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21 st                                 Factopedia
                  Let’s PraCtiCe                             Century   #Technology Literacy
                                                               Skills
                   Open YouTube and watch some videos of Indian dresses from
                   different states. Now, take a picture of yourself wearing a variety
                   of traditional Indian dresses and share it with your teacher via
                   Google Drive.


                                                                                              Gmail was introduced
                                                                                               by Google in 2004.
                                                                                                 The world's first
                            Let’s BaCk-uP                                                       email was sent by


                        Google is a US-based multinational technology organisation              Ray Tomlinson in
                       founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.                           1971 between two
                                                                                                   computers.
                        Gmail, also known as Google Mail, is one of the most widely

                       used and highly regarded email services available on the
                       internet.

                        Google Drive is a cloud-based storage service.

                        Google Maps is a digital navigation tool that provides                 There are more than
                       detailed information about the geographical regions of any               31 million YouTube
                       particular area.                                                        channels out there.
                        The Google Docs app is a free online word processing
                       program.


                        Google introduced Google Sheets, a spreadsheet application
                       on March 9, 2006.
                                                                                                The mobile version
                        The Google Slides app is an online presentation platform                 of Google Maps

                       developed by Google in 2006.
                                                                                                 was released on
                        YouTube is the most widely used video sharing application              November 28, 2007.
                       where users can upload their videos, share, comment,
                       watch, and like other videos.




                                                                                                  There are now
                                                                                                 estimated to be
                                                                                                several zettabytes
                                                                                               of data stored in the
                                                                                               cloud (1 zettabyte = 1
                                                                                                billion terabytes).





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