Google has been inching closer and closer into direct competition with Microsoft.  They have an entire arsenal of office tools and softwares, available for free, called Google Docs. 

A new product in the Google Docs family has just been announced:  Google Presently.  It is, in short, their version of a slideshow presentation system much like Microsoft’s Power Point.  In it’s infancy, Presently is still pretty bare bones, and Google says their target market for the product is the casual user.  Presently is intended for quick, simple presentations, and currently lacks some of the robust features you’ll find in Power Point.  The company plans to grow and expand the program, though, and more features will be added in the future. 

The big plus, obviously, is that it’s free, whereas Power Point is only available as part of the Microsft Office suite of software. 

Google now has products that compete directly with Power Point, Excel, and Word.  There have long been rumors that the search company plans to eventually release an online-based operating system to challenge Windows.  There are also strong rumors that Google will soon release their own cell phone, like Apple did.