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Embedit lets you embed files into your website or blog
May 30th
Embedit is a cool site that lets you embed files into your website or blog, with some great features. Documents can be viewed in multiple ways: embed directly, thumbnails that open in overlay, or links that open in overlay.
Microsoft Office Coming to iOS and Android in November
May 23rd
Microsoft is planning to release both iOS and Android variants of its Office suite of products this fall, a new report says. The date matches closely to when the company is expected to release Windows 8 and the new version of Office.
According to Boy Genius Report, which cites a “reliable source,” both the iOS and Android versions will be the “full Office suite.” Presumably that includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as tie-ins to Microsoft’s cloud services for Office. There are already OneNote and SkyDrive apps for iOS, and the former is on Android as well.
Google Docs Adds Research Tool
May 23rd
Recently Google Docs was updated with a new tool that allows users to compile research. The Research tool makes it easy to add information from the web to your documents.
Google Search in Education
May 23rd
Google has created a new site “Google Search Education.” This site will help students more effectively use Google search.
GoClass – Create and Deliver Lessons on iPads
May 18th
GoClass is a free iPad application for creating short lessons and delivering them to your students. The lessons can include annotated images, free hand sketches, text, and video. GoClass gives teachers tools for creating class rosters that they can use to keep track of which students are using the lessons when. Teachers also have the option to ask questions and poll their students.
Vid.ly – make your videos playable anywhere, on any device
May 17th
Vid.ly is a site that will take a video and convert it so it can be viewed on any device. You It gives you a unique Vid.ly URL and embed code for the video that you can share via email, web site, social network or you can embed the video on a site or mobile app. The video conversions are stored on their site and when someone clicks on the video/link, it detects their device and operating system and then delivers the correct video to them.
Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter
May 16th
The Google Search of the future is here. Now. Today. The long-talked-about semantic web — Google prefers “Knowledge Graph” — is rolling out across all Google Search tools, and our most fundamental online task may never be the same again.
