications such as Cognos Go! Users can find further analyzed information and business events they craved for with ease by a simple keyword.

New Release!!

In addition, Google’s latest invention will be release on later year 2009, Google Wave! Google Wave a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web. With ‘wave’ participants can communicate, share and work together lively with any types of document such as video, maps and others besides text. It contains a playback mode enable rewind to previous conversations.

Some of the other Google’s applications are:


Picasa's logo & screen shot

Picasa - mainly for edit and organize photograph







G.Maps - search for maps of locations

G.Earth - view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3Dbuildings

G.Talk - chat online and internet call Trait leave voice mail







G.Chrome - new window browser

Trait !! enable private browsing








Adapt and adopted from:

Turban, E., King, D., McKay, J., Marshall, P., Lee, J., & Viehland, D. (2008). Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective 2008 (International Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Education International.

References :
http://earth.google.com/
http://picasa.google.com/
http://wave.google.com/
http://www.google.com/talk/
http://www.google.com/chrome