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Google Drive, Gmail and Docs hit by service disruptions

Google Drive, Gmail and Docs hit by service disruptions
  • Posted April 17, 2013, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
  • A number of Google services experienced partial disruptions or outright outages this morning as users took to social networks to vent their complaints. As of about 8am Central Time until 10am, the company’s App Status Dashboard showed partial disruptions for…

Google Drive outage reminds us that cloud services aren't perfect

Google Drive outage reminds us that cloud services aren
  • Posted March 18, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Reports this morning of Google Drive becoming inaccessible sent ripples through social media. Shortly after complaints surfaced, Google confirmed Drive was experiencing a noteworthy disruption. The company subsequently resolved the issue and all Google services appear to have returned to normal…

Office 2013 cloud integration features partial uploads, offline files

Office 2013 cloud integration features partial uploads, offline files
  • Posted July 31, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • Arguably one of the biggest changes coming to Office 2013 will be its much touted cloud integration. Microsoft took to its Office blog yesterday, posting numerous details regarding SkyDrive and what users can expect while working with Office 2013 online.

Chrome OS 20 adds Google Drive and offline Docs support

Chrome OS 20 adds Google Drive and offline Docs support
  • Posted July 12, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • Google has announced the arrival of Chrome 20 to the stable channel for Chrome OS, the company's browser-based operating system for Chromebooks. The update brings Google Drive front and center, adds offline Google Docs support and also manages to stamp…

Google buys Quickoffice in attempt to shore up mobile productivity suite

Google buys Quickoffice in attempt to shore up mobile productivity suite
  • Posted June 6, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Google has scooped up Quickoffice, their second acquisition in as many days, in a move to shore up their mobile productivity suite. Quickoffice currently offers one of the better mobile office experiences for Android and iOS, something that Google certainly…

Google Docs gains 450 new fonts, reviews April as a big month

Google Docs gains 450 new fonts, reviews April as a big month
  • Posted May 4, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Google's cloud-based office suite, Google Docs, has gained a whopping 450 choices to its once scarce selection of font types. The new fonts include Ubuntu, Android's Ice Cream Sandwich "Droid" font and a wide variety of others ranging from monospaced…

Gmail Meter analyzes your e-mail account for patterns, generates stats

Gmail Meter analyzes your e-mail account for patterns, generates stats
  • Posted April 19, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Software With Video
  • A person's e-mail account can offer insight to that particular person. For example, do you promptly reply to other e-mails or do let them stew for a while? Are your replies paragons of brevity or do your replies blossom into…

Screenshot shows Google Drive with 5GB free, April 16 release

Screenshot shows Google Drive with 5GB free, April 16 release
  • Posted March 30, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
  • A possible screenshot has revealed that Google Drive may debut with 5GB of free storage space. This counters previous reports which have claimed 1GB will come standard. According to Talk Android, sources say Google Drive is still on track with…

Google releases Google Docs app for Android

Google releases Google Docs app for Android
  • Posted April 27, 2011, 5:56 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing
  • Google has announced and released a Google Docs app for Android. The new app makes it easier to filter and search for your content across any Google account, then jump straight into editing a given document using the online mobile…

Google Docs gets pagination, native printing in Chrome

Google Docs gets pagination, native printing in Chrome
  • Posted April 13, 2011, 10:36 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Google Docs has gained a classic word processing feature: pagination. This feature is not the ability to have multiple pages in a document, but rather it's the ability to see actual pages on your screen.

Google Docs adds support for 12 new file formats

  • Posted February 18, 2011, 4:23 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
  • The Google Docs Viewer is already used by Google users to quickly view PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations. Now, the search giant has rolled out support for 12 new file types, rounding out support for the major Microsoft Office…

Google Docs gets a dose of Gmail features

Google Docs gets a dose of Gmail features
  • Posted January 31, 2011, 10:09 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
  • Google has announced that it is rolling out a refresh to the Google Docs documents list. The goal is to make it easier to find, explore, and share all your files that are stored on the Web, even if they…

Google launches Cloud Print beta for Google Docs, Gmail

Google launches Cloud Print beta for Google Docs, Gmail
  • Posted January 25, 2011, 7:38 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
  • Google Cloud Print allows printing from any app on any device, operating system, or browser without the need to install any software, or so Google claims (see below). The service, which just launched as a beta, lets you send documents…

Google Docs editing comes to Android and iOS

  • Posted November 17, 2010, 1:45 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Native Google Docs support has finally arrived for Android and iOS (the mobile version of Google Docs has been available for over three years). Edits show up in near real-time (so they aren't completely seamless) and Android even lets you…

Google Docs to get cloud printing, device sync

  • Posted November 3, 2010, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Google Docs may soon be getting an update that will help it better compete against Microsoft's latest cloud based Office product and make its upcoming Chrome OS a whole lot more useful. Top among the new features is cloud printing,…

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