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 	Most users don't office in the cloud: 1% use Google Docs
Most users don't office in the cloud: 1% use Google Docs
Google Docs has yet to take a bite out of Microsoft Office's slice of the productivity pie, according to new data from Clickstream Technologies. The market research firm surveyed its standing panel of 2,400 US Internet users and found that, not only was Google Docs usage relatively low compared ...
Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Mobile App for iPhone now with Voice Search and My Location
googlemobile.blogspot.com — The new Google Mobile App for iPhone makes it possible for you to do a Google web... search using only your voice. Just hold the phone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you're looking for. That's it. Just talk. Once the App is on, you don't ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Mobile App for ...
Google Mobile - Google Mobile App
google.com — Features Instant access to search: start a Google search with just one click. Google Suggest: get relevant... search suggestions as you type, saving you keystrokes. URL suggestions: these appear as you type the name or web address of the site you are ... (more) Google Mobile - Google Mobile App
★ Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs
daringfireball.net — Google’s just-released and much-publicized update to their Google Mobile iPhone app features some very clever interaction design... for the voice search feature. There is an on-screen button you can tap to initiate a voice search manually, but, as ... (more) ★ Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs
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Tech Observer — ... protégés," so the same judgments will have to made about whether each of the four apps in question is manifestement designed to aid in illegal content distribution. Given the various business models of the four applications, that may be a bit more difficult to prove than it was in the Grokster case. Also on Ars Technica: Why We're Always Fixing Our Parents' PC's How Intel Benefited from Vista Capable Changes Google's 1 Percent in the Clouds Related Links Report: Enterprise to ...

Banking Over IM? It's What the Kids Want
Tech Observer — ... higher. Even the older generations are starting to use SMS and IM en masse, with parents texting their kids more and more frequently. It's just a matter of time before financial (and other) services beef up their offerings so that we can all conduct our daily business in any way we'd like. Also on Ars Technica: Why We're Always Fixing Our Parents' PC's How Intel Benefited from Vista Capable Changes Google's 1 Percent in the Clouds Related Links Microsoft Getting Tetchy About ...

Do You Use Google Docs?
GeekSugar — ... So I was shocked when I read that only 1 percent of users utilize Google Docs, and that people are still using Microsoft Office. I use both; not ready, I guess, to completely live on the cloud and go Google Docs all the way, but I can foresee a day when I might. ...

Google's ASCAP-for-Books Moves Forward
Tech Observer — ... to set up the Registry and pay to contact rights holders about the settlement. Google's co-founder Sergey Brin called the agreement "a real win-win for us all, the real victors are all the readers. The tremendous wealth of knowledge that lies within the books of the world will now be at their fingertips." Also on Ars Technica: Why We're Always Fixing Our Parents' PC's How Intel Benefited from Vista Capable Changes Google's 1 Percent in the Clouds ...

Online Holiday Shopping Looking Grim
Tech Observer — ... Black Friday (only a week and a half away, at this point). A lot of people have their fingers crossed, hoping that all those people trying to stick to budgets might still pick up a little something extra for that special someone this Consumermas, so that this quarter's revenues aren't all the way down the toilet. Also on Ars Technica: Why We're Always Fixing Our Parents' PC's How Intel Benefited from Vista Capable Changes Google's 1 Percent in the Clouds Related Links Short-Circuited City ...

Only 1% of people are using Google Docs
Technology - Channel Feed — ... me roll my eyes and exclaim at my computer that something “isn’t news!!” but this little statistic made me sit up and take notice. Now, I love google docs. I’ve got manuscripts living there, the ability to work on them offline as well as when I’m on, and the spreadsheets generally rock my world, not to mention that watching someone else edit the document you’re editing at the same time can make me lose hours at a time! Because of this, I was surprised to find out that the survey completed recently by market research firm, Clickstream Technologies found out ...

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