Why Everyone Needs A Google Account

11/12/08

I have been recommending Google accounts for my clients for about a year and a half now for a variety of reasons such as:

  1. GMail - the best webmail service I have encountered
  2. Google Talk - built right into GMail and compatible with most IM formats
  3. Blogger - a comprehensive and easy to use system for weblogs
  4. Google Docs - online word processing, spreadsheets and presentations that covers 80% or more of the functions found in software packages like MS Office.
  5. Google Calendar - an excellent way of keeping a professional or personal schedule and sharing it with others
And there are many other satellite services that are part of the package as well. But now they have upped the ante with voice and video chat.

With Google voice and video chat, live face to face online communication is available to everyone. Start by chatting with someone through Google Talk and then "call" them to connect with voice and video. You can choose "pop-out" to open the chat/video in its own window and resize it. There is even a full-screen feature to get a lifelike feel to your "chatting".

I added this feature to my account here at North Street Productions and look forward to communicating with my clients face to face without having to spend the extra time and money driving.

I now am even more convinced that Google accounts are one of the most useful and beneficial services available to any business or organization.

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