10 Google Services That Don’t Get the Limelight They Deserve

10 Google Services That Don’t Get the Limelight They Deserve: "10 Google Services That Don’t Get the Limelight They Deserve
by Saikat Basu on Aug. 4th, 2010
It’s an irony that Google hides behind its simple page, a gargantuan network of subsidiary web services. The one textbox page of Google Search is like a little door that leads inside to a labyrinth. The way we navigate through Google could make it our Aladdin’s Cave or our personal la-la land."

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