Google Sites provide a convenient means of collaboration within your company or securely with others. Recent upgrades improve the look and feel of sites and the user experience. Navigation Widget Updates Organize the navigation widget into a hierarchical tree structure Highlight the current page Subgroup pages into categories Site Settings Site settings area uses vertical […]
Google’s announcement of ChromeOS has sparked widely varying opinions on the Internet. On its own, ChromeOS is an open source operating system targeting netbooks and desktop PCs. Google’s intent is to support cloud computing — internal or external. At this level, ChromeOS is certainly a threat to the Linux versions in that space. While an […]
With the ability to embed Google Forms on web pages and within emails, they are a powerful tool for gathering information. Recent upgrades are addressing some of the limitations of the tool. Section headers can be added to give longer forms more structure. The editor supports fixed-width The ability to edit multiple forms at once […]
If you work with linear equations, check out the new Solve feature in Google Spreadsheets. While it does not yet support equations containing formulas, the feature enhances the complexity of information analysis available in Spreadsheets. Click here to learn how to use Solve.
Last fall, Google released a public template gallery for Google Apps. Last week, Google released template galleries for domains using Google Apps Premier and Education Editions. Now, any user in the domain can submit a template to be shared with all other domain users. Templates exist for Docs, Spreadsheets, Forms, and Presentations. This feature should […]
In his IT Project Failures blog, Michael Krigsman bemoans his “Failing with Online Backup” in his effort to backup 350 GB using two popular consumer online backup services (. While many of the comments teased him with “you get what you pay for” taunts, the real issue is … Backup Axiom #1: Backups are Easy; […]
Last week, the Gmail Team announced three new features related to labels within Gmail. As you may know, Labels are a way to organize and search messages. While they can be used like folders in most email systems, Gmail allows you to apply multiple emails to messages for more intuitive management. The new features are: […]
Last week, Google added a series of improvements to Google Contacts, primarily targeting business customers. In addition to additional fields and improvements to the Contacts interface in Gmail and the Contacts screen, Google added new APIs that let administrators add fields and share contacts within the domain. Click Here to learn more …
URL shortening, through services such as tinyurl.com and bit.ly, are a convenient way to get shorten URLs so they fit within emails, tweets, and other postings. The convenience, however, does come with risks. In the CNET Article, URL shortening is hot–but look before you leap, Stephen Shankland identifies some of the risks and offers great […]
So how do spam trends related to cloud computing? It all depends on how you block and fight SPAM. According to the Q2 2009 Spam Trends report published by the team at Google Postini Services, spammers have developed means of releasing days worth of spam in just hours. If you are manage spam from within […]
