Google Docs Folderized

google_docs.gifAs posted earlier, i prefer online offices over MS Office and other stand-alone office suites. I always use Google Docs for my spread sheets. They have now announced a new feature – Folders. When i was using Yahoo mail, i loved the folder thingy and here at Gmail, i loved the “Starred” folder. And now, we have both of these here at Google Docs. It has a great new look too. Hopefully they, now, need to work more on the the features available within the editors. Its very minimal now.

Here’s whats new :

  • Looking pretty – The entire document list has been given a complete visual overhaul – new icons, more content, and better organizational controls. We know users spend a lot of time here and we aim to make it feel more like home.
  • Getting organized – Almost from the day we launched people have been clamoring for folders. They’re here! Even cooler, our new folders continue to work like the tags they’ve replaced – your old tags are automatically converted to folders and documents can live in more than one folder at a time. Organizing your documents is as easy as dragging and dropping a document to a folder. We’ve also included special controls for seeing only those documents created by you or shared with a particular person.
  • Search that thinks ahead – If you’ve ever tried Google Suggest, you know how cool it is when a search engine offer suggestions as you type. Google Docs & Spreadsheets now works the same way – we offer dynamically filtered results from your document list as you type, saving you time and getting you to your documents more quickly.

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Pownce – Kevin Rose’s Start up

pownce.jpgFew days ago, it was rumored that Digg’s Kevin Rose has been working on a new startup. And now it here. It is called Pownce. The founding team of the company also includes Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, and Shawn Allen. Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.

Kevin made the public announcement on his blog today. Its still in private beta. However, they have have a way to request invitations and i have requested one. Hope i get it soon.

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Right now, there are four basic things you can send: messages, links, files, and events.

You might send an event out to a dozen of your friends letting them know you’re hosting a party this Friday. They could easily get the event details you entered, respond with questions or comments and then quickly rsvp.

Say you had a great photo you wanted to share with all of your friends. Just add the file and all of your friends will get it right away. They’ll be able to reply and tell you if it’s cool. You could even post songs you recorded in your home studio to share with your friends.

Guy Kawasaki’s Truemor was talked all over the web. But it turned out to be a failure. Now Pownce is being talked all over the web since Kevin is behind it. Hope this doesn’t end up with the same story as Truemor.

Yahoo acquires Rivals

rivals.jpgToday, Yahoo has officially announced that they have acquired Rivals, the college sports site. Here is the link to the press release. Though, the price is undisclosed, TechCrunch reports it to be $100 Million.

Rivals.com provides the best coverage of college and high school sports on the Web, maintaining more than 100 college-specific sites and posting hundreds of updates each day. It also satisfies high school fans by following games and news in more than 35 states.

Rivals.com is also known for being the place for college sports fans to chat and share information, stats, and photos. In fact, its message boards are among the most popular in sports, and an important part of the business.

Google Acquires Zenter

zenterlogo.pngYesterday, google have announced that they have acquired Zenter, a company that provides software for creating online slide presentations. Last week, Google launched its Slideshow Viewer in Gmail. And they already have Google Docs and Spreadsheets. With the acquisition, they will probable be adding presentations to their list. Google’s advancing very well in the field of Online Office, while Yahoo’s nowhere seen.

As seen on TechCrunch :

Zenter is an web based presentation app that promises to really take advantage of being online. Users will have the regular functionality of PowerPoint, but with the ability to directly add content from the web (Google Images). Each public slide show will also be put into a public library, for other users to remix or just drop into their show.

Multi Touch Hits Laptops

I wrote about Microsoft’s Multi Touch Surface computers about a month ago. I have not yet recovered from the impact that had caused in me. Today, i was again amazed, when i heard that this multi-touch technology has hit Laptops too. Check out the below video, where Steve Hodges of Microsoft Research Cambridge explains about the principle invlolved.