Google+ is hitting a major milestone this week as its fledgling social network reaches its first birthday. Google launched its own social network a year ago Thursday. While it's a distant competitor to the world's top social network, ...
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E-mail security vendors are trying to lure Postini customers now that Google has announced plans to shut down the unit and migrate its customers to Google Apps. Competitors announcing special offers for Postini customers include Barracuda ...
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Integration platform Celigo launches an advanced integration between e-commerce and CMS platform Web Cube and ERP system NetSuite. Leading e-commerce and CMS platform Web Cube has announced the launch of an advanced software integrator ...
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Google has ended a free version of its Google Apps online application suite for small businesses, saying it wants to provide a stronger and more uniform experience to users. The Internet giant said Thursday in a blog post that now even ...
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Google will drop support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) for its online apps and services in mid-November, effectively ending support for many users of Windows XP. "Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, ...
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Heads of IT are claiming that Google is “still not a corporate contender” with its apps and services, according to The Corporate IT Forum. Research from the Forum, which surveyed heads of IT at some of the UK’s largest ...
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Google announced 14 new customers for its Apps for Education cloud suite, as it continues to jockey for position against rivals like Microsoft in this important vertical market. The new customers, which include Carnegie Mellon University ...
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A team of IT undergraduates from the University of Warwickhave told Computer Weekly about a smart mobile application they developed as part of a competition between IT students at universities in Europe and India. The team of Computer and ...
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Google Apps will not support the downloading of documents in older Microsoft Office formats starting on Monday, the company said on Wednesday. The change will affect “.doc,” “.xls,” and “.ppt” documents ...
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Google is rolling out a tool for Apps administrators to search through Gmail logs,the company announced on Tuesday. The feature,available in the Apps control panel,has long been requested by IT administrators of the cloud collaboration ...
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Users can now share files from their Google Drive storage account on their Google+ social networking profile, a capability that could be particularly relevant for workplace collaboration. Users can share links to any file stored in Drive, ...
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Google has revealed that it has no plans to develop dedicated apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 for its business app products such as Gmail or Drive. Further reading All-in-one Windows 8 PCs selling 'well above forecasts' - Dell UI ...
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has taken a swipe at rival Apple, claiming that its lead over Apple in the mobile operating system market compares with flocks of consumers opting for Microsoft's desktop software in the 1990s. Google's ...
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Google Apps will no longer be offered free to enterprise users,as the company has decided to enforce use of the premium version for business customers–along with a$50 per user annual fee. Explaining the decision on the Google ...
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Open source services provider Sirius Corporation has provided a combination of OpenSource and proprietary software for Ysgol Maesydderwen school, near Swansea. Funded by Powys County Council, the Welsh school received installation of a ...
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