Topic: Web-Based Software

RSS

I'd like to get the FC home page RSS into iGoogle, but don't seem to be able to. Pasting http://www.fastcompany.com/fc-rss/rss/feeds/17016 into the Add Content by URL box there comes up with a 'not found'.  Clicking the Add ...READ MORE›

Yale University Panics, Gets Cold Feet About Switch to Gmail

You'd think a college campus would be thrilled about switching from a proprietary email system to Gmail--but Yale has delayed that very switch over a variety of mostly ridiculous fears.READ MORE›

The Internet Changes Everything...Finally!

Remember the days when you had to install software, manage upgrades to the new version, back up your servers, handle hard disk crashes, and generally be on call 24 hours a day for software and hardware emergencies? At this point you ...READ MORE›

Four Apps From the Google Marketplace Worth Installing Right Now

The launch of the Google Apps Marketplace means GOOG's giving every Web service the same privilege Buzz had: integration with Gmail, Docs, Calendar and the rest of the GApps gang. If you administer a Google Apps account for your ...READ MORE›

Enterprise Users Are People Too: Google Apps Expanded to Include Picasa, Blogger, Reader, and More

Google's enterprise suite of software, Google Apps, is great, offering a cheaper, cleaner, cloud-based change from traditional products like Microsoft Office. And now they're adding even more Google services to the mix.READ MORE›

Google Announces Offline Docs

Here Ken Norton, Product Manager at Google, shows us the new offline features of Google Docs, which were just released today.READ MORE›

Five Ways the New Google Docs Speeds Up Teamwork

Google Docs' latest upgrade makes the strongest case yet to skip Microsoft Office and collaborate with your group in your browser--especially when you're not in the same physical space. Here are five ways the new Google Docs helps ...READ MORE›

Steve Ballmer’s Cloud Computing Ambitions for Microsoft

Inside Steve Ballmer’s push into Web services.READ MORE›

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Google's Game Show: All About Facebook?

When Google threw a party at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last Wednesday, the question that seemed to bedevil the press and analysts gathered was, "Why is Google throwing a party at the Game Developers ...READ MORE›

Work Smart: 3 Apps for Syncing Home and Office

You're at home and want to edit a file that's on your work computer. You're on the family PC and want to see a photo you saved on your laptop. Most of us use several different computers on a day-to-day basis, but our files aren't ...READ MORE›

Google Introduces Government-Approved Secure "Apps for Government" Suite

Google's new Apps for Government are the first cloud-based tools to receive certification from the Federal Information Security Management Act. Google says this suite will be both cheaper and more efficient than existing tools.READ MORE›

“First Click Free” Will Give Allow Publishers to Re-Enforce Pay Walls

After Rupert Murdoch proposed blocking his paid sites from Google (saying, search engines are “feeding off the hard-earned efforts and investments of others”), the search engine giant has made a surprising move to reach across the table and help publishers like Murdoch. In the past, Google has been criticized for thinking like engineers (for instance, the copyright infringements that made Google Books possible), not business people. They might be…READ MORE›

Work Smart 2: Is Google Apps for Business For You?

[video_twistage 1] Nowadays, moving your businesses' IT solution to a hosted cloud-based service--like Google Apps for business--is all the rage. But does it make sense for your (very) small business? In this week's episode, sole ...READ MORE›

Google Docs Coming to iPad in "the Next Few Weeks" to Slap iWork Around

Google very casually announced today that iPad-compatible versions of Google Docs will be heading to Android and iPad soon. Could Docs upstage Apple's own iWork and make the iPad a true work machine?READ MORE›

Google Limits Free Access to Google News ... Kind Of

Ever thought Google News, with its endless stream of no-cost content, was too good to be true? Well, so did Rupert Murdoch, who has repeatedly threatened to pull News Corp.'s Web sites--most notably, The Wall Street Journal and ...READ MORE›

Microsoft and Facebook Team Up for Attack on Google Docs

Google pioneered and dominates the field of cloud-based documents and spreadsheets, but as announced at Facebook's f8 conference, they've now got some competition from Microsoft.READ MORE›

Google Apps Migration Tool Aims to Rip Out The Business Heart of Microsoft's Exchange

For anyone who's ever doubted Google's intention of stealing core Microsoft business, even with the recent machinations, there's now this: Google has tool that makes migrating from MS Exhange to Google Apps as easy as four ...READ MORE›

Living with Google: A Day-in-the-Life

Google’s cloud-based apps have transformed the way people surf the web, do business, and view the world around them. Gmail has 176 million users to date, and Google Maps sees more than 44 million visitors each...READ MORE›

Law Firm Marketing Going Beyond SEO

When it comes to attracting more cases to your law firm, search engine optimization is probably one of the most effective and quantitative methods of marketing.READ MORE›

Yahoo Slams Google in New, Ill-Conceived Ads

Yahoo's new series of ads slams Google for being just a search engine. The only problem? Everyone on the planet knows that Google isn't just a search engine.READ MORE›

Multimedia Smackdown

Yesterday, Google announced plans to be more up-front and clear as a company. CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking at Google Press Day 2006 (where Google launched four new products, including Google Desktop 4) told reporters, “We’re ...READ MORE›

Google News Revamped: This Is Your News, Personalized and Localized

Google News saw a major redesign today, not just in its look but in its core philosophy. Google's really taking the maxim that "all news is local" to heart.READ MORE›

During Apple Week, Google and Amazon Try to Remind You They Exist

It's iPad week on the Web: Thanks to Apple there are precious few items of technology news out there that aren't concerned with it. But that's got Amazon and Google in a tizzy, and they're trying to remind you they're newsworthy ...READ MORE›

Google Scripts Help Automate Apps, Premier Edition Only

Automation is the dream of every work-laden computer user, and scripting languages can make those dreams come true. Now Google is releasing its own scripting language for its online apps called Google Apps Script. It seems mostly ...READ MORE›

Google Aims at Small Business Software Market, With Cloud-Connected Apps Store

Google's up to its old tricks again, extending software tentacles in new directions to capture or subvert entire markets: This time it's aiming at business software by launching Google Apps Marketplace, which does clever ...READ MORE›