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Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:11:40 +0000

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By: Ricardo Cabral

Ricardo Cabral — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:03:54 +0000

@rebolek: The brilliant aspect of this feature is not the fact that google spreadsheets now allow formula lookups using http but the fact that the absurd amount of data Google has will be used on the very near future to enable functions like these:

=GoogleTranslate(B3, “czech”)
=GoogleDefine(C2)
=GoogleLinkPopularity(C2)
=GoogleCheckoutPriceQuote(“Product name”)

By: Stubby

Stubby — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:23:03 +0000

Nothing against rebolek, but Excel had the same feature since at least 1995. But that used OLE/COM and not the hyped REBOL thing.

Seriously, the cool thing about this is that it’s got to be a lot easier for anyone to use GoogleFinance() than it ever was to use OLE for external data feeds through Excel.

By: rebolek

rebolek — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:35:30 +0000

nothing against google, but REBOL nanosheets had same feature at least three years ago. But that’s just REBOL and not the hyped AJAX Web2.0 on Rails BETA thing…

By: tecosystems » Blog Archive » links for 2006-12-03

tecosystems » Blog Archive » links for 2006-12-03 — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:29:35 +0000

[…] Ian Murdock’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Now *this* is Office 2.0 “I look forward to the day when you can pull in all manner of structured information into a spreadsheet via similar formulas.” – me too (tags: Murdock Google spreadsheet dynamic updating) […]

By: Google Extending Office Suites on iface thoughts

Google Extending Office Suites on iface thoughts — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:00:44 +0000

[…] Google is building vertical functionalities in its office suite by integrating with other Google services, which is cool. And it can happen in many more ways. It makes sense for documents that are going to be online, like probably your resume. I follow the online office suites in spite of believing that webified applications are better than browsered ones, for most cases today. The reason being that I see use for online office suites in the space of sharing and collaboration. I still prefer a a publish button in my desktop office suite is better than having to compose the entire document online. Similarly, I would prefer if this can be done in my desktop office suite. […]

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