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  • The Weekly Hash - April 12, 2013

    Posted April 12, 2013 - 10:56 am

    Reviewing the week’s top tech stories, today featuring Austin getting hipper, NASA getting Armageddony and T-Mobile getting more desperate

  • Oxford University blocks Google Docs as phishing attacks soar

    Posted February 20, 2013 - 11:37 am

    Oxford University has taken the radical step of temporarily blocking access to Google Docs after a dramatic increase in phishing attacks trying to harvest academic email credentials using bogus forms hosted on the service.

  • Review: Office Web Apps v. Google Docs

    Posted January 22, 2013 - 3:06 pm

    Microsoft cuts into Google's lead in free/low-cost online productivity suites.

  • 10 great Google tools you need in your business workflow

    Posted November 19, 2012 - 5:00 pm

    Google is so ubiquitous in our everyday digital lives that it's easy to overlook the many tools it offers that have a business slant. But there are lots of them, and I'm not just talking about Microsoft Office equivalents such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, or Google Analytics.

  • Google Apps drops download support for older Office formats

    Posted September 28, 2012 - 12:15 pm

    Google announced Wednesday that Google Apps users will no longer be able to export word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents as files using older Microsoft Office formats, such as .doc, .xls and .ppt.

  • How to use Google Docs offline

    Posted July 2, 2012 - 9:32 pm

    The Day 2 keynote at Google I/O was no match for yesterday's Android keynote (though it did have people skydiving again), but Google delivered when it came to Google Docs: At long last, Google Docs has offline editing. The update has been added to Google Docs as of today, but you'll need to take a few steps to enable it.

  • Make Google+ Hangouts your new meeting room

    Posted June 9, 2012 - 7:35 am

    Google+ may not have taken the social networking world by storm the way Google hoped, but it does offer useful tools for the workplace and project-oriented groups. Hangouts, the company’s online video chat technology, offers a simple way for people to get together and meet, no external software required. The video service also integrates with Google's other free tools, so that you can talk while working together on a Google Doc or share your screen to troubleshoot a problem.

  • Go back to school in the cloud

    Posted July 12, 2011 - 3:23 pm

    Heading off to school doesn't have to mean leaving your old life behind. With the right mix of Web-based apps, you can take your entire digital life with you--and keep it handy on practically any device you carry.

  • Microsoft matches Google Docs with collaboration in Word Web App

    Posted July 7, 2011 - 3:39 pm

    Microsoft closed the gap between its Office Web Apps and Google Docs somewhat today by adding co-authoring to the free Word Web App, letting multiple users edit a document simultaneously in the Web browser.

  • Microsoft's Office 365 launch puts Google on defensive

    Posted June 27, 2011 - 4:44 pm

    Microsoft's launch of Office 365 has Google feeling pressure to explain why businesses should use Gmail and Google Docs.

  • Google to dump support for Microsoft's IE7

    Posted June 3, 2011 - 7:03 am

    Google will drop support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browsers for its online apps, including Gmail and Docs.

  • Google Docs now native on Android

    Posted April 27, 2011 - 3:32 pm

    Google Docs has gone native for Android, giving users a bunch of features that aren't available through the Web browser. The app, available for free through the Android Market, provides a slick interface for accessing documents and spreadsheets. The editor itself however is still handled through the browser.

  • Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps for Business

    Posted April 18, 2011 - 9:46 am

    Office 365, Microsoft's answer to Google Apps for Business, just became available to the public for beta testing. With this move, Redmond comes closer to delivering a package of tools to companies seeking e-mail, word processing, Web-based meetings, and scores of other services that work on PCs and mobile devices alike.

  • On-the-go editing: Google Docs or dedicated apps?

    Posted November 17, 2010 - 7:14 pm

    Today, Google announced that its Google Docs suite will finally allow editing from mobile devices running Android or Apple's iOS. This is a welcome addition to the cloud-based service, but does it replace existing Office-style suites for mobile users, complement them, or are they two different animals altogether?

  • Google Docs can now be edited on iPhone, iPad

    Posted November 17, 2010 - 2:49 pm

    Google talks about Web apps being the future, but the company sometimes takes a while to bring some of its most powerful features to all devices. Case in point: after four generations of the iPhone, seven months of the iPad, Google Docs can finally be edited on iOS devices.

  • Microsoft counters Google's sales pitch to Office users

    Posted May 13, 2010 - 2:12 pm

    Microsoft has gone on the counterattack against Google, saying that its rival's online applications don't cut it as supplements to Microsoft Office.

  • Culture Clash: Office 2010 v. Google Docs

    Posted May 13, 2010 - 10:49 am

    Microsoft held its official launch event this morning for Office 2010--the latest release of its dominant office productivity suite. Some of the new elements of Office 2010 make the suite more Web-enabled, while recent changes to Google Docs make it more "Office-like", setting the two up for head-to-head battle.

  • Google: Docs is key to long-term workplace changes

    Posted May 11, 2010 - 9:56 pm

    Google is looking to its cloud-based Google Docs to smooth its path into corporate IT shops whose users are seeking to better collaborate with co-workers.

  • Google hosts 400 CIOs, updates Docs

    Posted April 28, 2010 - 2:59 pm

    Google's enterprise division is hosting several hundred CIOs on Monday at its headquarters, where it will unveil enhancements to its Docs office suite, including a revamped code base.

  • Google announces simultaneous editing, more for Google Docs

    Posted April 12, 2010 - 4:26 pm

    Google on Monday unveiled its latest set of upgrades to Google Docs. The new improvements clearly aim to make the free online service a more robust competitor to Microsoft's Office applications.

  • Google Docs Quick Tip: Uploads and Storage Basics

    Posted March 30, 2010 - 8:15 pm

    We've all been there: uploading large files and e-mailing them to ourselves so we can access the file at a later time, in a different place. But there's an easier way to view and edit your documents, thanks to Google Docs. Earlier this year, Google Docs rolled out the ability to use the cloud to upload, store and organize any type of file--anything from large graphics and raw photos to unedited video from your smartphone.

  • Google Docs Now Syncing with Outlook

    Posted March 9, 2010 - 1:54 pm

    If you use Google Docs and Microsoft Office, you'll appreciate the new Outlook sidebar from Mainsoft. Called Harmony, and currently in beta, the sidebar lets you share, e-mail, download, upload, and edit your Google Docs right from your desktop using Outlook 2007.

  • Up close: Google Docs online file storage

    Posted February 24, 2010 - 1:22 pm

    Years after rumors surfaced that Google would provide online hosted storage with limits akin to those offered with Gmail, Google has added an upload option to its Google Docs Web service. You can only upload via the Web using a primitive upload dialog box for selection. It’s simple, but not powerful.

  • Google joins the 'kill-IE6' campaign

    Posted February 1, 2010 - 12:33 pm

    Google Docs will drop support for Microsoft's nearly nine-year-old IE6 browser starting March 1.

  • Google Docs Gets Shared Folders

    Posted October 13, 2009 - 9:35 pm

    Google Docs received an overhaul this week that makes it easier for users to share items, upload documents, and stay organized. The new tweaks also brought a slight change to the Google Docs homepage with a more uniform and simpler look.
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