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So Happy Together: Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Google has now com­bined Writely and Google Spread­sheets into one place with the release of Google Docs & Spread­sheets. This site puts every­thing in one easy to find, easy to share, easy to search place. You can upload exist­ing files, down­load back into Word or Excel, and col­lab­o­rate with oth­ers on any project you are work­ing on. Google offers these tools for you to use absolutely free of charge. They also store every­thing for you for free. Need to back up some impor­tant files? Try using Google Docs and Spread­sheets. While they do not pos­sess the com­plete range of func­tion­al­ity offered by their Microsoft coun­ter­parts, they have all of the basic ele­ments cov­ered. Fur­ther, they make reg­u­lar enhance­ments and addi­tions to the pro­grams based on the feed­back of the user com­mu­nity. No mat­ter your moti­va­tion, Google Docs and Spread­sheets is worth a look. Cre­ate a Google account and check them out for yourself.

Extra, Extra, Read All About It: Updated Google RSS Reader

Also worth a look is the newly revised Google RSS Reader. Bril­liantly labeled by Google as “your inbox for the web,” the Google RSS Reader is a tool worth check­ing out for your­self. I began using it full time last week, fol­low­ing the lat­est set of enhance­ments to the prod­uct. This tool makes it easy to comb through hun­dreds, even thou­sands of sto­ries, arti­cles, news items, coupons, com­ing events, and other note­wor­thy arti­cles in min­utes. RSS shapes the World Wide Web to bet­ter serve you– effort­lessly deliv­er­ing con­tent you deem rel­e­vant directly to you as it is cre­ated. While RSS has been around for some time now, it has yet to truly explode. That will change soon, and you should get onboard with this tech­nol­ogy now. The Google RSS Reader is a great tool to help get you started.

Google Docs & Spread­sheets Tour