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Liz Gannes in Social on December 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
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.
Kara Swisher in Social on June 29, 2011 at 1:48 pm PT
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.”
Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 28, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT
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.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on June 28, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
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.
Ina Fried in News on June 13, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
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.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 22, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
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.
Liz Gannes in Social on March 21, 2011 at 11:00 am PT
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.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 16, 2011 at 6:13 pm PT
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.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 16, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
Google Docs tries to wrangle one of the great annoyances of office life — collaborating on documents — into a Twitter-like discussion.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 15, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
Though Google loves nothing more than pushing new features and apps to its users, it’s now giving Google Apps administrators the option to add new features a little more slowly.
