SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 24, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Topic: Google Docs
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 18, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Launches Presentations App & Ranames “Docs & Spreadsheets” To “Google Docs”
Tonight Google launched its long-awaited presentations tool as part of the ghastly named Docs & Spreadsheets suite. But smartly the company has simultaneously changed the name of Docs & Spreadsheets simply to Google Docs. It could equally have been changed to “Google Office,” however, which the presentation software now appropriately completes.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 21, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Selling Extra Storage For Gmail, Picasa & More; Microsoft Launches Own SkyDrive Solution
The Google Blog announced they are allowing users to pay for additional storage for Gmail and Picasa. Currently Google gives you 1GB of free space for Picasa and 2.8GB of free space for Gmail. You can now buy additional space, and Google hopes to expand this service to their other services, such as Google Docs […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 2, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Microsoft Works To Be Ad Funded
Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded product from ZDNet reports that the next version of the Microsoft Works office suite is to be ad funded.
Microsoft And Google Moving More Deeply Into Each Others’ Businesses
Microsoft vows it won’t let its core businesses be undermined by “the cloud.” This article from the NY Times (and related discussion at Techmeme) quotes Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saying that Microsoft will compete aggressively with Google and other online alternatives to Office and will offer Web-based versions of all its core software: “We’re not […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 24, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 23, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 9, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Buys Security Company Postini For $625 Million
Google announced (and here) the acquisition of Postini, a software security for electronic communications company for $625 million. Google said that this company would become a division of Google Apps. They will help secure Google Apps including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Talk, Calendar and Google’s other applications. “With this transaction, we’re reinforcing our commitment to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 2, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
This July: Try Google-Free Fridays!
Back in 2002, I called Google the "Marcia Brady" of search. Fans of the Brady Bunch know that Marcia was one of six children, and middle daughter Jan felt Marcia got all the attention. "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia," she’d often complain, just as today, it often seems to be "Google, Google, Google" that’s all you hear […]
Google Acquires Zenter, Online Presentation Software Company
Google has announced that they have acquired Zenter, an online presentation software company. The acquisition will enable them to add presentation software to their Google Docs & Spreadsheets offering. In mid-April, Google purchased Marratech, a video conferencing company and purchased Tonic, a company that built software for presentation creation and document conversion. One would think […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 7, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
What To Make Of Google Gears
Being a non-developer I was a bit of a fish out of water at Google Developer Day yesterday. The event, which took place in the 10 countries where Google has offices, was intended to showcase Google Gears and the company’s various APIs. I attended the event in California, which was moved from Google’s Mountain View […]
Google’s New Navigational Links: An Illustrated Guide
After months of testing, Google is rolling out new ways to navigate within its search results and between different Google properties. Here’s an illustrated guide to the old and new. Let’s start with the home page. How it currently looks, for someone who is logged in:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 2, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Acquires Marratech’s Video Conferencing Software
Google announced that they have acquired Marratech‘s video conferencing software (not the company, just its software).
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 18, 2007
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Microsoft PowerPoint, Meet Google Presentations
Google adds presentation software to Google Docs from Reuters has Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirming the rumors that Google will be rolling out presentation software within the Google Docs suite.
Search Funnies: The April Fool’s 2007 Roundup
April Fools Day was yesterday, and the search engines along with others in the search world, went all out. Here is a roundup of the different pranks played.
Dissecting Microsoft Slams At Google As Copyright Infringer
Last October, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer gave us a taste of how Microsoft was going to position Google as a copyright leech. Today, Microsoft launched a full-out assault on the company. Google deserves some of this, no doubt. But the idea as Microsoft as some altruistic copyright savior deserves some critical analysis, as well. Below, I’ll dissect Microsoft’s slams against […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 28, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Launches Fee Based Google Apps
As we expected, Google has launched a “Premier Edition” of Google Apps. Google Apps Premier Edition will give you everything standard Google Apps has plus the following features:
Google Docs and Spreadsheets Tops Web Productivity Tools
Nielsen//NetRatings released a report [PDF] showing Google Docs and Spreadsheets have been the number one online productivity tools since October 2006. The report says that in November Google Docs and Spreadsheets “attracted 424,785 unique visitors and 432,156 unique visitors in December.” The average time per visitor has “increased somewhat, from an average of 10 minutes […]
Google Docs & Spreadsheets Coming To Apps In Weeks
PC World reports that Google Apps will be adding Google Docs and Spreadsheets to the suite this quarter and possibly within a few weeks. We expected this to come sooner than later after Google decided to roll out fee-based Google Apps. PC World has quotes from lots of organizations that would find Google Apps & […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 30, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Officially Adds Docs & Spreadsheets Integration With Gmail
The Google Docs & Spreadsheets blog officially announced that when you receive an email in your Gmail account, and it contains a Google Docs or Spreadsheet file, the file should have a link to “Open as a Google Document.” I am not sure if it opens all files or just Google files. I tested emailing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 29, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Hacking Google To Help It Improve Security
Last Friday, Philipp Lenssen wrote a fascinating post describing how his associate Tony Ruscoe was able to access Philipp’s Google account: “It’s your worst nightmare – someone reads parts of your Google emails, views your docs, modifies your spreadsheets, checks out your reading habits on the Google personalized homepage or Google Reader, and goes through […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 13, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Toolbar For Firefox 3.0 Adds Great Features
Google Operating System reports that Google released a new toolbar for Firefox. The toolbar has many of the features of the Internet Explorer version but also has some features of its own. My favorite new feature is the ability to drag a file on your browser and it automatically add it to Google Docs & […]
Google’s Software Making It To The Classroom
Michael Liedtke from the AP reports more and more classrooms are beginning to use Google’s new Google Docs & Spreadsheets as a “supplement” to Microsoft’s Office suite. The article explains that although many do not believe Google’s software will replace Microsoft’s Office, they do believe it will be used a supplementary tool. But I wonder […]