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Monday, July 18, 2011

Google Docs [Extension] Lets You Quickly Open Online Zip and RAR Files from Context Menu


Now support for viewing .zip and .rar files has been added by Google Docs. This fact make it a lot more handy as you don't have to install anything to open the RAR or Zip files. Google Docs can be used to view it online. Open ZIP and RAR With GDocs is a really helpful and good chrome extension for Google Chrome that lets users open any online zip or rar file by utilizing Google Docs without having to type the URL by hand.

When the installation is done, it adds and entry to the context menu of Google Chrome. Now when you have to open any online zip or Rar file, all you need to do is to right click on it and you will then see “Open with Google Docs”. Just choose the item and the file will be opened in Google Docs automatically.

While the same thing can be done manually, this extension saves time that is required to copy/paste the URL of the zip or rar file. You can see all of the files in the archive (zip/rar), the file types, and the size of those files before you start the download. Furthermore, it lets you save individual files to Google Docs.


Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:15 PM PDT
Want to share posts from Google+ to Twitter and Facebook? A new bot for Google+ named Agent G+ lets you do exactly that. When Agent G+ is connected to Twitter and Facebook, it can automatically post to them from Google+, without using any extensions. Just simple share a post with Agent G+ and it sends it to Twitter and Facebook right away. This bot supports connection to Identi.ca as well.
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For configuring this service, go to the site http://gplus.sagg.im/ and then simply connect with your Twitter and Facebook utilizing oAuth. When authenticated, you get a code from all these services. Now all you have to do id to share this code with Agent G+ on Google+, this also means that the authentication code is available for the bot only.

Now when authenticated, the post you share will Agent G+ on Google+ will be right away posted to Twitter and Facebook etc that you have connected with Agent G+. Well when you post any update on Google+, share it with your circles and with Agent G+ too. Or you can add Agent G+ to a new circle which would make it easier to share posts.

The vantage of Agent G+ is that it lets you post to Twitter, Facebook and Identi.ca, regardless of where you post the update from, as it only involves sharing the post with Agent G+ on Google+.

On the whole Agent G+ is a good service to connect to Twitter and Facebook without having to use any extensions.

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