Google Cloud Connect is a cloud sync add-on that automatically updates an online copy of your Microsoft Office documents to the Google Docs cloud whenever you save. As mentioned, this is pretty similar to what you could do by saving your documents in your Dropbox folder. The difference is, Google Cloud Connect will automatically refresh updates, stores author+revision information, and it has built-in fail-safes to prevent changes from being lost....

Google has just announced some new price plans for its Google Drive service. The new plans start at $1.99 for 100 GB (down from $4.99), $10 for 1 TB (down from $50) and 10 TB for $99.99. This storage is shared across Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos. It should be noted that Google bills customers monthly. Even so, these new price points make Apple’s iCloud storage offerings look awful in terms of value for money....

If the feature has been rolled out to your account, and you’re already logged in, start a new email and click the “Try Out the New Compose Experience” link. You’re presented with a “how it works” diagram and to start a message, click the Got It button or Learn More for in depth detail. But it’s straight forward enough. Once you click that, things change completely. You’ll click compose and get a window on top of the inbox, allowing you to compose your new email....

Google’s new Motorola Division has filed a patent lawsuit against Apple with the United States International Trade Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal. In this lawsuit, Motorola claims that Apple violated seven patents with its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch iOS products and even Macs. As detailed by Bloomberg, the specific patents in question involve Apple’s Siri voice-control system, location-based reminders, push email notifications, media playback on phones. Earlier this year, Apple’s case against Motorola over four patents was dismissed....

Electronics trade-in site Gazelle has today announced that it will lock trade-in prices for iPhones between now and September 9th for 50 days. This means that iPhone owners looking to upgrade can get a quote today, but not let go of their device until the new iPhone arrives, keeping the original quoted price. Gazelle predicts that trade-in prices for iPhone 5s to fall up to 25% in the month following the expected iPhone 6 announcement....

Apple’s Thunderbolt hardware pieces are coming together and to get ready, Apple is updating MacBook Air firmware. The 4 MB update promises to enhance the stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, and resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance on MacBook Air (mid 2011) models. Thunderbolt parts have already began shipping and new products include Docks, external PCI Card adapters, as well as storage....

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore have a lot of things in common, but not all of them are pleasant. They both have to deal with Christopher Hayden, Rory’s dad. Some argue that he has a positive arc of character development, but others think he gets worse throughout the series. Christopher lives life on his terms, and he often disregards the needs or desires of other people. He loves his daughter, Rory, and at times, he seems to love Lorelai....

FOX’s hit musical comedy series Glee primarily centered on Rachel Berry’s rise from overachieving high school drama queen to Broadway star, but viewers often found themselves gravitating towards other members of McKinley High’s New Directions. Hilarious characters like Brittany S. Pierce and Sam Evans and wildly talented Glee Club members like Blaine Anderson and Mercedes Jones became fan-favorites, but for some people, it was always all about fashionable and sassy countertenor Kurt Hummel....

Though Glee started off with just five singers and a teacher with a dream, the New Directions Glee club expanded over the years to include many more students. As they needed to fill their ranks, exchange students, transfers, and simply those who wanted to be stars joined up. There was also a whole new class of New Directions members as Rachel Berry and company left McKinley High. Would “the next Rachel” wind up in the same Hogwarts house as her predecessor?...

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are taking a cue from Apple and including a notch on both phones. The design is similar to last year’s phone. The only noticeable change at a glance is the sizable notch on the display. Both phones have upgraded cameras with AI-powered features. It comes with a new Snapdragon 845 processor and modern displays starting at 5....

Additionally, the cloud business is aligning the two-year program with Google for Startups to ensure startup customers get a consistent experience across all of Google as they seek access to Google mentors, products, programs and best practices. All early-stage companies in the Google for Startups Cloud Program will also now have access to a dedicated Google Cloud point of contact during their two years in the program. “Startups have always been an incredibly important part of our customer base, and they continue to be so,” Ryan Kiskis, director of Google Cloud’s Startup Ecosystem, told ZDNet....

Start at Whole Foods Today As long as you’re a Prime member and have the Whole Foods app, you’ll get $10 to spend for Prime Day. If you’re going grocery shopping, do it before or during Prime Day. That will score you $10 off any Prime Day order, even if it isn’t a Prime deal. Whole Foods are busy on the weekends, and they are running some Prime Day specials too....

Well, like all things, Twitter has apparently determined that to stay relevant in the modern era of Snapchat, Instagram, and Animoji, it must evolve or die. So, effective immediately, Twitter has increased the tweet character limit to 280 characters. Twitter Doubles Tweet Character Limit The web interface at Twitter.com has already implemented the new 280 character limit, however, you will need to update the app on your various mobile device(s) and apps to get the change....

When you sign into Google Plus for the first time, it takes you to the welcome page. The welcome page pretty much shows everything that Google Plus can do, and it also notifies you that it is still in a “field trial” rather than beta status. If you took the service at bare-bone value, it is basically a glorified Twitter, but there are 3 unique features that make it stand out: Circles, Hangouts, and Sparks....

Google is all set to take Augmented Reality one step higher with the latest version of ARCore. Google ARCore v1.2 is now available. It brings some really new features indicating the continuous enhancement Google is performing to help developers build Apps that support AR. These Apps aim to be more collaborative and immersive. The new features include Cloud Anchors that enables a collaborative AR experience. This will include like redecorating the users’ home, playing games or painting a community mural....

…Use Safari! (lol,) Google Chrome 39 had started to crash for me as soon as I updated to 10.10.2 Beta. I tried all of the normal things (trashing Google prefs, using Canary, etc etc). Nothing worked except downgrading back to Mac OS 10.10.1 stable. [tweet https://twitter.com/llsethj/status/538403705201377281] It turns out that the new 10.10.2 has depreciated some Trackpad APIs that cause an immediate crash. The answer comes via Reddit today: @llsethj If I understand correctly, some trackpad APIs were deprecated — drivers aren’t relevant....

Google has reportedly hired three former Assassin’s Creed developers to make Google Stadia-exclusive games. Google first announced their new game development company, the Stadia Games and Entertainment division, back in March 2019, pointing to interest in creating first-party titles. After a long period of speculation, hype, and doubt, Google’s Stadia Pro release finally arrived in mid-November. The game streaming service was met with a mostly negative reception. Google Stadia reviews found it lacked important features and a compelling reason to make the switch from traditional consoles - and in some cases, it just didn’t work at all....

In addition to YouTube Music, Google today is bringing iOS 14 home screen widgets to Photos. It delightfully lets you see “memories” every time you unlock your iPhone or iPad. The “Your memories” widget is available in the standard three sizes (2×2, 4×2, and 4×4) and shows “recently highlighted photos & videos, and special moments from previous years.” It’s basically the stories-esque carousel that Google added last year to the top of the Photos app....

Image credit: Gizmodo Anticipating Android backers will face legal hurdles as Apple now has the upper hand in its case against HTC (here and here), Google has stepped up and bought more than a thousand IBM patents for an undisclosed sum. The news was first reported by the blog SEO by the Sea and picked up by The Wall Street Journal. The search company might use IBM inventions as a leverage against pending lawsuits that indirectly involve its Android software....

Good news – yesterday Google updated its invite process and opened the flood gates into the system. Google+ users have been given an invite link which can be used to invite 150 of their friends to the service. Now before I share my link with you, (don’t worry… it’s coming!) I would like to ask that once you get signed up, you come back here and donate your link in the comments section below....