Are you getting the picture? Google “visualizes” user’s needs

I’m sure many of you could not wait to give Google’s brand new set of tools a try. These being the “Gadgets” and “Visualization API” tools which were recently launched last Wednesday in order to make-pretty and embellish user’s spreadsheets all the more. Yes, I am a girl writing this blog, hence the girlish expressions, bare with me. Besides making it pretty, gadgets may also be embedded onto your personal iGoogle, or any other web page.

I’m quite positive many of you have already heard the expression that the best way to learn is by having fun and using images, this is why Google has now offered more options for developers and users in general, to view, customize, and build on top of Google Docs.

Now spreadsheets will no longer be a whole bunch of numbers scattered around your screen, instead they can be displayed into tables, charts, or even pictures of your significant other. Why is this useful? Information can be easily interpreted and used by those viewing the data, allowing numbers to speak for themselves. And as Google’s own Product Managers for Gadgets-in-Docs and Visualization API commented in their release, “…we decided to deliver a platform on which anyone, not just Google, could build the next best thing,” this is fit for absolutely anyone.

The graph below displays some sample gadgets.

On the other hand, Visualization API, provides developers to create, share and reuse visualizations written by the developer community. It is a great way to see how data has evolved over time, and its a very interactive way of analyzing information. Another way for us to help, support and make life alot easier for our clients here at 77. Just when we thought they weren’t paying attention to us, now they have no excuse. The colorful, interactive, creative and self-descriptive charts will now plot campaign statistics quite clearly for them.

To know more about these gadgets and applications, view this blog.

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