James T. Cains

Microsoft’s new Office 2016 release includes many new features that span most or all of the applications in the suite. (To find out more about these new global features, check out What’s New in Office 2016: Global Features.) However, some of the most important updates happen in the individual applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

"All data is created equal." That paraphrase of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is the key idea behind net neutrality, also called Internet or network neutrality. Proponents of net neutrality believe that governments, media companies, and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should not discriminate against or charge different service fees based on the type of data being transmitted over the Internet.

The CrossFit Games are a hugely popular and incredibly intense fitness competition that endeavors to crown “the fittest man and the fittest woman in the world.” The Games are so popular that over 200,000 athletes signed up for the Open competition (a five-week qualifying stage in which participants from all over the world submit their scores online), with over 1,500 men and women advancing to regional competitions.

CrossFit is an intense, multi-discipline exercise program that combines all different kinds of exercises into varied fitness routines called Workouts of the Day (WODs). Usually, CrossFitters will not do the same routines in the same week. For example, in Monday’s WOD, you might do 10 push-ups, 10 squats, and 5 burpees, completing as many repetitions as possible (often abbreviated AMRAP) in a given amount of time.

You’ve probably heard of CrossFit and wondered what it is and how you can start doing CrossFit workouts. CrossFit is an intense, cross-training exercise program that combines different kinds of exercises into varied fitness routines called Workouts of the Day (WODs). CrossFit athletes rarely do the same routines in the same week.

Google Drawings is the free drawing tool built into Google Drive. It’s like a very basic version of Microsoft Visio. With it, you can create drawings like organizational charts or basic diagrams in which you need to include text, rudimentary shapes, icons, and images.However, if you need more advanced functionality, such as creating specialized drawings mechanical drawings, or building plans, you’ll need to invest in an advanced drawing program.

If you want to be able to create simple surveys or questionnaires for free, then Google Forms can be a good alternative. Google Forms is built into your Google Drive and enables you to create quick surveys, tally responses, and export your results to Google Sheets. Keep in mind that this is very basic survey functionality.

With Google Slides, which is the free slideshow presentation functionality built into Google Drive, you can create slide presentations just like you can in Microsoft PowerPoint. In fact, when you open Google Slides, you may think you’ve just opened PowerPoint! Google Slides has the basic functionality that PowerPoint has, such as inserting and deleting slides, formatting text, inserting images, presenting the slideshow, and so on; however, it lacks the more advanced features of slideshow presentation software, such as recording presentations and tracking changes.

One of the main benefits of Google Drive is the ability to share files with others. When you share a document with others, you allow them to have access to the file that resides on your Google Drive; you’re not sending them a copy of it. Any changes they make to the document will be saved in the document on your Google Drive, unless they choose to download a copy of the file for themselves.