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iTunes U Downloads Surpass 300 Million

Cupertino, California-based Apple announced today in an official press release that downloads on its iTunes U service have surpassed the 300 million mark. iTunes U, which was introduced back in 2007, allows colleges and universities to manage and distribute educational content to students using the iTunes Store infrastructure. Already, more than 800 universities around the world are participating in the service. The current iTunes U catalog holds more than 350,000 audio and video files from universities across the world, states Apple.

Apple Vice President of Internet Services Eddy Cue said in a statement:

“iTunes U makes it easy for people to discover and learn with content from many of the world’s top institutions. With such a wide selection of educational material, we’re providing iTunes users with an incredible way to learn on their computer, iPhone, iPod or iPad.”

Press release available in the full post.

Google Launches New Drag, Drop, and Save Gmail Attachments Onto Desktop Feature

Google announced on Tuesday on The Official Gmail Blog the introduction of a new feature that allows users to save Gmail attachments on their desktop by just dragging and dropping them. Google previously introduced similar features to Gmail, which either allowed users to add images to an email or upload files as attachments by simply dragging and dropping them into a new message.

Now, whenever you receive an attachment on Gmail, you can hover your mouse over the “Download” link. This will prompt you to either “Click to view OR drag to your desktop to save.” From there, all you have to do is click and hold the file, drag it to the desktop, and drop it. The file will be automatically be saved. The new feature currently works with Google Chrome only.

Gmail Drag and Drop Feature Now Available for Safari

Back in April, Google introduced the ability to drag and drop files to Gmail to add them as attachments. Then, the company introduced a similar “drag images into message” feature. Unfortunately, the features were made available for Google Chrome and Firefox only. Well, Google Software Engineer Michael Davidson announced on Wednesday in very brief post on The Official Gmail Blog that the drag and drop ability along with the “drag images into message” feature are now available for Safari as well.

Gmail: Microsoft Word Documents Can Now Be Viewed in A Browser

Google announced today on the Official Gmail Blog that Microsoft Word documents can now be easily viewed in a browser when received as attachments in Gmail. Previously, users would had to download and open .doc and .docx files with the Microsoft Word desktop application in order to view them. Now, individuals will be able to see Word documents online in their browsers with the Google Docs viewer, which already allows Gmail users to conveniently open PDF, TIFF, and Power Point files.

All you have to do is click on the “View” link, which will automatically open the Google Docs viewer. Additionally, if the “Edit online” button is clicked, the document will open in Google Docs for editing. Users also have the option to download the file to open it with Microsoft Word.

Adobe Introduces Adobe Reader for Android

Adobe announced recently on the Adobe Reader Blog the introduction of the all-new Adobe Reader for Android 2.1 or higher. Similar to its desktop counterpart, the Adobe Reader for Android will allow users to read PDF files on their mobile devices. The application is actually available now on the Android Market for free, and it’s just one of various new Adobe products for the Android platform.

According to Adobe, the application features:

“Multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning. We’ve also added a “reflow” mode, which will take text-heavy documents with wide margins, and automatically wrap the content for easy viewing on smaller screens.”

Video demo after the jump.

Google Introduces Drag and Drop Feature to Gmail

Google announced today on the Official Gmail Blog the introduction of a drag and drop feature to the popular webmail service. As the name suggest, the feature allows users to just drag and drop files from their desktop to attach them. Previously, users had to manually click the “Attach a file” link, browse the files, and upload them one by one. Dragging and dropping attachments can definitely help save some time.

Now, do take into account that this feature is only available for either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox 3.6. Google expects to make the feature available to other browsers as soon as they support it.

One more image after the break.

Google Nows Allows For File Transfer in iGoogle and Orkut Chat

Moving right along with Google’s plot to take over the way we do everything, the company announced today on the Google Talk Blog the inclusion of a file transfer feature within iGoogle and the Orkut social network.

The new feature is a perfect way to share photos, documents, and even small video files with other users — even users of Google Talk.

Users looking to give the feature a whack must simply access the “Actions” menu, followed by selecting the “Send a file” button. Really, it’s that easy.

Google notes that the feature is currently only available for iGoogle and Orkut, though we may at a later time see the feature included into Gmail.

[ via Google Talk Blog ]

Google Cloud Storage To Be Rolled Out in the Coming Weeks

In effort to allow users the ability to store any type of file, and to make it accessible from any computer with an internet connection, Google will soon be rolling out Google Docs Storage, according to a blog post this morning. Users will receive 1GB of free storage on the cloud for files not converted into a Google Docs formation (spreadsheets, presentations, etc). Each file, however, must maintain a file size smaller than 250MB.

Users who find 1GB quite paltry are able to purchase additional storage at a very reasonable rate of $0.25 per GB, per year. It’s certainly a cheap price to pay to avoid sending those huge attachments via email to yourself — a procedure carried out by many.

Additionally, the Big G is allowing users to organize storage by creating folders, sub-directories, and the likes. Picture it as you own personal file system.

Review: CopyTrans 4 from WindSolutions

One of the biggest disadvantages of iPods and iTunes is the fact that you cannot import songs from the iPod Touch, iPhone, or any other iPod models to your computer. Fortunately, there’s where the recently released CopyTrans 4 from WindSolutions comes in. CopyTrans 4 is an audio and video manager capable of synchronizing, transferring, and backing up files from any iDevice to a computer and vice-versa.

I’ve actually been testing the application for about a week now, and I have to say that it’s an impressive application. You can be certain that with CopyTrans 4 your music, video, and playlist files are safe in case your computer crashes or it’s accidentally rebooted to factory settings, thereby deleting all your music and video collections from the hard disk.