IDG News Service-Google CEO Larry Page tried to put a positive spin on his company's poor third-quarter financial results,which were released prematurely Thursday and triggered a panicked stock sell-off before trading was abruptly halted. ...
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Google is close to securing a deal worth in excess of GBP 550m to build a new UK headquarters at King's Cross in North London. The move, reported by the Telegraph, will further demonstrate Mayor of London Boris Johnson's view that big ...
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Google has dropped support for the export of spreadsheets, documents and other files in old-style Microsoft Office formats. From 1 October, according to a notice placed on the company's website, users of all editions of Google Apps ...
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After nine months of deliberations and some changes on Google's side,the Norwegian Data Protection Authority lifted a ban on the use of Google Apps by municipalities. However,the decision does not give city authorities carte blanche to ...
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IDG News Service-Google may be moving too slowly in building up Google Apps'enterprise social networking(ESN)features,at a time when this type of software has become a key component in workplace collaboration suites. On Wednesday,the ...
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Google is partnering with a new Internet registrar that will let Apps customers choose Internet domains with a country code(CC)suffix. Google has worked with registrars for years to offer companies signing up for the Apps suite the ...
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IDG News Service - Google Apps will soon gain an email routing and filtering feature from Google's Postini suite of email security services, part of an effort to eventually replicate all Postini functionality in Google Apps. This latest ...
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Computerworld-Google is adding the Google+Hangout feature to Gmail,the company's popular cloud-based email service. The Google+Hangout feature,which allows users to video chat with up to nine people,replaces Gmail's older peer-to-peer ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft's new email service, Outlook.com, is more than an update to its free email offering. It's also a one-two punch against major rival Google. On Tuesday, Microsoft took the wraps off its new webmail service, which ...
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Google has reported a 10%increase in net income in the second quarter of 2012,reaching$2.79bn,compared to$2.51bn in the same period last year. Revenue from the UK was$1.18bn,representing 11%of Google sales.Total revenue was$12.21bn,up ...
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IDG News Service-A mixture of intense excitement and skepticism followed the launch a year ago of Office 365,as backers and critics debated whether the cloud collaboration,productivity and communication suite would succeed. Skeptics said ...
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Otto Japan Inc. has upgraded its email platform by adopting Microsoft Exchange Online from Microsoft Office 365. The fashion retailer, which sells its diverse product line through catalogues, stores and online, wanted to move away from ...