Archive for the ‘Google Apps’ Category

Here is the latest word around:There are rumors of high treason at the court of King Microsoft as the New South Wales Department of Education has turned to Google for its email needs. Said to be the biggest single customer around, with over 1.3 million users under its 'control' the department has ended its 5 year contract with Microsoft ... Full story

Yesterday Google has released some new features that will give you some more control over your site as well as enabling you to take advantage of our Webmaster Tools. Here are key improvements"(1) The first notable release is the ability to change the width of your sidebar and header, or turn them off entirely. You now have complete control over your site's width, ... Full story

Jason Slator writes about using Google Apps in his technology blog. Here are few excerpts from posting:"To gain a level of integration we have to rely on the gadgets/widgets on the start page and, whilst usable, this is where this sort of technology shows its infancy as some widgets are better integrated than others and business widgets are mixed in and ... Full story

How to Setup Google Apps for Your DomainWhy Google Apps?Google Apps provides everyone at your organization a custom email address (like bob@yourdomain.com), tools for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations (Google Docs), a shared calendaring system and access to a flexible intranet system (Google Sites). All this for free in Google Apps Standard Edition.Google Apps Premier ... Full story

Many administrators hit trouble while setting up Google Apps for domains with DNS in Plesk. Here are some vital tips for setting up with PleskIf you are hitting the wall using Plesk, just making changes to Plesk will not be enough. You have to change the DNS setting in control panel of your Name Server provider.You have to log in to ... Full story

When your host does not accepts CNAME you have to use IP address to setup Google Apps. Some Domain hosts don't like to use CNAMEs. You can give them the following IP addresses:Domain Verification: For domain verification you need to create a Cname with string provided by Google Apps. You can use following IP address for this to create three ... Full story

Creating a DashboardWhether you have a complex involving many members or simple project having handful of team members - a dashboard enhances the visibility and helps in tracking. In an addition to your project management tools small communication is the key to project success, particularly around sharing status and progress updates to keep everyone moving in sync through each milestone.Since Google ... Full story

Keeping up with its continuous development approach Google Apps mail has now added 8 new languages. This is available to Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsNew LanguagesBengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil and TeluguGmail now supports following languagesArabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, ... Full story

Boshak is a a unique tourist destination one and a half hours drive from Perth, Western Australia. Boshack has been featured on Getaway, and is a popular destination for travellers wanting to experience the Australian outback, see a working wheat/sheep farm, eat bush tucker, see native Australian wildlife and learn about the Aboriginal dreamtime.Boshak has recently switched to Google Apps for ... Full story

Yesterday we have introduced you to the book Google Apps Hacks! Here is summary again for those who missed and also at the end web address of a site offering download link.Can Google applications really become an alternative to the venerable Microsoft Office suite? Conventional wisdom may say no, but practical wisdom says otherwise. Right now, 100,000 small businesses are currently running trials ... Full story