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Google Brings the Cloud to Legacy Microsoft Office with Cloud Connect
Google Docs just got better for users of Microsoft Office when they released a plug-in for the popular office suite that connects Office to Google’s cloud. The plug-in, called Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, will allow users to sync and share documents with Google Docs. According to a ZDNet article, the documents will not ...
iOS 4.2 Update Comes to iPads: Multitasking, AirPrint, and AirPlay
A new software update is coming to iPad, bringing it a multitude of new features and improvements. As the Wall Street Journal’s Bits blog tells the story about the iOS update, it will affect a multitude of systems: multitasking, AirPrint, AirPlay, word processing, and more. The update, called iOS 4.2, was expected before year-end after ...
Tumblr Hits Stratospheric Windfall, Value to Exceed $100 Million
It looks like Tumblr’s value is about to hit the stratosphere with their newest round of funding. The company expects to exceed $100 million. The mini-blogging platform has long become a fun location to post quick jots and become part of an interconnected community of bloggers who share and share alike everything from short anecdotes ...
Cox Launches Mobile Service With Money Back Offer
Want to earn up to $20 back for not using all of your plan minutes from your wireless carrier? Well, perhaps it’s time to look into the newly launching Cox plan that does just that. Reuters is running a story right now about the intrepid new offering, After a year of testing, Atlanta-based Cox opens ...
YouTube Works to Enhance Tech for the Disabled
Everyone who uses the social, video-sharing site YouTube may now be familiar with the automatic closed-captioning system—and mostly they know it by how funny it can be. For most of us, the automated closed-captioning is just a gimmick, something silly that cropped up on videos a year ago. We tried it once, and then promptly ...
Former Falconstor CEO Resigns from Another Gig
It looks like ReiJane Huai will be moving on again after he resigned from SeaChange of Acton, Massachusetts. Their Board of Directors accepted his resignation after his extremely short stint with them. No news yet if the video content delivery company will be seeking a replacement. This action follows ReiJane’s recent resignation as CEO, President ...
U.S. Falling Behind World in Broadband Adoption, FCC Fears
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski addressed all comers to the Web 2.0 Summit with some dire news: the United States doesn’t seem to be doing too well with broadband adoption. The harsh criticism of current policies comes after the release of a study last year by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation that shows the U.S. ...
Google Ads Coming to Verizon FiOS TV
“Fiber all the way,” reads the motto of the Verizon FiOS roll-out, touting the fastest Internet in the United States, the clearest phone calls, and the highest resolution TV. It looks like Verizon will be handing one more thing to their eager FiOS customers: Google TV Ads. According to TechCrunch, the two companies are set ...
Hacking the Kinect Leads to Very Cool Things
Recently, Microsoft launched the Kinect for Xbox. A stereographic camera set capable of detecting and tracking movement in the room—something to help combat the extreme popularity of the Wii as a motion-sensing controller device. The Kinect has exploded onto the scene with a giant number of titles, but really where it’s shining today is how ...
Google Docs Now Going Mobile
Looks like Google Docs just got better: they’re rolling out a mobile editing platform for people on-the-go. The web platform will enable mobile devices to read and modify Google Docs on the fly. Good for anyone who happens to own a smartphone or tablet who sometimes gets the itch to fix something up and they’re ...