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eDiscovery for Google Apps – Backup your emails,docs and chat with Google directly.

TweetGoogle Vault is a great product, and provides that extra piece of mind for companies looking to retain an archive of docs and emails. The nature of Cloud Computing means access anywhere, this adds a few more risks in terms of data security and control of that data. “Increasingly, litigation is about the documents you [...]

Google Docs spell checking just got even better!

Tweet Google Docs has updated its spell check engine and it seems that it’s now using Google’s web spell check service, the same one used in Google Search and more recently in Google Chrome. Google has quietly rolled out the feature, but it seems to be enabled for all users or is in the process of [...]

Google Vault Launches! Backup everything…

TweetInformation Governance Google Apps Vault allows you to reduce risks and costs associated with litigation, investigation, and compliance audits. For an additional $5/user/month, you can add capabilities to Google Apps that help prepare your business for these situations. Archive and manage in place A single archive for Gmail and on-the-record chat messages, built on Gmail, [...]

Save Gmail emails to a Document!

TweetCut and paste is great, but for some purposes, it’s a tool of last resort. Gmail makes it much simpler to save your messages as documents and PDFs, keeping formatting intact. Here’s how to do it: Log in to Gmail. Click the gear-shaped icon near the top right, then select Settings. Click the Labs tab [...]

Plea to all Google Apps App Creators…

TweetThis is a call out to all developers who are working on Applications for Google Apps (available in Google Apps Marketplace). We’ve noticed very few apps which are actually being developed with the end users billing needs in mind. During deployments we find a large number of organisations are departmentalised, which causes a couple issues when these [...]

Now Twitter admits ‘harvesting’ users’ phone contacts without telling the owners

TweetTwitter has admitted harvesting contact lists from its customers’ mobile phone address books without telling them. The website said it copied lists of email addresses and phone numbers from those who used its smartphone application, amid claims it kept them on its database for 18 months. Its management yesterday agreed to change guidance to users [...]

Microsoft is terrified of losing you…

TweetEverything I hear or read in relation to the ongoing battle between Microsoft (MS) and Google on their cloud strategies indicates that Microsoft is terrified of losing its MS customers. They are terrified of change and of giving the users the “right” to choose. Google have been working hard to provide an alternative to everything [...]

Google Prepping Storage Drive, Home Entertainment System

Unlike my blogger peers, I'm not usually wont to skewer a so-called scoop. And I won't start doing so, but I will point out that two intriguing pieces in the The Wall Street Journal came off as old news, warmed over instead of hot stuff. First is thi...

93.9% of Google Apps seats are used by 15% of the Companies on Apps

TweetThere is a long-held belief that the majority of Google App customers are small mom-and-pop shops, ranging between two and 10 employees. Technically, that is true of the 4 million-plus businesses using Google Apps. However, there are more companies of scale using Apps than you might think, according to a new analysis by Backupify. While [...]

Google Glasses Leverage Cloud for Augmented Reality

Could Google Glasses one day join Google Goggles in the pantheon of the company's popular products? Perhaps. But, please, enough p-words. 9to5 Google said Google is building special glasses that look like Oakley's Thump MP3 sunglasses that actually h...