Google Docs Changes Sharing and Privacy Options
In the immediate aftermath of a slew of new upgrades, Google Docs is changing how we share and control privacy for our documents, presentations and other stored files.
The changes are intended to make sharing and collaboration simpler while also letting users see at a glance what people have access to which documents. Now, the level of privacy or publicity a document has is more readily visible, which should make managing who can share your docs a lot easier.
Now, you can take any document you have stored on Google Docs () and designate it with one of three sharing/privacy settings. The doc can be private and viewable only by you. It can also be viewable by anyone with a link; a Google () rep compared this option to giving someone an unlisted phone number. Or the document can be completely public and viewable by anyone.
Public documents will also be indexed by search engines, so make sure your public docs are something you’d want the whole world to see. It’s also important to note that the default setting for new docs you create will be private.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
New Flock Ditches Firefox for Chrome, Embraces Simplicity
New Flock Ditches Firefox for Chrome, Embraces Simplicity
Social media and networking-oriented web browser Flock has become somewhat schizophrenic today. The official website’s front page features the stable, Firefox-based version, but the new beta has a completely different underlying browser: Chromium, the open source web browser that powers Google Chrome.
Is this dichotomy a sign that Flock simply doesn’t know where to go next? Perhaps. Touted as “the social browser,” Flock is basically another web browser — previously Firefox, now Google Chrome — with a bunch of social networking features on top. When I reviewed Flock 2.5 approximately one year ago, it was aimed at social networking enthusiasts, trying to stuff every possible feature from Twitter and Facebook into the browser.
Social media and networking-oriented web browser Flock has become somewhat schizophrenic today. The official website’s front page features the stable, Firefox-based version, but the new beta has a completely different underlying browser: Chromium, the open source web browser that powers Google Chrome.
Is this dichotomy a sign that Flock simply doesn’t know where to go next? Perhaps. Touted as “the social browser,” Flock is basically another web browser — previously Firefox, now Google Chrome — with a bunch of social networking features on top. When I reviewed Flock 2.5 approximately one year ago, it was aimed at social networking enthusiasts, trying to stuff every possible feature from Twitter and Facebook into the browser.
Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser
Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser
The Web is fast-becoming the Social Web. More and more users around the world are discovering the powerful benefits of being connected online to friends & family. At Flock, we believe passionately that this global phenomenon is literally bringing the Internet to life. It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Internet and it is fundamentally changing what we see, think and are able to do.
Because Flock is fully dedicated to enriching the social experience, over the past year, our users on Facebook have grown by 600% to over 7.5 million users. This dedicated and diverse community of Flock users has given us a privileged peek into the future. We’ve listened and learned a lot from our valued community.
With Social becoming a new way for everyone to engage, discover, work and play online, we decided last year that it was time to build a completely new and different version of Flock. Our goal was to redesign Flock to meet the needs of all active social media users, and anyone who seeks to better manage the volume of information, media and relationships they interact with online each day
The Web is fast-becoming the Social Web. More and more users around the world are discovering the powerful benefits of being connected online to friends & family. At Flock, we believe passionately that this global phenomenon is literally bringing the Internet to life. It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Internet and it is fundamentally changing what we see, think and are able to do.
Because Flock is fully dedicated to enriching the social experience, over the past year, our users on Facebook have grown by 600% to over 7.5 million users. This dedicated and diverse community of Flock users has given us a privileged peek into the future. We’ve listened and learned a lot from our valued community.
With Social becoming a new way for everyone to engage, discover, work and play online, we decided last year that it was time to build a completely new and different version of Flock. Our goal was to redesign Flock to meet the needs of all active social media users, and anyone who seeks to better manage the volume of information, media and relationships they interact with online each day
Google Docs's New Upgrades Go Live for Everyone
Google Docs's New Upgrades Go Live for Everyone
Google has recently made a slew of changes to its Docs office and productivity suite live for all users and all new documents. From now on, when you create a new spreadsheet, drawing, presentation or text document in Docs, you’ll be using the snazzy new interface and collaboration features as the default.
Two months ago, Google (
) announced some major new features for Google Docs (
). Users were able to preview these upgrades, which included completely group chat, real-time collaboration tools, and completely redesigned editors for documents, spreadsheets, and drawings.
From now on, any time you create a new document, you’ll be doing so from the new version of Google Docs. Documents already created using the older editor will remain in that interface, and you’ll soon be able to move those older documents to the new version of Docs, too.
Google has recently made a slew of changes to its Docs office and productivity suite live for all users and all new documents. From now on, when you create a new spreadsheet, drawing, presentation or text document in Docs, you’ll be using the snazzy new interface and collaboration features as the default.
Two months ago, Google (
) announced some major new features for Google Docs (). Users were able to preview these upgrades, which included completely group chat, real-time collaboration tools, and completely redesigned editors for documents, spreadsheets, and drawings.From now on, any time you create a new document, you’ll be doing so from the new version of Google Docs. Documents already created using the older editor will remain in that interface, and you’ll soon be able to move those older documents to the new version of Docs, too.
OneRiot Adds Facebook Results to Its Real-time Search
OneRiot Adds Facebook Results to Its Real-time Search
OneRiot, which runs an advertising marketplace and a search engine for social networks, has added Facebook data to its real-time search features, which means that searches using the company’s API will now include links that have been shared or “liked” on the world’s largest social network. OneRiot started experimenting with the Facebook data via the company’s open graph platform, and says it’s now included in all of its search results. OneRiot’s search engine also indexes posts from Twitter as well as other social networks including MySpace, Digg and Delicious
OneRiot, which runs an advertising marketplace and a search engine for social networks, has added Facebook data to its real-time search features, which means that searches using the company’s API will now include links that have been shared or “liked” on the world’s largest social network. OneRiot started experimenting with the Facebook data via the company’s open graph platform, and says it’s now included in all of its search results. OneRiot’s search engine also indexes posts from Twitter as well as other social networks including MySpace, Digg and Delicious
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