I Can't Believe Google Docs Has Only Just Added Page Breaks Now [Blip]
13/04/2011 |
It's one of the small features in word-publishing software that we take for granted—pagination. But it's taken Google up until now to add page breaks to its Docs offering. The new update also adds native printing; the ability to print right from the browser in a WYSIWYG-stylee. [Google Docs Blog]More »...
Google Docs About To Be Invaded by 10 GB Cat Videos [Blip]
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]More »
Google Docs Levels Up: Unlocks Pivot Table Powers [Blip]
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 func...
Google Voice Gets Full Honeycomb Support [Blip]
Engadget reports that Google just planted the latest version of Google Voice into the Android Market, fully optimized to work with Honeycomb. Took them bloody long enough, no? [Engadget]More »
Why Does the Google +1 Extension Need My Browsing History? [Blip]
Google's new Chrome extension allows you to +1 any page on the Internet, reporting it on your public profile. It also sends every URL you visit to Google "to retrieve +1 information." Riiiiiight. Further analysis at TechCrunch, extension's here.More »
Free Gmail Voice Calls for Armed Forces Personnel [Blip]
If anyone deserves free phone calls to their loved ones, it's the men and women that serve our country. Google has announced that U.S. service personnel with a valid US Military (.mil) email address can now place free Gmail voice calls to the United States from within Gmail.More »
Google Arms Itself With 1000 Patents From IBM [Blip]
Google's on a patent buying spree to protect Android. The search giant recently grabbed Motorola, its hardware and 17,000 patents for a cool $12.5 billion and scooped up another 1,023 patents from IBM. Go, Go Green Robot. [Bloomberg]More »
If Google Axes Six Unpopular Brands and Nobody Is Around to Use Them, Does Their Demise Make a Sound? [Google]
History is littered with the corpses of failed products—from Edsels and DeLoreans to Zunes and everything on CBS's early season lineup. Google is no different. It's just announced that it's culling six services most people didn't know existed...because nobody actually used them.More »
What Governments Worldwide Want Google to Take Down [Google]
Google published its biannual Transparency Report yesterday showing US Law Enforcement and courts requested the removal of 757 items from Google's servers—mostly Youtube videos depicting acts of police brutality. Check out the full list of American requests—plus those from other count...
Catch a Glimpse of Google TV 2.0 [Google]
The original launch of Google TV didn't go so well. Will an updated UI and expanded access to the Android marketplace help the set-top boxes find a place in living rooms? Maybe not. Check out a full gallery of screen grabs and further analysis at .More »
Google Maps Now Shows You the Weather Anywhere in the World [Video]
Google Maps now has a weather layer. You can zoom in or out to get local, national or global results, and clicking on any icon gives you a four-day forecast, with details like humidity and wind.More »
