Sundar Pichai: Google Drive Is About Context, Where Competitors Are About Files

After years ago helping to kill an unreleased previous product called Google Drive, Sundar Pichai is now pitching a product with the exact same name.
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Google Stores, Syncs, Edits in the Cloud

Google Drive lets you store and share documents, photos, music and more, plus create and edit files online.
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SocialFolders: Like Dropbox for Social Networks — But All on Your Desktop, Not in the Cloud

Would a local backup of your cloud-based pictures and documents make you feel more comfortable? That’s how SocialFolders wants to help. Today it launches a Dropbox-like desktop tool that downloads copies of Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, Google Docs and other content. Plus, users can use SocialFolders to sync and upload content as well, so they can, for instance, drag and drop their Flickr albums into Facebook.

Employees Already Crowdsourcing a Myspace History

Apparently, there is no time lag anymore when it comes to telling the stories of epic fail on the Internet. I got an email this afternoon from an anonymous Myspace employee who wrote about an interesting group writing effort on Google Docs called “Real Myspace Stories.”
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Seven Questions for Microsoft’s Kirk Koenigsbauer About Office 365

Having watched as Google nudged its way into the office productivity business with its Google Apps service, Microsoft is now bringing the strength of its enormous Microsoft Office franchise to the world of cloud applications. Kirk Koenigsbauer, VP of the Microsoft Office Division, talks about the risks and potential rewards.
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Seven Questions for Shan Sinha, DocVerse Founder Turned Google Apps Exec

With Microsoft Launching Office 365 today, the cloud-based office suite business is getting a little more crowded. We check in with Shan Sinha, product manager of Google Apps, to talk about the state of the business and where Google’s going now that Microsoft is elbowing its way into the cloud.
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Apple’s iCloud Shows How Microsoft’s Vision and Execution Have Again Failed to Mesh

The notion of a service that keeps one’s files in sync on all their devices isn’t new. While Apple just announced it’s iCloud last week, Microsoft has been talking about a similar notion since 2008. And that, yet again, is the problem.
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Livescribe Connects Its Digital Pen With Google Docs, Evernote

Starting Monday, the digital notes taken with Livescribe pens will be able to be easily transferred to other programs, posted to Facebook or sent via e-mail. The company also says it is on pace to sell its millionth smart pen this year.

Convofy: Can a Nifty Demo Become a Real Productivity Helper? Take Two.

Convofy is a bit like a social interface for Google Docs or an alternative to corporate social networks like Yammer that goes beyond status messages to help people collaborate on documents, research and to-do lists.

In and Out Of Office: Putting iPads To Work

A brief primer on how to get such documents into and out of an iPad, and how to view, edit and create them on the tablet.
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