Posts Tagged ‘Google Apps’

Google Sites Opens Its Doors to Everybody

Back in February we saw Jotspot resurface as Google Sites, a service for creating group websites. After reviewing it, it looked like a great way for people to easily create a website that had a customizable look and feel. The only problem at its launch was that it was available only to those with a Google Apps account. As of late yesterday, Google Sites is now open to everybody.

May 22nd, 2008
Google Sites Opens Its Doors to Everybody

Google Email Uploader Launches for Google Apps

Google Apps users who have years (or just a few months worth) of emails stored in Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird, now have a very simple way to upload those messages to a Google Apps mailbox (Gmail). Google just launched an open source desktop utility called Google Email Uploader that gets the job done.

April 7th, 2008
Google Email Uploader Launches for Google Apps

Jotspot Resurfaces as Google Sites

Shortly after Google acquired YouTube back in 2006, they acquired Jotspot. Jotspot offered their users a place where they could create a structured Wiki that was easily updatable. Once they were acquired, we knew eventually Google would launch that used Jotspot's technology.

February 28th, 2008
Jotspot Resurfaces as Google Sites

Yahoo to Acquire Zimbra for 350 Million

All along I had been wondering why Yahoo hadn't acquired Zoho (Online Office Suite) yet. In fact, back in July I asked this very question and I suggested that Yahoo seemed like a likely buyer because Microsoft has no need for them, and Google has their own Office Suite. Now I know that Yahoo had no need for Zoho - they were going after Zimbra, an Online Open Source Office Suite.

September 17th, 2007
Yahoo to Acquire Zimbra for 350 Million

GDrive Coming to Google Apps?

Much like the Google Phone, the rumors of a Google file backup/storage service called GDrive have been around for a while now (here and here).  Originally it was thought to be just a service for Google employees to store and share files, but now we have further indication that it might be released to the public.

September 5th, 2007
GDrive Coming to Google Apps?

Google Docs Data Belongs to Google? Not Quite…

People around the web are enraged over a statement found in the terms and conditions for Google Docs & Spreadsheets. At first glance, they have a right to be upset, however by reading the terms and conditions in its entirety and a little explanation, no one has anything to be upset about.

August 30th, 2007
Google Docs Data Belongs to Google? Not Quite…

Why Google Apps Falls Short

Most of us know that Google Docs and Spreadsheets which comes with Google Apps, while it has its perks, is really no comparison to the functionality offered with Microsoft’s Office.  A recent report talks about this and the fact that “Google Apps is useful in a limited set of circumstances” which could ultimately lead to disappointment among enterprises and large companies.

August 23rd, 2007
Why Google Apps Falls Short

CyberNotes: How to Backup Gmail

There have been plenty of occasions where I have been left wondering if I had lost everything in my Gmail account. If you don’t know about any of those situations that I’m talking about, just view all of the past occurrences that we have written about. People have lost every email in their account numerous times, and how do you know that you’re not going to be next?

August 9th, 2007
CyberNotes: How to Backup Gmail

Google Docs Privacy Concerns

A lot of people are always skeptical about storing information on the Internet because of privacy concerns, and that is perfectly understandable. But we’re constantly being told that our data is safe like with this statement in the Google Docs help section:

July 31st, 2007
Google Docs Privacy Concerns

Coming Soon: YouTube “Corporate” Edition

When I think of YouTube, I certainly don’t picture it in the corporate scene, however, that’s where it’s heading. Google is transforming YouTube into a new “corporate” version that will be available to the thousands of businesses currently using Google Apps.

July 18th, 2007
Coming Soon: YouTube “Corporate” Edition