Google announced new and enhanced capabilities for students in email, instant messaging and web search in a conference call Wednesday to college newspaper representatives from across the country. A Google spokesperson outlined features including Gmail, Google Talk and Google Scholar, intended "specifically for university students."
Any student with a .edu address can now open a Gmail account. Google has also added "address masking," allowing students to send emails from Gmail under their .edu addresses.
Integrated with Gmail is Google Talk, a feature launched this past month which offers "superior voice quality" in its voice over IP (VoIP) feature. VoIP enables users to make free phone calls over the Internet.
Debbie Jaffe, Group Product Marketing Manager, suggested the VoIP feature could be used to practice foreign language skills with foreign students, without any advertisements.
Student researchers "overwhelmed by the vast resources in front of [them]" can start their search at Google Scholar, Jaffe said. Those worried about the credibility of the source can use the program to check if it has been cited by other publications.
Google Scholar is also linked to university libraries; it will show whether the found source is in Firestone's collection.
"We don't mind if you are eating pizza while researching, and we don't close at two a.m.," Jaffe said.
In response to a Daily Princetonian question, Jaffe said it was at the student's discretion not to plagiarize.
Yesterday, Google announced that President Tilghman had been added to their board of directors.
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