Official Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser
At Google, we have a saying: “launch early and iterate.” While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we've now made the comic publicly available -- you can find it here. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.
So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.
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Google will try to outshine Microsoft's Internet Explorer with new Web browser called 'Chrome'
Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
The Mountain View-based company took the unusual step of announcing its latest product on the Labor Day holiday after it prematurely sent out a comic book drawn up to herald the new browser's arrival.
The free browser, called "Chrome," is supposed to be available for downloading Tuesday in more than 100 countries for computers running on Microsoft's Windows operating system. Google said it's still working on versions compatible with Apple Inc.'s Mac computer and the Linux operating system.
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Send to Google Docs Opens Any Linked Document Directly in Google Docs (Firefox Extension)
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The Send to Google Docs Firefox extension adds an entry to your right-click menu to send supported filetypes directly to Google Docs. The new entry is context sensitive, so it only appears when you right click supported filetypes, which include Word docs, PDFs, PowerPoint, Excel, and every Open Document format. You've been able to open Gmail attachments in Google Docs for quite a while now, but this extension bridges the gap and makes Google Docs that much more of a viable, web-based Microsoft Office replacement. Send to Google Docs is free, works wherever Firefox does.
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Creating forms - Google Docs Help Center
You can create a form from the Docs list or from any spreadsheet.
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Google For Educators - Google Docs
Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer
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iGoogle (TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY)
Nice web page by a teacher using Google apps and lots of other cool tools
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FORTUNE: Techland Cuil not a Google killer - yet «
With hours of being launched Monday, Cuil - a new search engine created by former top Google engineers - was already being touted in the blogosphere as the next Google killer. But unless Cuil (pronounced ‘cool’) can develop an ad platform to rival Google’s, Cuil will have a difficult time challenging the search giant.
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Google Knol - Yup, it’s a Wikipedia killer (ZDNet)
Google Knol, Mountain View’s answer to Wikipedia, launched last week and, while it can’t yet match the volume of articles on Wikipedia, its focus on accountability and ownership makes it a better choice for students and teachers.
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You're a Nobody Unless Your Name Googles Well - WSJ.com
In the age of Google, being special increasingly requires standing out from the crowd online. Many people aspire for themselves -- or their offspring -- to command prominent placement in the top few links on search engines or social networking sites' member lookup functions. But, as more people flood the Web, that's becoming an especially tall order for those with common names. Type "John Smith" into Google's search engine and it estimates it has 158 million results.
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Google Analytics For Your Wiki
Google Analytics can show you detailed reports and graphs on your wiki traffic, where users come from, what they do, which pages are most popular, and all sorts of other useful information. You can take advantage of Google Analytics on your Plus, Super, or Private Label Wikispaces wiki now by entering a Google Analytics ID into your wiki settings. In your wiki, click Manage Space and then Name, Description and License. Look for the section on Google Analytics and enter your ID.
To add Google Analytics to your entire Private Label site, click Site Administration, then Settings and look for Google Analytics ID.
If you don’t already have a free Google Analytics account, you can get one at http://google.com/analytics.
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Official Google Docs Blog: Live blogging with Docs
This tutorial will show you how to use Google Docs word processor for blogging a live event – it could be a keynote address or a conference call with media or someone speaking at a local BarCamp in your city.
To get started you would need a laptop computer, a free Google account and few inches of free space to sit (or stand) in the conference room. OK, we are now ready to roll.
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Syncing Google Calendar With iCal
Google calendar can be a great tool for organizing your life. Sure, it’s not as powerful as other desktop-based calendar applications or even personal digital assistants. But it’s free and it works on just about any Web browser. You can even use it across multiple computers–you don’t need to stick to one machine, as most other desktop-based calendaring applications are limited to.
However, sometimes you would still want to use your own desktop application. Google Calendar does have limitations. For one, there’s no internal means to handle tasks or to-do lists. And the interface can be a bit slow when you’re working on slow connections.
Fortunately, Google Calendar allows for syncing with external applications, by virtue of SyncML, and through one-way syncing via XML. For instance Apple’s iCal, which is built-into Mac OS X, can be used to subscribe to your Google Calendar, and will automatically check Google Calendar every few minutes to check for new items.
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Google Apps: The Missing Manual | O'Reilly Media
This comprehensive and easy-to-follow new book teaches you how to use the new web-based applications from Google that are providing a viable alternative to Microsoft Office for many businesses. While Google's office suite shows a lot of promise, navigating...
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Google SketchUp Teacher Guide
Google SketchUp Teacher Guide\n\nFUN projects you can use in your classroom, using FREE Google SketchUp software\n \nFor each project shown, you can view project details in HTML or PDF format.
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Google’s culture ‘not fit’ for enterprise apps
Anyone hoping that Google Apps can rival Microsoft’s products in the enterprise marketplace will have pause for thought after reading the astonishing testimony of development manager Sergey Solyanik, who has just gone back to Microsoft after a stint working at Google.
In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.
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Sync Google Calendar and iPhone over the air with NemusSync
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