As no other Google understands that services that you WANT people to use HAVE to be delivered of offered IN the user environment, into their "flow", at the "point of need".
Google is "attacking" not only the world of mobile communication, because it believes the future is in an always growing wireless community but also the world of the workflow-applications.
Motorola and SonyEricsson are both offering mobile phones with a Google Search Button, while the Sony Ericsson K800i und K790i will be offering the Blogger Service, including a picture service. (To be complete: Motorola also offers Yahoo)
Blackberry is offering the Google Talk Instant Messaging service on its wireless email device
Recent acquisition of Google is WRITELY, a
web-based word processing service.
Together with Google Pack, an extensive free software package with very useful tools and for instance a online data back-up service to users.
How long will it take before large institutions, like universities or even companies will consider to use these services as a standard for their staff and students?
Will these services attack the position of the large It-departments who are now taking care of the research-, work- and study environments of the users?
How soon will integration take place of these freely available web-based services?
Here a short overview of all new updates around the Journal apps we are supporting. Personally I am most excited about the anouncements of " docwise " making big steps to keep up with BrowZine & Read (Integration -"Open in"- with Dropbox, Evernote and more, save and email full text articles), but making a hug jump with unique features, like shareable Folders with docwise users ánd a RSS reader feature (boldly called Google Reader replacement!). Bring it on! BrowZine : just published the Android Version of their App to which the CMB UMCG now has a subscription. To be downloaded from Google Play Store or Amazon App Store the following publishers have been added Project MUSE Cambridge University Press American Marketing Association Academy of Management Royal Society of Chemistry Institute of Physics American Physical Society Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) American Geophysical Union International Society for Optics a...
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