This Week in Online Evidence – February 25th 2011
Highlight: Google Cloud Connect
This week Google launched Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office. Cloud Connect is a free plugin for Microsoft Office which enables users to seamlessly collaborate on Word, Excel or Powerpoint files via Google Docs. Two or more people can work together on the same file in real time with Cloud Connect immediately sharing any edits and handling overlapping edits. The tool works by syncing the Microsoft Office documents with Google Docs and by adding a document sharing toolbar to Microsoft Office.
Cloud Connect represents a major advance in offline access for Google Docs and will encourage greater collaborative use of Google Docs since users will no longer need to leave their familiar Microsoft applications. For a more detailed overview of Cloud Connect see Google’s video below or take a look at Amir Efrati’s article in the Wall Street Journal or Klint Finley’s post at ReadWriteWeb.
