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Friday, October 16, 2009
Software

Gmail Integrates Handy Google Docs Previews

11:15PM Mark Wilson | Now, if you’re using Gmail and a friend emails you a Google Doc, you can display the document right in the email — no need to switch tabs. Just be sure to activate “Google Docs previews” in Labs. [GmailBlog via InformationWeek]
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Software

Gmail Finally Comes Out Of Beta

1:22AM Matt Buchanan | Later today, Google’s pulling Gmail, Google Talk, Calendar and Docs out of beta. Not because of major new updates or anything, but to make business customers happy. [TechCrunch]
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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18,600-Cell Spreadsheet Mosaic Captured On Time-Lapse Video

1:30AM Jesus Diaz | Tis the season to be artsy: Four Google people worked simultaneously on a Google spreadsheet to create a large 100 row x 186 column mosaic. Each of the 18,600 cells was filled with colour out of a 18 hue palette. It may not be as avant-garde as David Byrne’s PowerPoint art, but the time-lapse video documenting the whole process is quite mesmerising. [Holiday Google Spreadsheet] More »
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Google Docs Get Offline Support, T Not Happy

11:51PM Haroon Malik | Google is furthering the migration of pretty much everything to the cloud by offering offline Google Docs support, which will be powered by Google Gears. Effectively, the applications you use will have data stored locally until you get back in range of your Wi-Fi hotspot, where updating will then occur seamlessly. The functionality will start to roll out in the coming week, with some users being granted immediate access. More »
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