New decade, Google tools are the coolest

I have just upgraded to the new 3.6 Picasa from google and i have to say its just amazing! It is just hands down the coolest photo editor ever!

I know it does lack a few features but seriously! Not only it has great filters, retouch cropping and automated editorial features! it now comes with face recognition and it is just amazing ! i have scanned all my photos (takes a while) and its just amazing how well does it recognize faces. Cherry on the top is the fact how easy is it to use it.

Just in case you are not using it, try Google Earth with its photos and places, street view, markers, xml export and search .... AMAZING !

Another Google tool i absolutely love is Google Analytics ... i still can not believe its free! the best traffic analysis tool i have seen.

The last of the tools i really love would be Gmail and search engine i guess, again, easy and free.

I would say that microsoft might have been company of 90s, company that changed the information technology landscape making computers easier and popular etc. Company of the first decade of 2000 is Google, there is no doubt! They have changed the way we think of web! they have provided us with tens of services, apis and source code. Yes people complain that they have a lot of information and it can get out of control .... so far im not afraid. They provide me with so many tools and services that i cant even think what would we do without them now :- )

Ps. No, i did not forget that linux community, php, mysql, postgres, open office and thousands of other companies contribute ... maybe even more. But its rare that companies contribute so many services in different areas.

Ps. I wish Apple would finally learn the lesson and stop this patenting and restrictions crap. Their new decade resolution should be to become more like Google, Sun and others. Care about users, make them like you, let people use tools in the way they want, let peoples innovation grow, not just milk everything that moves.