Tips & Tricks for Google Apps: Google services in Africa
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Google recently announced Google SMS, a suite of mobiles services via SMS, aimed at users that have little or no internet access. This is especially true on the continent of Africa where cell phones have a high saturation rate. Included in the suite of services are -
Google Trader, a SMS-based “marketplace” application that helps buyers and sellers find each other. People can find, "sell" or "buy" any type of product or service, from used cars and mobile phones to crops, livestock and jobs.
Google SMS Tips, an SMS-based query-and-answer service that enables a mobile phone user to have a web search-like experience. You enter a free form text query, and Google’s algorithms restructure the query to identify keywords, search a database to identify relevant answers, and return the most relevant answer.
Basic search is also include, which features "news, sports scores, stock quotes, horoscope, glossary, currency converter, religious texts, translation, flights, Q&A, calculator, and local time."
