As we reported back in April, Google had been planning to launch a PowerPoint killer an addition to Google Docs.  Well, they did it.  Google Presentations is the online collaborative slide show application, which launced yesterday.  Here is a good summary of some of the features. 

“Death by Google Presentations” just doesn’t sound as good as “Death by PowerPoint.” (Special thanks to Dilbert): 

But just think, with online collaboration the whole premeditation and conspiracy of preparing slide shows with this killer app may result in federal — if not international – offenses.  

In all seriousness, we wonder if law firms will use a suite of Docs, Spreadsheets, and now Presentations on the web.  Will security be too much of an issue?  Or will we continue to send drafts around via email?  Is there a place for a secure, web-based, collaboration suite so that law firms with multiple offices can feel safe about real-time, online collaboration?  Is anyone doing this? Thoughts?  Please comment and let us know. 

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