Comments on: Free Google Services

By: Jeethu Rose

Jeethu Rose — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:54:23 +0000

Woah! I happen to like orkut!

By: emopoops

emopoops — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:27:03 +0000

dodgeball doesnt work

By: Deckape

Deckape — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:27:17 +0000

Great site! Today is my 63rd birthday, and I was surfing for free stuff (shoulda started last week!).
Anyway, Google Sketchup is another freebe, it seems to be a very powerful 3-D CAD type program. It’s aimed at archetectural (sp?) purposes, but There may be some mechanical tools in it too (like for designing parts or tools, etc).
It is a free program, but like many Google downloads, it also offers a ‘pay-plan’ upgrade. I forget the charge, but for a plaything, the free version is cool!

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:39:15 +0000

Just curious guys I submitted a request by invite for google voice. Can anyone give me an idea of how long the wait is to get contacted by google?

By: hidnshadows

hidnshadows — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:38:15 +0000

grandcentral is now google voice. It is invitation by google only, not like gmail was, where google themselves have to send you an invite. I got one, and it is a pretty cool service. you reserve your own number, if someone calls that number, then they record their voice and it calls you and tells you who’s calling, and then you can talk to them. you can send SMS, and they give you $0.10 for international calls! you get 10 free business cards by iprint. I think I will stop rambling now. just remember: anything you use these services for CAN and WILL (if they can) bite you in the back. Google reads everything. Also, IGOGGLE is misspelled.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:20:00 +0000

wow! so im a nerd and I just found a book I really wanted on googlebooks! thanks tons

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:10:33 +0000

Yeah, Google pretty much owns everything now a days. I have a feeling if there will ever be a way to own the internet as a whole. It will be google that figures out how to do it.

Great products. Thanks for the great list. I will have to check them out individually next.

By: Tiggerzzz

Tiggerzzz — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:39:13 +0000

WOW!!!!! Thanks for the info…. I knew of a dew of these, but this is awesome. Now I see why everyone tells me to Google it. lol Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks..

By: Sandi

Sandi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:46:54 +0000

wow this is such a great site HIF.. could spend way tooo much time!!! The Google Book are you saying you can actually read a book online?? Tks for all the hard work but it has to be very gratifying knowing how you are helping ppl on internet.

By: sahil31_mohali

sahil31_mohali — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:35:47 +0000

Really nice Post.

By: Doomm

Doomm — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:45:57 +0000

I have already known the most of these utilities (analytics, trends, picasa…), however I have never tried google docs. I´m only checking it right now, after reading your post, so thanks for so great post, buddy

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:04:21 +0000

Thank you. I am going to place your link on my myspace page.
Thanks for all your hard work.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:18:24 +0000

I love picasa 2. I can burn a CD much faster now. The gift CDs are very nice.

By: Goob

Goob — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:59:45 +0000

Welcome to HIF mahnolia

By: magnoliasouth

magnoliasouth — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:44:34 +0000

Found you through lifehacker. This is a great post and I’ve always been proud to call myself a Google ho. I agree with just about everything you said here. I use all their services all the time, except for Orkut. I signed up but found it incredibly disappointing. I don’t do Facebook nor Myspace, so I thought my dislike for Orkut had to do with that whole thing. I guess not though.

By: darkdante

darkdante — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:02:39 +0000

oh and RIGHT on putting that firefox poster in the middle!

By: darkdante

darkdante — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:01:48 +0000

GRRR… me H-A-T-E-S double posts!

By: darkdante

darkdante — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:59:43 +0000

You’re welcome Goob…I AM A LIFEHACKER JUNKIE!, not to mention a HEYITSFREE junkie, but that’s a WHOlE ‘nother story.

By: darkdante

darkdante — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:59:07 +0000

Your welcome Goob…I AM A LIFEHACKER JUNKIE!

By: Goob

Goob — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:48:17 +0000

Sweet! Thanks for pointing that out, dark

And I’m glad everybody else enjoyed the post! I too found a few new services while doing this, the main one being Grand Central. Fingers crossed they stay in beta a looooooooong time like most Google products do