Narrative Science, a startup that specializes in generating readable text from multiple data sources, plans to announce on Friday that it closed a $10 million funding round.…
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Google uses machine learning to make its spreadsheets smarter
Google announced on Monday that its Sheets spreadsheet application in Google Drive can now fill in missing table values using machine learning. The…
Read MoreGoogle brings BigQuery down to earth with Excel connector
Google designed BigQuery as a cloud service for running fast queries against massive datasets, but with lofty ambitions there's always room to take a step back. Now, users that don't require super speed can run batch queries, and can connect to the service using Microsoft Excel.…
Read MoreSmall Business Owners Have A Project Management Problem
When I run into a small business owner I ask about what project management tools they use. At first, I was asking out of my own curiosity. But I kept asking because I started to see a pattern: Many small business owners don't use PM tools.…
Read MoreSpreadsheetLIVE Beta Enters the Web Office Fray
SpreadsheetLIVE Beta is a new entry into the web office applications space, currently dominated by Google, Microsoft and Zoho. Pagos is targeting corporate intranets, but also has a hosted version that could fit some web worker requirements. Currently, this hosted version is available for free.…
Read MoreHow to Track Freelance Job Leads Via Spreadsheet
Throughout our careers we freelancers experience alternating seasons of high and low activity. While we may still have projects during seasons of…
Read MoreNetflix Starts Streaming ABC Shows
Netflix (s NFLX) and Disney (s DIS) announced today that the online movie rental company will make earlier seasons of hit shows…
Read MoreiWork With Numbers: Conditional Formatting
This is the first in a series on some of the more advanced functionality of Numbers, my favorite spreadsheet app. If you’re…
Read MoreSmartsheet Launches New Version With Enhanced Features
Back in July when I originally covered the beta of Smartsheet Task Manager and Project Collaboration service, I had some reservations about…
Read MoreON24 Launches Virtual Show
ON24 is expanding beyond traditional corporate webcasting with its new Virtual Show product. Think of Virtual Show almost like a Second Life…
Read MoreOpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Rocks Aqua On Intel
VMware was not the only pre-release surprise this past week as OpenOffice.org launched a beta of their new 3.0 office productivity suite…
Read MoreLenovo X60 Tablet gets a Core 2 Duo inside
GottaBeMobile eye-spied the update on the Lenovo X60 product page: if you want a Core 2 Duo in your X60 Tablet PC,…
Read MoreQwest ready to sell itself
Qwest, after losing the battle for MCI is not averse to being taken out itself. “We’re looking at every opportunity as we…
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