Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Software : Google Docs offline support coming this summer

Software : Google Docs offline support coming this summer

Google Docs offline support coming this summer

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:24 AM PDT

Google has reportedly been testing offline support for Google Docs, with a member of the Google Docs team confirming that it will begin roll out later this summer.

While Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365 is about to launch, Google is looking to offline in order to grow.

Offline Google Docs will also have huge repercussions for Google's Chrome OS, which has been criticised for being unusable when there's no internet network available; but if you can still edit documents while offline, it could become much more useful.

Offline edits

Writing in a Q&A thread on Reddit, Jeff Harris of the Google Docs team said, "You're going to see offline start to roll out later this summer.

"We used to have offline with Google Gears, but it became pretty clear that plugins weren't the right approach. We've been reimplementing offline using HTML5 standards like AppCache, File API, and IndexDB.

"We're some of the first web apps that are really putting those standards to the test, so it's taken a while to iron out the kinks."

He also explained how the service will work:

"The long term direction is if you access a Doc URL while offline, it should open the local copy of the doc and let you edit. When you go online all your edits get synced in the background. You should also be able to see a list of your docs while offline.

"We'll need to work through all the tricky problems with how to merge conflicting edits. It's fun stuff."

Some people have started seeing some of the tests surface on the current Google Docs iteration, with a black bar flashing up on screen offering the opportunity to switch between on- and offline modes.

Apple reveals 3TB Time Capsule

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Apple has snuck a new 3TB Time Capsule back-up device on to its online US website.

Although the new Time Capsule isn't available to buy yet, it seems that the 1TB model is being retired and replaced with the larger 3TB version, while the 2TB version remains.

No word yet on how much the big fat storage unit will set you back; in fact, no sign of the 3TB model on the UK Apple Store yet at all but we're sure Apple won't leave us Brits behind for long.

Now for the video

Hey, we've thought of something you can store in your humungous 3TB Time Capsule – massive videos put together using Final Cut Pro X.

That's us tenuously segueing into the news that the popular video editing software has just hit the Mac App Store with a UK price of £179.99.

Alongside Final Cut Pro X, Apple has launched two companion apps for videographers; Compressor for advanced media encoding and Motion 5 for moving graphics.

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