Needing additional installed software to view Microsoft Office documents can be a pain. It takes unnecessary time to download a file and then open it in the appropriate application. Chrome Office Viewer launches an attempt to eliminate this hassle by supporting these files right in the Chrome browser. It even uses an integrated sandbox feature to help combat malware from stealing or monitoring the ...

Google has introduced a few updates to Google Apps and Spreadsheets in the last week. The biggest update to Google Apps is the inclusion of the .docx format which has become the primary extension for the current version of Microsoft Word documents. This meant that previously, users had to convert or copy and paste documents into a Google document to create something themselves. Now, they can simply import and export .docx formats into Google Drive ...

As the Internet continues to grow larger and gets tightly knitted into the daily life of everybody, it is important to begin to use better tools to reduce time wastage and improve online experience. Gmail Attachments to Drive is a Google Chrome extension that makes saving Gmail attachments to Google docs (now Google Drive if you have activated your account) as easy as pie. It eliminates the need to open attachments in Google doc before selecting ...

Google Drive was introduced to the world wide web on April 24, 2012. The buzz behind Google Drive had built for over a year (or even more) before Google finally released it. Now that it is here, many users have opted to give it a try. By signing up for an invite, Google has begun sending out invites fairly quickly to users. Google Drive is a Cloud service provided to Google account holders that let ...

Dropbox is really popular among cloud syncing software. There are other options out there, a lot of them in fact. One of the other cloud syncing options is InSync. They even say it’s ok for you to cheat on Dropbox with them. That means it’s ok if you have permission…. right? The way InSync works is similar to Dropbox, however it is linked to ...

Microsoft has steadily begun working with SkyDrive to make it competitive with Google Docs, dropbox and other similar services over the last few months. However, the latest update to SkyDrive not only looks at what other services are doing right but also what users want to see in the service. This is the most feedback-driven update in SkyDrive’s history. While other services are often seen as ...

A lot of applications are moving to the cloud. Some have desktop applications and in some cases you need to access your files from the web. Remembering which site you need to see your file is a big inconvenience. Otixo is working on solving this issue for cloud service users. Otixo is a hub for all of your cloud based services like Dropbox,

There is no doubt Dropbox is popular. Many companies and individuals use Dropbox daily to keep files in sync wherever they access them. Is this the only option out there? Nope. All kinds of companies out there offer free online storage; you may even be using some of them already. If you are new to cloud storage, here are some ideas to get you started.   Something you may already be using Many email programs offer different options for the storage of files, pictures and other ...

After a long Beta period, Microsoft finally unveiled Office 365, and it is clear that they intend to compete with Google Apps. For a long time, Google has been at the top of the web-based office suite food chain. Microsoft’s Office 365 offers a lot of polish and functionality that Google’s Apps suite lacks, but the excess functionality may be too much for some ...

Microsoft Office is the industry standard office productivity suite, and Google Docs is the most widely used web-based office suite. If you use both, you know how difficult it can be to keep documents on your PC in sync with Google Docs. If you collaborate with others on documents, keeping your local and online documents synchronized becomes even more confusing. Google has created Cloud Connect to help you simplify the process ...