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Google Drive for iOS adds editing, unless you count spreadsheets

After releasing Google Drive for iOS in June, iPhone and iPad owners were disappointed by the lack of editing capabilities. Google fixes that with an app update today, but it’s still fairly limited: Only documents can be edited, even though Google’s demo video shows spreadsheet editing.

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Chromebook Google Drive integration: Handy and slick

Chromebook owners have a new software update that adds Google Drive integration and offline Docs support Google previously announced. The newest Chromebook models also gain a firmware update while the original CR-48 models gain the new Chrome OS user interface and open source touchpad drivers.

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Google Docs goes offline while Drive comes to iOS

The hits keep coming from day two of Google I/O: The company announced the long awaited Google Docs offline capability, allowing users to edit docs without a connection to the web. Apple iOS gained the Chrome browser earlier in the day, but also get Google Drive.

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Google hit with patent claim over Google Drive

The growing popularity of cloud technology is attracting not just users but patent litigation as well. The latest example is a suit filed by Superspeed LLC against Google that claims the company’s Drive and Docs products violate a 1999 software patent.

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Google Docs for Android adds real-time collaboration

Android smartphone and tablet owners can collaborate on documents while mobile with an updated version of Google Docs. The software, supporting Android 2.1 devices and up, adds the real-time collaboration found in the full web version of Google Docs and includes interface tweaks for smaller screens.

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Google Drive already referenced in Google Docs code

Google is getting ready to launch its very own cloud storage product, and the actual launch could happen very soon: Code referencing the Goole Drive has already popped up in Google Docs, where users can soon add shared items to their own Drive.

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A plea for a better Google Docs

Most of us who work with Google Docs have or will at some point get frustrated with it. After a recent poll, it’s clear the product that we know and like could be so much better with more attention from its creator. Herewith is our manifesto.

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Let’s make Google Docs suck less

Google Docs, which can be slow and hard to use, is an essential product in need of improvement. At GigaOM, we see problems as opportunity for innovation, so we invite you, readers, to weigh in on how would you fix or change Google’s extremely-handy-but-could-be-so-much-better productivity tools.

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GoFileDrop now works with Gmail accounts

GoFileDrop is an app that adds a public mailbox to your Google Docs account, enabling anyone with the appropriate link to upload files to your account. It was previously only available to Google Apps customers, but it can now be installed by regular Gmail users.

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5 steps for effective real-time document collaboration

It’s great to have access to technologies that allow us to collaborate on documents in real time. However, real-time collaboration, in fact all collaborative writing, will be more successful if you follow these five steps to integrate your writing process with your tool’s technical capabilities.

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Quick Tip: How to Use QuickFox Notes With Google Docs

QuickFox Notes is a great little note-taking add-on for Firefox, packed with an array of features. Its notes can be synced between different machines, and it also works with Simplenote. But by using an extension, you can modify QuickFox Notes to save notes to Google Docs.

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Primadesk Wants to Be a File Manager for the Cloud

The proliferation of cloud storage providers has led to many of us storing our documents in a variety of different locations: Google Docs, Zoho, Dropbox, Box.net, etc. Primadesk is an app that wants to be a desktop file manager for the cloud.

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First Look: Google Docs App for Android

Google has released the Google Docs app for Android to complement the web version. I’ve taken a quick look at it on an HTC Evo 4G, and it looks like it will be a useful tool for collaborating on documents and spreadsheets.

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VMware Buys SlideRocket in a Race to Provide Collaboration

VMware said Tuesday it purchased SlideRocket, an online presentation provider, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition fits in with VMware’s acquisition of the Zimbra messaging platform in January 2010 and pits VMware against Microsoft, Cisco, Google and other folks in the collaboration space.

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Google Docs Gets a Real-Time Upgrade

Google’s ongoing effort to turn Google Docs into a formidable competitor with Microsoft Office continues with a new feature that allows users to hold discussions in real-time while working on shared documents. The new feature lets users of its productivity service discuss shared documents in real-time

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Google Docs Viewer Now Supports 12 More File Formats

Google Docs Viewer, the handy online document viewer that enables you to view Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF files online without having to download them to your machine, now supports 12 new popular file formats. The list of supported file types now includes:

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Google Docs Makeover Shoots for Better Cloud Organization

Google has updated the interface on Google Docs to help users navigate and sort through the increasing number of files they’re storing and editing in the cloud. The update includes new filters for document types, preview tools, priority sorting and new features for grabbing and sharing documents.

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Google Docs Gets Video Playback. So What About GDrive?

Google Docs users can now upload videos and watch them right within Docs. The upload is limited to 1GB files, and uploads count against your Docs storage. Sounds more like a paid storage solution than a free video hosting service like YouTube, doesn’t it?

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Edit Google Documents Locally with GDocsOpen

GDocsOpen is a software program for Windows that makes it easy to edit and sync local documents directly to Google Documents (s goog). I found its small size and simple installation appealing, but it can’t be used without an active internet connection, which limits its usefulness.

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Google Turns on Desktop Docs Editor for iPad

Google made it possible to edit and create Google Docs documents with your iPad on Nov. 17, but the editor it introduced lacked many features. Late Dec. 9, the company introduced the ability to switch to the full version of the editor to access those features.

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Weekend Project: iPad Productivity in the Cloud

Thanks to iPad’s connectivity and cloud services like Google Docs, you can be pretty productive — if you have the right software and workflow. In this weekend project, I’ll show you my current solutions which are working well enough for me to leave the notebook behind.

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Black Tonic: Present Your Slides Live Online

Portland-based design consultancy Wolverine today launched Black Tonic, a web-based app that helps presenters deliver a presentation to their viewers — live and in real-time. Black Tonic is differentiated from existing services is a few ways:

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Tips and Tricks: Making the Most of Google Docs

I’ve been using Google Docs for a couple of years now, for both professional and personal tasks. To be honest, I was hesitant to try it at first. After all, what does Google Docs have that other, more feature-rich office suites don’t have?

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Google Docs Ratchets Up Flexibility With Files

Google on Tuesday announced that it will support uploads of many more file types on Google Docs, and is ratcheting up the size of individual uploads. There are also new online storage options. The moves target both enterprise and individual users.

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3 Clever Little Mac Apps for Web Workers

Sometimes doing things via web apps is great. Everything is in one place: your browser. Even so, sometimes having everything in one…

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Vista Themed iPhone

When you buy the new iPhone, are you going to jailbreak it? Are you really a closet Windows fanboy? If you answered…

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Apple Sales Program I’d Like to See

How great would it be if Apple were to offer a Tiered Referral program on sales of their computers? We’ve all probably…

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Curious Case of Level 3

Andy Abramson reports that there maybe more lay-offs at Level 3 and this time the cuts might hit the middle management. While…

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Six questions for Sonos

My six questions for Sonos. Tom Cullen, vice president of marketing for Sonos (a Santa Barbara, California-based start-up working on a wireless…

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