Google

Have just finished my exploration of Google Products and found it very enjoyable. When I read about Google in Wikipedia it is staggering to realize what a vast entity it has now become with its acquisitions and partnerships. The figures involved are massive when you realize the whole shebang was started by 2 students.  Its "anti-corporate, no evil philosophy" seems a bit of a stretch with the amount of revenue raised from advertising and it is a little unnerving to realize the spread of interests it has throughout the internet.  Found exploring the List of Google products could have occupied me for hours ( I swear I controlled myself)  and it was very easy to navigate although some of the searches I made returned some strange results. I did enjoy Google Translate listening to the  phrase 'Meat pies are a gourmet Australian food' in a variety of languages. Google Maps was straightforward to use and very useful although it is unnerving seeing your house on the screen and directions of how to there from wherever you are. The privacy concerns people have raised are quite valid although if you had the address of  someone you could use a street directory to find them.   Google Docs was very similar to Microsoft Word to use although I didn't find 'Export' through the 'File' button and used another method suggested by the Help screen.