Optical Character Recognition now in Google Docs


Google Docs now supports importing scanned documents and then allowing you to edit the converted docs.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
English, French, Italian, German and Spanish

How to access what's new:
In Google Docs, on the upload page, check the “Convert text from PDF or image files to Google Docs documents”, upload your scanned images (JPEG, GIF, PNG) or PDFs, and Google Docs will extract text and formatting from the scans. You can then edit the converted document.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/06/optical-character-recognition-ocr-in.html

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[+629] Google Turns to HTML5 for Gmail’s New Drag& Drop Attachments

Google Turns to HTML5 for Gmail’s New Drag& Drop Attachments

webmonkey.com Google continues to use HTML5 to push its web apps into the future. The latest bit of HTML5 to feel Google’s love is drag-and-drop support, which is now a standard part of Gmail. If you’re using Google Chrome 4 or Firefox 3.6, you can now simply drag a file from your desktop onto a message window and Gmail will automatically attach the file.

Google Apps Marketplace now launched

The Google Apps Marketplace allows administrators to discover and purchase integrated third party cloud applications and deploy them to their domains. Applications listed in the Google Apps Marketplace integrate with Google Apps using open protocols. Once added, they then can be easily managed from your domain's control panel and accessed by users through the same links as the Google Apps suite.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
You can visit the Google Apps Marketplace directly at http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/home.

You can also access it from your administrator control panel by clicking on 'Add more services' to see the option to shop the Marketplace.

To add an application from the Marketplace:
1) Click "Add it now"
2) Agree to the vendor's Terms of Service
3) Grant access to the data that the app is requesting (some apps require data access, some don't...so only grant access to apps you trust)
4) Turn it on

For more information:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-for-business-google-apps.html
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-great-apps-for-google-apps.html

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