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YouTube Makes Analytics Data Easier to Mess Around With

YouTube has continuously been improving its video analytics program YouTube Insight since its launch last year. "Whether you want to know how old your audience is, how many times your most-viewed video was rated last week, or which minute of your clip is most engaging, YouTube Insight can give you the answer. As we add functionality, we're careful to preserve YouTube Insight's clean and easy-to-use look and feel," says YouTube.

Google Docs Adds Spreadsheet Protection Feature

Google has launched a feature for spreadsheets in Google Docs called Sheet Protection. Basically, this will allow a user to let collaborators edit certain sheets of a spreadsheet while restricting them from others. To use the feature, simply go to the sheet, and bring up the menu. You will find the option that says "Protect Sheet."

Google Docs List View Not Just for Mobile Anymore

Google Docs users may recall last month when Google improved the mobile version by adding list view for spreadsheets, which allows you to view, edit, sort, and filter them. Before that you could only view them. Google has now made the same list view available for working on spreadsheets from desktop and notebook computers. It can be found in the View menu.

Google Makes Mobile Spreadsheets More Accessible

Today Google announced an improvement to the mobile version of Google Docs. That is list view for spreadsheets, which allows you to view, edit, sort, and filter your spreadsheets from your mobile device. Previously, you could only view your spreadsheets on mobile devices. Now, they basically have full functionality.

One Laptop Per Child Needs a Spreadsheet Solution

Dan Bricklin has ported the SocialCalc spreadsheet to the OLPC XO as an Open Source project. 

Hiding, Color Rules Added to Google Spreadsheets

Google Spreadsheets has several new features, as a Google Docs Guide in the official help group on the subject announced today:

Google Locks Up Spreadsheet Features

A round of updates at Google Docs & Spreadsheets added some handy features to users of the spreadsheet side of the service.

Google Spreadsheets Hooks Into Google Q&A

Google Q&A is a little-known feature in Google Search that determines data based on Google’s index of the web and returns answers straight up in your searches (like a famous person’s birthday).

Google Spreadsheets Updated

Google Spreadsheets has been updated, a minor release bumping the version number to 1.2.0i. The update fixes these issues: spreadsheets not loading quick enough spreadsheets not loading disconnect error messages (and if you are disconnected, you will be reconnected automatically)

Microsoft Writes Off Google

Microsoft's co-head of the Office software team says the company is not intimidated by Google's web-based word processing and spreadsheet applications, claiming they will not appeal to corporate customers.