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Google Set to Debut Offline Apps

Users will be able to do work and save with no Internet connection

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 1, 2008 12:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Google is readying to let users test-drive offline applications. Still in design, Google Gears will allow browsers to use locally stored copies of Google apps (like its spreadsheet), save updates, and later transfer a temporary cache to “the cloud”—Google’s servers—the...   Read full story »

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