Google et le travail collaboratif

Par V. Vandoorne - Akimedia

Calendar - http://calendar.google.com/

• Start : April 2006 (out of beta since july 2009)• Similar to desktop calendar applications such as

Microsoft Outlook or iCal• synchronized with mobile devices (e.g., BlackBerry,

Palm, iPhone, Pocket PC, Android phones) • or with PC applications (e.g., Microsoft Outlook) via third

party software, and natively with Apple's iCal • Sharing calendars (congés scolaires belges, évènements

sportifs, web, agenda famillial,...) • Rappels gratuits par SMS, popup, mails.• No ads• Offline mode

 

Docs - http://docs.google.com

Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form application.  • Google Docs is Google's "software as a service" version of

an office suite. • Create and edit documents online• Collaborating in real-time with other users• Docs are automatically saved to prevent data loss• Revision history is automatically kept• Save in OpenOffice, HTML, PDF, RTF, Text, Word• equation editor• In the case of spreadsheets, users can be notified of

changes to any specified regions via e-mail. • Offline mode, Mobile access

Gmail  - https://mail.google.com

• Gmail is a free, advertising-supported webmail, POP3, and IMAP service

• Start : 1st April 2004 (out of beta since February 2007) • 146 million users monthly (July 2009)•  7350 MB of free storage with additional storage ranging from 10 GB to

400 GB available for $20 to $500 (US) per year.

• a search-oriented interface and a "conversation view" similar to an Internet forum

• Offline access (with Gears) • Chat• Import other e-mails account• No easy HTML signature :-(• Use your own @domainname.com

Group - http://groups.google.com

Google Groups is a service that supports discussion groups, including many Usenet newsgroups, based on common interests.  • Accessed using a web browser • or by subscribing to receive email• Groups search, Profiles, Rating posts, Starring threads, E-

mail masking, Group web pages•  

    

Translate - http://translate.google.com

Google Translate is a beta service provided by Google to translate a section of text, or a webpage, into another language. • Google uses its own translation software. • statistical analysis rather than traditional rule-based

analysis

Knol - http://knol.google.com

Knol is a Google project that aims to include user-written articles on a range of topics. • Beta : July 2008 • knols will contain the personal opinions of the author

(Wikipedia try to be neutral)• No Google logo (!?)• 100000 articles (January 2009) • The authors have an option to allow their knols to be edited

by the public, to make them editable only to co-authors or to make them closed entirely. They may also choose to include ads from Google's AdSense to their knols.

 

Blogger - http://www.blogger.com

Blogger is a blog publishing system. • publish on http://subdomains.blogspot.com• or use your own domain name• Template collection• Template customisation • "Blogger for Word" (a free add-in for Microsoft Word)• Google Docs has direct publishing integration to Blogger

 

Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/

Google Talk (GTalk) is a free Windows and web-based application for instant messaging and voice over internet protocol (VOIP).• XMPP/Jabber compliant (open protocol)• Integrated with Gmail • Voicemail (10' MP3 send by mail)

 

Vidéo - http://video.google.com

Google Video is a free video sharing website and also a video search engine.

Wave

Google Wave is "a personal communication and collaboration tool" announced by Google at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009.[1][2] It is a web-based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wikis, and social networking.