Tag: WRITELY

Google's much kind of anticipated PowerPoint clone could be almost ready to see the light of day. There've been rumors that Google was working on a slideshow application for ages. In April, Google bought one company with presentation technology, and another in June. Also in June, Gmail added the ability to view PowerPoint slides sent as e-mail attachments. But while the company has an online word ...

Could Google be developing a PowerPoint and Keynote killer? Looks like it might be in testing mode from the code that both the Google Operating System blog, and TechCrunch have reported on. It's a perfect choice for Google to add to its "non-office" suite of products. The code name appears to be Presently, and could have possibly been in the works by Writely before it was purchased by Google. We ...

Google has merged Writely, now known as Docs, and Spreadsheets together to form one super online office application. Ok, so it's not super yet, and it still does have some catching up to do with Zoho Office, but it's on the way. Google Account users now have the benefit of creating, and storing documents and spreadsheets together in the new Docs and Spreadsheets service. Google has listened to ...

Google is rumored to be preparing to release a new online service called Google Docs. The new service will integrate, and possibly merge, Google Spreadsheets and Writely. This move, which could be announced at the Office 2.0 conference tomorrow, slowly expands the online productivity suite that Google is working on. With this additional step, Google forges ahead in the online office space ...

Writely has finally done the deed and fulfilled their acquisition destiny by opening their doors for users to sign in using their Google Accounts. They even published a succinct, though somewhat goofy, Help Center Q&A on this new ability, clarifying that not all Google Accounts are Gmail accounts, but all Gmail accounts are, in fact, Google Accounts; they must've been getting pounded with ...

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: Google Map Search gadget Grannies and Google Coupons Google Music Trends Brazil sues Google Google Anniversary Writely is open for business China.com teams with Google Welcome to Friday's Googleholic edition... ...

The Video Issue. In this issue we cover: Google Demo Reel Google Click Fraud: The Movie The Secret of Google's Search Engine Google's First TV ad Vint Cerf on Net Neutrality Google is looking for a Chef in Chelsea What News sources does Google index? Picasa Web Albums Gpokr ...

UneasySilence brings word of a little known page which appears to be offering rare and coveted invitations to Google Spreadsheet and online word processing application Writely. The site is still accepting applications (shoot them your email, they shoot you the invites) as of 9:45 MST. I haven't received mine yet, but the guys at Uneasy usually have pretty good stuff. The only other way for us ...

Google recently joined the Open Document Alliance. Google recently launched Google Spreadsheets, and purchased the online word processor, Writely, made the move to support the alliance in the development of the open document industry. The Open Document Alliance is a relatively new organization that launched March of 2006. Its goal is to help the move from paper to electronic. Promoting and ...

In case you're of the opinion that finding a list of keyboard shortcuts for whatever Google web app you happen to be using right now, you should bookmark this master list of keyboard shortcuts, which has all the hotkeys for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Video, Google Local, and even Writely all on one page. Handy! ...

Another piece of Google's fabled web-based office suite falls into place with the big G's acquisition of Writely, the web-based word processor that we (and everyone else) have been keeping an eye on since its beta launch last year. To refresh your memory, Writely is the flagship product of Upstartle and lets people collaboratively write and edit documents in their web browser. Writely shares its ...