Google Docs might no longer support exporting files in older Microsoft Office formats but they are continuing to work on improving the overall user experience.
Google Drive team has just revealed that they have rolled out major updates related
Google has expanded their Gmail and Google field trial with a bunch of new services.
The field trial was launched recently as an opt-in feature for the users of Google.com in English language in some countries.
It allowed the users to get
Google seems to have taken an inspiration from Ubuntu. They have added a new option in Google Docs which minimizes the menu bar.
It adds a search box to the minimized menu bar which can be used to access any of the commands quickly.
This is
Google has rolled out updates to improve table editing on their Docs platform.
You now get the ability to select any grid of cells just like in a desktop app.
Google Docs also now makes it easy to copy paste data into table cells. You
Google has announced that all Docs users would get an alert about migration to Drive from now on.
Users can continue to retain the older look and feel of Google Docs for the near future but eventually everyone would be permanently migrated to
Google has updated their Google Drive mobile app for both Android and Apple iOS devices.
Updates for Google Android:
Users get the ability to add comments, reply to comments, view tables in the documents stored on the Google Drive. They
François Beaufort has some more exciting news for the users of Google ecosystem of apps and services.
He has revealed that Google would soon offer Google Drive as a default app that would be preloaded on Chrome installations.
For existing
Google has just rolled out discussion functionality on their Spreadsheets app in Google Drive.
This feature is already available in the word processor and presentation apps.
The company said:
Today we’re bringing the discussion functionality
IFTTT has just announced that they have added Google Drive as a channel on their platform.
You can now create IFTTT recipes to automate your Google Drive. Some example recipes:
Save All My Tweets To Google Drive
Back up my friend's Instagrams
DriveTunes is a browser extension for Google Chrome that lets you use Google Drive as the source of music.
If you prefer using Google Drive over Google Music to store your music files, this could come very handy.
It connects to your Google
