Monthly Archives: May 2011

Offline Google Docs anyone?

Offline Google Docs anyone?

Google Doc’s has been a great success, bringing with it an easy-to-use cloud based Office Productivity Suite that fulfils the majority of needs of most users. There is one problem with some cloud application though and that is working offline, Google knows that if it wants to break Microsoft’s stanglehold on the Office market that it must provide offline editing.

It appears they’ve started doing something about it! This is probaby also tied in with the Google Chromebook rollout.

Links

Google Docs offline: Coming this summer – cnet News, 18th May 2011

AMA: A Peek Into The Future Of Google Docs – TechCrunch, 13th June 2011

Google Releases Chromebooks

Google Releases Chromebooks

Microsoft and Apple have the Desktop and Laptop Operating System market pretty much sewn up at the moment, there are some great Linux efforts out there (Ubuntu for example) but all of them have their problems… Windows is bulky, expensive and not particularly user friendly but offers great flexibility, Apple’s OS-X devices are expensive, not… Continue Reading