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How To Get The Most Out Of Google's Share-Happy World

If Google's going to keep tying all their services together, you may as well know how that will work, and how you can benefit from it.READ MORE

Google Exemplifies How Not To Release Product Updates

Google's redesign of Google Reader and Gmail is leaving its geek users angry and its "normal" users confused; here's what businesses can learn from Google's approach (or lack thereof).READ MORE

Does Use of Google Apps Discriminate Against the Blind?

Google's tools don't easily translate into synthesized speech or Braille. Now the National Federation of the Blind has issued a federal complaint with the Justice Department, alleging that university use of Google Apps for Education amounts to discrimination.READ MORE

Work Smart 2: Is Google Apps for Business For You?

Nowadays, moving your businesses' IT solution to a hosted cloud-based service--like Google Apps for business--is all the rage. But does it make sense for your (very) small business? In this week's episode, sole ...READ MORE

Google New Tells You What's New...At Google Itself

Google releases or updates products at a dizzying pace, and it can be hard to keep up, even for things that might be interesting or useful. So Google has come up with a way to keep you updated on what's new within Google itself.READ MORE

Microsoft Office for Mac Sees Major Price Cuts: Fear of Google?

Is Microsoft getting nervous about Google's very cheap, very powerful office software? Microsoft's new Office 2011 suite for Mac costs up to 50% less than the last version, and we think we know why.READ MORE

Google Introduces Government-Approved Secure "Apps for Government" Suite

Google's new Apps for Government are the first cloud-based tools to receive certification from the Federal Information Security Management Act. Google says this suite will be both cheaper and more efficient than existing tools.READ MORE

iFive: WikiLeaks and the Whistleblower, BP Heckled, Google's for Shopping, Intel-FTC Talks, Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty

You may have had an early night, but innovation was not in hiding. Oh no, sirree, it's been waving banners at oil conferences, shopping online, and appearing in court while you were asleep.1. He's been under the radar for a month now, ...READ MORE

Enterprise Users Are People Too: Google Apps Expanded to Include Picasa, Blogger, Reader, and More

Google's enterprise suite of software, Google Apps, is great, offering a cheaper, cleaner, cloud-based change from traditional products like Microsoft Office. And now they're adding even more Google services to the mix.READ MORE

Yale University Panics, Gets Cold Feet About Switch to Gmail

You'd think a college campus would be thrilled about switching from a proprietary email system to Gmail--but Yale has delayed that very switch over a variety of mostly ridiculous fears.READ MORE

Four Apps From the Google Marketplace Worth Installing Right Now

The launch of the Google Apps Marketplace means GOOG's giving every Web service the same privilege Buzz had: integration with Gmail, Docs, Calendar and the rest of the GApps gang. If you administer a Google Apps account for your ...READ MORE

Google Aims at Small Business Software Market, With Cloud-Connected Apps Store

Google's up to its old tricks again, extending software tentacles in new directions to capture or subvert entire markets: This time it's aiming at business software by launching Google Apps Marketplace, which does clever ...READ MORE