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Knol , Orkut , and Reader

Knol , Orkut , and Reader. Diana Judd Aubrey Shawinsky Arizona State University. Let’s Talk About…. Knol “Medical Wikipedia” Orkut “The Facebook Wannabe” Reader “A Personalized Digital Magazine”. Knol. Originally created as a health and medicine wikipedia Shutdown on May 1, 2012

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Knol , Orkut , and Reader

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  1. Knol, Orkut, and Reader Diana Judd Aubrey Shawinsky Arizona State University

  2. Let’s Talk About… Knol “Medical Wikipedia” Orkut “The Facebook Wannabe” Reader “A Personalized Digital Magazine”

  3. Knol • Originally created as a health and medicine wikipedia • Shutdown on May 1, 2012 • Has been replaced by Annotum

  4. Orkut What’s the point? • Connect to old friends • Make new friends • Keep people updated on your life • Start romantic relationships

  5. Orkut Features • Upload videos from YouTube or Google Video • Integrate Gtalk (instant messenger) • Create restricted and unrestricted polls • Rate your friends • Create lists • Dating feature (Crush lists)

  6. Orkut • Relatively unpopular in the U.S. • In 2012 it was ranked 746th in the world for web traffic • Mostly present in Brazil and India • 59.1% of users are in Brazil • 27% are in India

  7. Orkut • What makes Orkut awesome? It’s free!

  8. Google Reader What is Google Reader? • Quick and easy way to get all the latest news you care about in one spot Who uses this? • Everyone!

  9. Google Reader What are you going to love about it? • Free! • Add RSS feeds within the program or directly from a website • Recommends feeds you would like based on your preferences

  10. Google Reader Other Things To Love: • Unlimited feeds • Access on the go (iPhone/Android) • Can view video as well

  11. Google Reader Let’s take a look Still not convinced? Google Reader in Plain English

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