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"We're very happy to announce the latest version of Gliffy Online-now completely rebuilt around an HTML5 editor with ultrafast response rates and an impressively improved feature set. The next time you use Gliffy Online you'll notice the dramatic difference. HTML5 offers you stable, secure access to built-in features unavailable using a plugin like Flash. "

If you watch a lot of online videos for education or research, you'll find VideoNotes a really useful tool. It's as simple as this: sign in with a Google account (VideoNotes uses Google Drive for storage) and then paste in the URL for a YouTube video. Then as it plays you can start making notes on the right-hand side of the screen. The clever bit is that as you click on previous notes you've made, the video will jump to that point, making this a really useful tool for navigating documentaries, study guides and other long, involved videos.

Synergyse offers an interactive and scalable training system for employees covering Gmail, GCal and Drive at launch, with more to come soon, offering access to training directly inside each application. Synergyse pricing starts at $10/year for individuals, is free for students and costs businesses $10/employee/year. 

"Doctopus is a Google Spreadsheet script developed by Andrew Stillman that can help teachers manage the flow of shared work in in their Google Drive accounts. The basic concept behind the script is to enable teachers to quickly share documents with all of the students on a roster, monitor usage of shared documents, and give students feedback within that roster spreadsheet."

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Occasionally there is a piece software that comes along which astonishes me that I can download it for free. We have been recently investigating the ability for our users to sync their docs with a cloud service, primarily for backup. We have looked at Google Drive, DropBox and SkyDrive and there are many others. All have advantages / disadvantages however there is one thing that none of them seem to do - local storage. We simply can't have 1,500 users all trying to sync to the Internet and expect it to work across our 50 meg pipe.  We need it to be stored locally, on one of our servers. Sure we'll need tons of storage and won't have intercontinental redundancy and failover, but let's be honest we are not backing up nuclear launch codes here. One large RAID 5 storage should do the trick.

Google is a vast machine with all types of apps, programs, and tools. A lot of these-like Gmail and Google Docs-are clearly useful and beloved by many. But hidden inside Google's network are some awesome, lesser-known gems that can make your life easier. Over the last couple of years Google has experimented with a lot of products. Hidden beneath popular apps like Gmail, Google Search, and Chrome are a lot of cool features that most people don't mess around with. Here are some of our favorite unsung Google features, from Google Drive apps to Google+ to everything in between.

"The Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to writing papers, organizing presentations and putting together spreadsheets and reports. But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs."

"To improve the experience for the entire Google Apps ecosystem - that's our goal. Whether you're a Google Apps administrator, end-user, or even reselling Google Apps, BetterCloud products and solutions can help you do your job. We believe Google Apps is set to drive the next phase of innovation in the enterprise, and BetterCloud products will help turn that vision into a reality."

Electronic portfolios are gaining so much popularity among teachers and students. Their easy accessibility and availability anywhere anytime make them really worth trying. There are actually several web tools that you can use to create digital portfolios and I have already reviewed some of them in this post, however, today I am sharing with you an excellent video tutorial from EdTechTeacher on how to use Google Drive as a portfolio solution in iPad classroom. Check it out below

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But if you want protect your USB drive and files from malicious access, you will need something powerful. Scanning the USB drive with antivirus programs cannot provide you the best protection. More clearly, antivirus programs are not really an option.

OMG! Everything you need to know about Pixlr a great online photo editing tool that links in with your Google drive account.