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Skiff, an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Docs, raises $3.7M seed

TechCrunch

Imagine if Google Docs was end-to-end encrypted so that not even Google could access your documents. Skiff is a document editor with a similar look and feel to Google Docs, allowing you to write, edit and collaborate in real-time with colleagues with privacy baked in. That’s Skiff , in a nutshell.

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Google’s Material You design is coming to Gmail, Calendar, and Docs on Android

The Verge

Google is starting to roll out its new Material You design system to Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and more on Android. The end result is subtle but colorful changes to apps like Gmail, Calendar, and Docs. The design changes are already available in Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

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Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides now have a dark theme on Android

The Verge

Google is rolling out a dark mode for its Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps on Android starting today. Users can activate the dark theme on Docs, Sheets, or Slides by going to the respective app’s settings. The tech giant says all Android users will gain access to the dark theme within the next two weeks.

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Google Workspace turns to ‘smart chips’ to weave Docs, Tasks, and Meet together

The Verge

The @ mention is the key to Google’s Office competitor Google is launching a slate of new features for its Workspace productivity suite today, starting with new “smart chips” that connect Google Docs to other products. It dynamically resizes the doc to the size of your web browser the way a web app ought to. x 11 piece of paper.

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Fiberplane nabs € 7.5M seed to bring Google Docs-like collaboration to incident response

TechCrunch

Fiberplane , an Amsterdam-based early stage startup that is building collaborative notebooks for SREs (site reliability engineers) to collaborate around an incident in a similar manner to group editing in a Google Doc, announced a ??€ How you react when your systems fail may define your business. 7.5M (approximately $8.8

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5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About Cloud Computing

TechImpact

Mail, and Google Docs are all examples of cloud-based applications, also known as software as a service (SaaS). When using a cloud-based email system from your laptop for example, your machine is not doing any of the raw computations, it is simply displaying the results of computations that are happening elsewhere. Gmail, Yahoo!

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How to share a Google Doc privately

The Verge

It seems that a writer had shared a new Google Docs article with them (a usual way of submitting a freelance piece), and when my colleague opened the article, they found another, unknown person was already reading it — somebody who was definitely not on our staff. So here’s how you can share your Google Docs document — carefully.

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