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How to Access Your Google Docs Offline
I know not many of you are Google Docs users (according to our recent poll, anyway), but maybe more of you will take advantage of the Web-based office suite when you learn that it's now possible to access your documents even when you're not connected to the Internet (like on...
Tags: Rick Broida, Hardware, Marketing, Internet, Desktops, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Microsoft Access, Google Docs, Google Inc., Google Gears
Blog posts 2008-04-28
Google Aims to Extend the Browser -- Again
Google Gears launched a year ago and the search giant is ditching its moniker to reinforce that Gears is an open source project. So far so good, MySpace has used Gears to launch search and sort mail messages. The overall theme: Google is trying to extend the browser. ...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Google Earth, Web Browser, MySpace, Pricing Detail, Web Browsers, Pricing, Channel Management, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-05-29
Use Gmail Offline with Google Gears
It's experimental, and not quite perfect yet, but everybody loves it all the same. No, I'm not talking about the Obama Administration. It's offline Gmail, which is now available via Google Gears. Here's the scoop, straight from the Official Gmail Blog: Once you turn on...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Gears, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-01-28

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Syncplicity Syncs Word Files with Google Docs
With the unfortunate demise of Docsyncer, there's no longer an easy way to synchronize your local documents with your Google Docs documents. Sure, you can use Google Gears to access your documents offline, but that's not quite the same thing as syncing. Enter Syncplicity, a Web-based backup and synchronization service...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Syncplicity, Backups, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-11-03
Microsoft Pits Groove Vs. Google Apps For SharePoint 2010
There's no one in the world better equipped to discuss Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration software than Jeff Teper, corporate vice president of the Office Business Platform, who started the SharePoint team 10 years ago. I spoke with Teper ahead of Microsoft's SharePoint Conference, where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed the public...
Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft SharePoint, Google Apps
News items 2009-10-20
More Details Emerge on "Google Editions," Google's eBook Store
At the Frankfurt Book Fair , Google announced more details about their upcoming online ebook service known as "Google Editions." Originally revealed earlier this year , Editions will be a hosted electronic bookstore for a selection of in-print books which would be provided by Google's publishing partners....
Tags: Google Inc., e-book
News items 2009-10-15
How to Download All Your Google Docs Documents
If the recent loss of Sidekick users' cloud-stored data has you worrying about the safety of your cloud-stored Google Docs documents, fear not: You can synchronize your Google Docs data with your PC for offline access and local backup. Of course, that solution...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Business Intelligence, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-10-26
Four Ways Google Is Killing Microsoft
Google has engaged Microsoft in a long-term death-match on a series of fronts, as Dan Frommer and Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider noted this morning, in a piece on ten areas that Google and Microsoft are fighting it out. But I disagree with four areas where...
Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Marketing, Software, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-07-27
How To: Bake Your Own Chrome OS, Right Now [How To]
Copy this whole post to another site Nobody knows exactly what Google's forthcoming Chrome OS will look or act like, but we've got a pretty good idea of what they're going for. Here's how to live out Google's online-only OS vision, right now Before we dive in, it's worth talking...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox
News items 2009-08-17
Announce Your Location in Gmail Signatures
If Neil Armstrong had a Gmail account in July, 1969, he could have sent e-mail with a signature that said "Sent from the Moon." That's because Gmail can now automatically append your location to the signature block of your messages. If your messages are always sent from...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Signature, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-02-15
Study: Google remains undisputed king of search
Computerworld - Google search is holding tight to its top position in the hearts of U.S. consumers, according to a new study. The annual University of Michigan study, which was conducted by ForeSee Results, shows that for the second year in a row, Google scored a strong 86 out of...
Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
News items 2009-08-18
Guy Vs. Guy: The Real Story About Web Apps
Welcome to Guy Vs. Guy! In this new feature, Rick and Dave square off on the business and technology issues of the day. First up: Web apps. Wave of the future, or certain disaster for unwitting enterprises? Rick: This argument is over before it even begins. We're...
Tags: Google Inc., Document, Google Docs, Web Application, Rick, Dave, Cloud Computing, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-01-12
Trendlines: New, Hot, Unexpected
Google Gears Up Privacy Push Google is working with other companies to push consumer privacy legislation in the U.S. Congress and will work with the Federal Trade Commission to fine-tune online advertising principles that the agency proposed in December, say the company's top privacy executives. Google...
Tags: DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Google Inc., physician, privacy, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-04-29
gOS 2.0 "Rocket," the Second Major Release of the Friendly Linux OS, Debuts at CES and Online January 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES -- Good OS, the open source startup that introduced gOS, a Linux operating system with Google and web applications, on a $199 Wal-Mart PC last November, today announced that gOS Rocket will debut Monday, January 7 at 11:30 a.m. at the exclusive press preview, Lunch@Piero's, during the Consumer...
Tags: desktop, Google Inc., Linux, operating system
Research articles 2008-01-03
Apple to Give iMovie Big Update: Rumor
I've heard from reliable sources that Apple will offer a significant update to iMovie at next week's Macworld. It will largely focus on Internet video in the Cloud for the YouTube generation. I've heard that iMovie will largely if not entirely be a Web Application and Apple would offer its...
News items 2009-08-07
With Frenzied Growth, Search Industry Gears Up for Search Engine Strategies San Jose 2006; Features Conversation with Google CEO Eric Schmidt
NEW YORK -- Against the backdrop of an increasingly competitive search industry, marketers are set to converge in San Jose, CA, for Search Engine Strategies SES Conference & Expo 2006 to glean the latest expert insights. The premier search industry event - one in a series of global conferences -...
Tags: Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., search engine
Research articles 2006-07-24
Google Launches Gears Open Source Project to Bring Offline Capabilities to Web Applications
At Google Developer Day, New Browser Extension Provided to Developer Community
Tags: Google Inc., open source, Web application
Research articles 2007-05-30
Gmail Goes Offline
Erick Schonfeld submits: Until now, one of the biggest drawbacks of Gmail is that you could not go through your emails when you were offline. Today, that changes. Gmail is finally going offline. Google GOOG is rolling out a Google Gears version of Gmail that will...
Tags: Internet, Erick Schonfeld, Google Inc.
External links 2009-01-28
Business Hacks Week in Review (Feb. 2, 2009)
If you were busy last week setting up the office Super Bowl pool (note to Dave: the Super Bowl is a popular televised event involving a sport called football), you might have missed some of our most hack-tastic posts. No matter: Here they are for easy perusal and clicking: ...
Tags: Google Inc., Super Bowl, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-02-02
Get a Free E-mail Account from Zoho Mail
  The busy bees at Zoho just took the wraps off Zoho Mail, a free e-mail service that trumps Gmail in one key area: offline support. By leveraging Google Gears (ironic, no?), Zoho Mail lets you read and compose mail even if you're between...
Tags: Google Gmail, e-Mail Account, Zoho Mail, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-10-13
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