Google Docs News & Articles

So, the announement of the Google Marketplace was a pretty big deal, wouldn’t you say?

The excitement revolving around the new development goes to show how ready and willing most of us are to pack up and move to the cloud, and the Google brand is obviously going to play a major part in getting us there. 

Google set off an enterprise-tastic bomb last night when they announced the opening of Google Marketplace, an online store for business apps. Now, we can’t help but wonder, is Microsoft an impending casualty?  

No longer in beta form and poised to snatch a portion of the market typically commanded by the stalwart Microsoft Office software suite -- Google Docs is providing an as-of-yet unrivaled online document editing and collaboration platform for the masses. Here's 7 ways you can use it even better.

There are two things we like about Mainsoft's (news, site) latest solutions: 1) they enable us to connect our Outlook client with SharePoint or Google Apps and 2) they are free.

 

Google’s made yet another purchase. Rumor has it this time they’ve spent somewhere around US$ 25 million on DocVerse (news, site), a San Francisco-based technology startup that allows people to collaborate on Microsoft Office files online.

Think copying and pasting is already pretty easy? Well, leave it up to Google to make it even easier.

Google’s new web clipboard for Docs temporarily stores items you’ve copied in the cloud, then allows you to paste them with proper formatting into other documents.
 

Google’s cloud storage option probably sounds pretty tasty if you’re trying to save money, but moving files from one cloud to another probably doesn’t.

Enter Gladinet (news, site), which makes moving as easy as drag-and-drop.
 

If you swear allegiance to both Internet Explorer and Google Apps, as of March 1st you may find yourself in an uncomfortable predicament, and frankly speaking, we're rather happy about all this. Google's recent decision will effect apps ranging from GMail to Google Docs. Enterprise folks, pay attention.

It’s raining cloud solutions, folks. LTech’s (news, site) latest baby is a tool called LTech CloudMove, which automates moving SharePoint documents to the cloud.

Google just won’t stop. In addition to dressing up Google Docs with a multiple file upload and storage option (and hitting up third-party developers for some nifty related apps), Goog has added a thumbnail view and improved search functionality to their collaboration tool.  

Today, online storage service Box.net (news, site) says their users can preview and interact with all their stored files from within their browser of choice. How nice.  

The summer interns just finished adding some nice enhancements to Google Docs. But Google didn't leave it at that for this year. They have announced a couple of other new features for their emerging document management and collaboration tools, including the most requested feature: shared folders.

With summer interns on the case, Google added functionality to Google Docs supposedly aimed at students, but we'd say actually aimed at MS Word, among others.

Yes, the back to school with Google Docs is a catchy theme song isn't it -- but it's really more about the enterprise, as you know. Some of these features are just the ticket to get you one step further from your desktop apps.

Does fear of Google downtime haunt your company? Keep those docs safe, but widely accessible, with Gladinet's cloud desktop solution.

Google (news, site) has added more features to its services page for web hosts to help site owners create better sites and provide better features for users. Let's have a quick look at what's new for you.