Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Google Helpouts goes live today! It is Youtube meets ask.com and skype

Today Google Hangouts goes live and from I can see it is YouTube meets ask.com and skype. If you want to learn how to play guitar, cook a Thanksgiving meal for 20, how to fix a photo with photoshop and so many more topics to many to mention them all. It is totally interactive you pick your teacher from the list of many, sign up for an open appointment and depending on the teacher, the prices will vary from free to a $100.00 for helpouts. I did see some with time on them with time limits like 15 minutes, an hour, and some just say per helpouts.
 There are real doctors on there doing some telemedicine,  I don't know how I feel about that but with the state of Obamacare that might not be a bad idea.  A lot of chefs including Top Chef University prices vary on that one as well.  Ask a Banfield Veterinarian a pet question. Sign up for a makeup session and what to wear to make you look great. Man this is going to be sweet! I love it already!

You have lots of choices it seems and as the community platform grows you will get some more of the top educators or not who knows. I also noticed some elance type helpouts where some of the helpouts gurus will do the work for you like resume, articles, and things like that. 
So what is required to do helpouts for the learners
  1. Webcam
  2. Google Wallet for the paid helpouts
  3. Good Internet connection
http://youtu.be/K-VFC9AQM1k




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