I have a confession to make – I am a Google bhakt. There, I said it. You might call me a loser, but I have no qualms in saying that Google bails me out of any fix.
Google went public on August 19, 2004 (Yes that’s today, 11 years ago), and it changed our lives forever.
Can we even recall how our lives were before the all-knowing search engine made an appearance?
Probably not. So how will it be if Google would disappear from our lives now? If you go by the search engine itself. it would be pretty darn boring.
Let me explain it in a better way, it’s like watching Two and a Half Men without Charlie Sheen.
Yeah, now you got the point?
If you still don’t, let me lay things out a little better. And no, I did not Google this!
Life Without Google Maps
Imagine turning into a Christopher Columbus of the 21st Century? Instead of reaching the destination of your choice, you end up discovering a new world in this crazy traffic, zig-zagging, changing lanes on Indian streets. Now this doesn’t sound like a fun ride, does it? But thanks to Google maps, we no longer have to worry about getting lost.
Life Without YouTube
Who goes to office to work for nine hours? Be it the files scattered sarkari office, or the cool cubical laden corporate office – we all need our dose of entertainment, and YouTube is our buddy to survive in office. Thanks to YouTube, we get to watch every viral video (from AIB to Sunny Leone). We also find ourselves checking out the latest movie trailers and whatnot. Working 9-5 is a tedious job, you see.
Life Without Google Chrome
The adage ‘slow and steady wins the race’, does not work in the case of Internet Explorer. Searching something on Internet Explorer would take eternity. Like they say in Hindi, ‘Nani yaad ajaygi’. The Google Chrome fasten-your-seatbelt search saved our souls forever.
Life Without Google Images
How does Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi look like? Or how different does Isla Fischer or Amy Adams look? Google Images is your best answer, even before Twitter and Facebook. Google could throw up images that you had never seen before.
Life Without Android Phones
You can say goodbye to your Android phones as they all have an Android Operating System if Google were to make a sudden exit from our lives. You won’t get your favourite game (we all know it’s Candy Crush) and the popular news app (duh, The Quint) on Google Play Store any more. Companies like Micromax will shut shop and Hugh Jackman would go back to play Wolverine. Let’s not even talk about what would happen to our desi tech brands like Intex, Karbonn, iBall, Celkon.
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