Holiday stress? Google Mobile to the rescue!

Posted by Joshua Siegel, Product Manager, Google mobile team

The holiday season can be a stressful time in the U.S., but it should be enjoyable. Whether you need flight updates, store locations, or price comparisons, let Google Mobile offer you some peace of mind.

At the airport...

• Search for flight info: You're heading to the airport to pick up your relatives from New Jersey and want to check the status of their flight. Just go to www.google.com on your cell phone and search for the flight number to get departure and arrival times.
• Find a popular restaurant: Once at the airport, you suddenly realize you forgot to make dinner reservations! Crisis? Not at all. Find them the best lasagna money can buy -- just go to www.google.com on your cell phone, search for "Italian restaurants", and see ratings and reviews of local favorites.

Shopping...

• Keep track of to-do lists: Keep your family's wish lists, grocery lists, and all your other "To-Dos" in Google Notebook and access them while you're out and about. Easily update them online on your computer, then visit google.com/notebook/m on your cell phone when you're on the go.
• Compare prices: Before heading to the cash register, compare in-store prices to online retailers' prices by texting product names, ISBN or UPC numbers ("price mp3 player," "price 1591841410") to GOOGLE (466453). We'll send the results back to your cell phone in a snap, so you'll always know where to get the best deal.

On the way to the holiday party...

• Get directions: Try the "My Location" feature on the newest version of Google Maps for Mobile to find out where you are. Then, enter the destination address and get directions to the party. You can even turn on the traffic overlay to find out which highways to avoid. Just go to google.com/gmm on your cell phone to download the application.
• Find a last-minute gift: The moment you find your way, you realize you forgot to pick up a gift for the hosts! Avoid a social faux pas. Dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-4664-411) and say "florist" to find a flower shop on your way. GOOG-411 can even connect you directly. If you have an iPhone, say "map it" and we'll send you a link to a map showing the florist's location.

Discover some other ways Google Mobile can help you reduce stress this season.

Happy holidays from the entire Google mobile team!

Admins can opt-in to new application features sooner

The administrative control panel now allows admins to opt in to some new application features before they're generally available to Google Apps domains. This provides access to new, possibly less stable application enhancements.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From the US English, next-generation administrative control panel, click 'Domain settings' and check the box next to 'Turn on new application features to my domain before they are rolled out to all Google Apps customers.'

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=82691

Google Sync available for syncing Google Calendar to BlackBerry devices

Google Sync is an application for BlackBerry devices that lets users do two-way syncing between their BlackBerry calendar and their Google Calendar.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit m.google.com/sync to download the application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/google.com/bin/answer.py?answer=83036

Upload Geo-Tagged YouTube Videos from your Helio Ocean

Posted by Christine Lee, Product Marketing Manager, YouTube

Helio has just released a custom-built application that enables you to watch, record, upload, and share YouTube videos on your Helio Ocean phone. Now, you can really interact with the YouTube community on your Helio Ocean by rating videos, posting text comments, sharing videos with friends, saving videos to your Favorites and Playlists, and subscribing to new channels. You can even let everyone know where you shot a video by attaching a "geo-tag," which includes the GPS coordinates for the location where you shot the video.

You can also personalize your YouTube experience on the Helio Ocean by customizing your video feeds like My Subscriptions, My Favorites, My Playlists, My Videos and Received Videos. Of course, you can always view traditional YouTube categories like Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated and Recently Featured.

What better way to show you than via this video:


To get the new application in the U.S., just "JUMP" to YOUTUBE by entering 9688823 (YOUTUBE) from the Helio Ocean idle screen. You'll then receive a link to download the application.

This is a nice example of how mobile providers can bring YouTube to their customers. We're pretty excited about the opportunities for YouTube on the small screen. Now people can watch YouTube on their phones and participate in the YouTube community without having to be at their computers.

No more excuses for being late

Posted by Marcus Foster, Product Manager, Google mobile team, London

A few months ago we released a mobile version of Google Calendar. I find it incredibly useful, especially when traveling and running from one meeting to the next. I know that wherever I am, my Google Calendar travels with me.

Since we know how much Calendar users depend on their schedules, we are always trying to make it easier to access at any time. For example, I live in London, and like many people in major metropolitan areas around the world, I spend a lot of time underground, on the Tube (a.k.a. subway, Metro, U-Bahn...). At least in London, there is no mobile network coverage on the Underground, so I cannot always access Google Calendar on my phone.

But now there's a solution. Starting today, you can use Google Sync for mobile to synchronize your BlackBerry handheld with Google Calendar. Simply go to http://m.google.com/sync in your mobile browser to download and install the Google Sync for mobile application.


Once installed, simply click on the Google Sync icon (which looks like this):
Then, sign in to your Google Account or your Google Apps account, and that's it. The Calendar application on your BlackBerry will always be synchronized with your Google Calendar. You can even edit events or create new ones on the handheld.

Get more information on Google Sync.

Picasa Redefined for your iPhone

Posted by Joe Walnes, Software Engineer, Google mobile team in London

I was sitting in the pub recently (I'm a Brit, it's what I do), and I wanted to show my friend a photo of the sunset I saw on my honeymoon. I pulled out my phone and started typing in the URL for Picasa Web Albums. Before I could continue, he threw his shiny iPhone into my hand. He told me to launch the Safari browser bundled on the iPhone and give that a try.

I had a look around some websites and I really liked how they looked on the iPhone. I could get to everything I needed. I went to picasaweb.google.com but it didn't quite feel right. It was using some very cool AJAXy features, but these were designed with a desktop web-browsing experience in mind. So the next day I had a go at creating a new interface for Picasa Web, designed for the iPhone.

Today, I'm happy to tell you that we've just released this new iPhone interface for Picasa. After you go to Picasa on your iPhone and log in, you can quickly see all your albums that you've uploaded to Picasa Web. If you click on any of the albums, you can get a full view of your picture with comments from your friends. Or you can click on Slideshow, sit back and watch the pictures scroll. You can also search for photos in your album or through community photos. Finally, with one of my favorite features, you can view your friends' albums through favorites.

What are you waiting for? If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch go to http://picasaweb.google.com and check it out. Alternatively, you can go to www.google.com and launch the application from the "More" tab. Note that we've only launched in English so far, so you'll have to change your language preference if you're not in an English-speaking country.

For those that have never used Picasa before, visit our web site for PC users or Mac users. You can easily upload all your photos from your desktop. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please leave us a comment below.

Gmail Mobile application supports many new phone models

The Gmail Mobile application now supports most Java-enabled phones, in addition to many smartphones and BlackBerry devices.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit m.google.com/a to download the application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html

Update Google Mobile Products on your BlackBerry with One Click

Posted by Charles Wiles, Product Manager, Google mobile team

If you find it hard to keep your BlackBerry up to date with Google's expanding mobile product suite, we hope we just made your life a little easier. The new Google Mobile Updater for BlackBerry makes it simple for you to stay informed and current by telling you when new products and updates are available for your phone and allowing you to install them with a single click. The Updater will even put an icon for each product on your BlackBerry's main menu, making it as easy as possible for you to get to your favorite Google mobile products.

Now you can easily get the latest Google mobile applications like Google Maps for Mobile with My Location (the magical blue circle on your map), and web applications like Picasa Web Albums and Google Docs -- all of which you can choose to install to your BlackBerry's main menu for easy access.

Google Mobile Updater is also the only way you can get the latest, fastest Google mobile search for BlackBerry. In under a second, you can start entering your query without waiting to load the Google home page. This saves you valuable time when you are trying to find the answer to that quiz question, the address of a nearby restaurant or the latest price of your favorite stock. You can assign a convenience key to make it even easier to access Google search.

To get Google Mobile Updater, visit mobile.google.com on your BlackBerry and click "Download all" under "Get all Google products in one go." From there, you can get the latest Google search application by selecting "Search" and then "Update." Note that right now, Google Mobile Updater and the new Google search experience are only available for BlackBerry devices in the U.S. In the future, whenever we launch new products or updates we will let you know by changing the Google Mobile Updater icon to have a green arrow, like this:

Google on the iPhone: Fast and Fluid

Posted by Steve Kanefsky, Software Engineer, Google mobile team

We all know that using the web on mobile phones can be a challenge sometimes. Compared to our personal computers, the screens are smaller, it's more difficult to navigate and enter text, the network connections are slower, and the browsers lack many of the features we've become accustomed to. I deal with this every day as both a developer and a user of mobile web applications. So you can imagine how excited I was when the iPhone launched with a large touch screen, Wi-Fi, and a full-blown Safari web browser!

I started thinking about how to use AJAX technology to improve Google on the iPhone. I set out to create an application that would preload my favorite Google products and allow me to switch between them instantly. I wanted web results as well as image, local, and news results without having to repeat my search. I wanted to check Gmail and my news feeds in Google Reader without having to load a new page every time. I also wanted Google Suggest to save me time typing queries on the virtual keyboard.

I created a prototype and showed it to some fellow Googlers. After that, things started moving pretty quickly. A few weeks (and a few gallons of mint tea) later, I had an improved version which Googlers throughout the company were using on their iPhones (it works great on the iPod Touch too). Now we want to share it with everyone.

Our guiding principles were "fast" and "fluid." We think we've achieved both, thanks to some AJAX magic made possible by the iPhone's Safari browser. To try it out, just go to www.google.com on your iPhone.

We want to know what you think! You can post your comments below or submit specific questions on our discussion board. We hope you'll like it.

The Auction

Posted by Marc Vanlerberghe, Product Marketing Director

In case you missed it, Google officially announced today that we'll be applying to participate in the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction. You can read more about it on the Official Google Blog. As Chris notes, we'll be obligated to remain silent on this for awhile -- just so you know.

New magical blue circle on your map

Posted by Mike Chu, software engineer, Google mobile team

We've all been there: You're out and about, and you need to figure out where you are, what's around you, and how to get there. Google Maps for mobile can help you do all that, but first you have to enter in a starting point using the keypad. And let's face it -- entering things into your phone using the keypad is so 2006. While some people are lucky enough to have GPS-enabled mobile phones that provide location information for Google Maps for mobile, the vast majority of us are not. So what to do?

Starting today, we have an answer: Google Maps for mobile with My Location . My Location is a new beta technology from Google that uses cell tower identification to provide you with approximate location information, so it will work on phones without GPS. Simply fire up Google Maps for mobile, press [0], and the map will indicate your approximate location by centering on a blue circle like this:

If you do have a GPS-enabled device, My Location can actually complement it. My Location kicks in faster than GPS in most cases, so you can access your location even faster on the map. It also works reliably indoors (unlike GPS) and doesn't drain your phone battery at the rate that GPS does.

Of course, this feature is in beta, which in this case means a few different things: First, although accuracy and coverage may vary, both will improve over time as more and more people use Google Maps for mobile. Second, My Location isn't currently supported on all devices (see our Help Center for more on this); we're working on that. Third, we'd love to get your feedback on it -- feel free to leave your comments below.

To give Google Maps for mobile with My Location a try, text "MYLOCATION" to 33669, or head to www.google.com/gmm on your mobile browser.

If you'd like to learn more about the My Location technology, take a look at this short video:

We're open for business

Posted by Marc Vanlerberghe, Product Marketing Director

Welcome to the new Google mobile blog. We hope this will be your first stop for the latest news and views from our global team that has been working to bring you innovative mobile products for awhile, now.

Through this blog, we plan to share with you over time more on what we're up to, who we are, and what we think is going on in this dynamic industry. We'll have plenty of product launches, features, and tips to tell you about. We also hope to introduce you to some of our partners and some of our users along with the applications they love. Additionally, we plan to offer up comments on trends in the industry and even an occasional take on non-Google products we feel are particularly noteworthy.

Earlier this month we launched Android, one of our most ambitious mobile initiatives to date. While Android is an important part of our mobile strategy, so too is our goal of developing useful and compelling mobile products for our current and future users, devices, platforms, and partners. As always, you can find out more about our full suite of Google mobile products at mobile.google.com.

Finally, we're very interested in reading what you have to say so we invite you to submit comments below pertinent blog posts. We'll do what we can to respond; feel free to respond to each other as well. For specific questions on Google mobile products, please visit our discussion group and submit them there.

Google Talk gadget adds support for 20 new languages

The Google Talk gadget now supports US English, UK English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
UK English, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese(Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://hostedtalkgadget.google.com/a/your-domain.com/talkgadget/client to quickly launch the Google Talk gadget.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html

Gmail in-browser chat supports group chats, emoticons and in-line media previews

When users instant message using Gmail's browser-based chat feature, they can now have multi-user chats, add emoticons to their messages, and view media like YouTube videos right in the chat window.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, and start a chat session with one or more of your contacts. When a contact sends you a YouTube link, you can watch the video right in Gmail's chat window.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html

Mail migration API available for Gmail

Businesses and other organizations moving from old mail solutions that support IMAP can use the IMAP migration tool, but for administrators currently on a non-IMAP solution, this API lets them build custom applications to migrate mail from any legacy system to Google Apps.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Read more about the mail migration API in our developer guide. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/email_migration/developers_guide_protocol.html

Postini policy management controls improved for Premier Edition

Administrators can now set email policy rules using regular expressions, which allows for inbound and outbound filtering on content like social security numbers, phone numbers and other structured information.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the Premier Edition administrative control panel and launch the Postini management interface to configure email policy management rules.

For more information:
http://groups.google.com/group/PostiniSupportForGoogleApps

Google Presentations adds more editing options

Google Presentations now supports slide dragging to reorder slides, and right clicks to change slide background and to duplicate slides.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation, and try these new editing options.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Calendar adds support for five new languages

Google Calendar now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Polish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Thai, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, and Portuguese (Portugal)

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/calendar.html

Google Docs adds support for 13 new languages

[Short description]
Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian.

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Gmail adds IMAP support

IMAP access is now available to Gmail users at no additional cost, so people can connect client applications like Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail, and mobile devices like the iPhone to their Gmail accounts. Actions taken while connected by IMAP will be reflected next time the user signs in to the Gmail web interface, or connects to their account from a different IMAP application.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, click 'Settings', and choose the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab. Select the option to enable IMAP, and follow the instructions to configure the device or application you'll use to access Gmail.

For more information:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75725

Google Spreadsheets adds conditional formatting and hidden rows and columns

Google Spreadsheet users can now do conditional formatting, which automatically changes the format of a cell based on the cell's contents. Google Spreadsheets also now lets users hide columns and rows.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, select a group of cells, and click the icon to change the cell background. Select 'Change with rules...' and add your conditional formatting preferences. To hide a row or column, select a set of rows or columns, right click, and choose 'Hide'.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=78413
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=58142

Google Docs adds mobile access support

Users can now sign in and view documents and spreadsheets from their mobile devices, including the iPhone.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your mobile phone's browser, sign in to Google Docs at docs.google.com/a/your.domain/m.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=77428

Gmail storage increased to 25 GB for each Premier Edition users

Each Premier Edition user account now includes 25 GB of mail storage in Gmail.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for or upgrade to Premier Edition, and sign in to Gmail. The email storage quota is noted below the inbox.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Google Apps now supports custom email routing

Email routing lets administrators pilot Gmail alongside their existing mail solution, accomplish dual-deployments, and support mixed messaging environments.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Learn more on the email routing overview page. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en-au&answer=77182

Postini message security services available in Premier Edition

Custom message policy management and 90-day message recovery for accidentally deleted messages are now included in Premier Edition at no additional charge.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In the Premier Edition administrative control panel, click 'Add services' and select 'Policy Management and Message Recovery'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ie&answer=77041

Google Docs now supports presentations

In addition to creating and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets, users can now work on and share presentations in their browsers.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'New' and select 'Presentation' to start creating new slides. Or upload an existing PowerPoint PPT file by clicking the 'Upload' button.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/users/bin/topic.py?topic=12610

Google Apps reporting API available

Google Apps now offers an API allowing administrators to retrieve detailed product usage data and statistics across their domains.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the reporting API reference page to learn more. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/reporting/google_apps_reporting_api.html

Google Spreadsheets adds new functions and formats

Google Spreadsheets now lets users create functions that continuously query Google.com for information, like pulling real-time stock quotes from a company's stock symbol. Users can also complete lists using Google Sets. For example, if you know the first ten states in the US, Google Spreadsheets will help you fill in the other 40 states. Google Spreadsheets also now supports new text formats, like strikethrough.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, and click the 'Formulas' tab, click 'more»' and then select the 'Google' category of formulas to use one of the new formulas. To complete a list with Google Sets, select the first few elements of your list, click and hold the blue selection box handle, and drag to the size of your full list, holding Ctrl (Windows and Linux) or Option (Mac) while you click and drag.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54198
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54199
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=75509

Google Apps setup guide available

Administrators configuring and deploying Google Apps for their organizations can now access a comprehensive setup guide to smooth the transition from start to finish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions.

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the setup guide in your browser. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/

Premier Edition adds support for 26 new languages

Premier Edition now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage, select a language from the language menu in the upper right of the page, and click 'Compare Editions and Sign Up' to register for Premier Edition.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Education Edition available to qualifying non-profit organizations

Google Apps Education Edition is now available at no cost to registered 501(c)(3) organizations in the US.

Editions impacted:
Education Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps landing page for non-profits and sign up. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/npo/index.html

Google Docs adds support for 10 new languages

Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Portuguese (BR), Dutch, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simiplified), Japanese and Korean.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese and Indonesian

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Document list improved in Google Docs

The Google Docs document list now allows you to put documents in folders, filter by type of document, filter by who you share documents with, and more.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs to see the new document list.

Domain address book integrated in Gmail and Google Docs

In Gmail and Google Docs, each user can now see all the other users from their business, school or organization in their contact list, making it easier to communicate and share with contacts by just typing the first few letters of people's names.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail or Google Docs, compose a message or share a document and type the first few letters of a contact's name in the Gmail to: field or the Google Docs sharing box. Contacts from your domain will auto-complete.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=6597

Mail migration tool available for Gmail

Businesses and other organizations moving from old mail solutions that support IMAP can now move all the existing mail on their servers to Gmail using the new IMAP migration service.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Read more about migrating email in our comprehensive IMAP mail migration overview. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=61369

Google Talk gadget launched with group chat

Google Talk can now be launched from the browser, so you don't need to use the Google Talk application. The Talk gadtget also supports multi-person chat sessions.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://hostedtalkgadget.google.com/a/your-domain.com/talkgadget/client to quickly launch the Google Talk gadget.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/google.com/bin/answer.py?answer=58339

Google Calendar adds current time line and attendee emailing

Now when you're viewing your agenda, there's a horizontal line representing the current time so you can easily see where you are in your day. Also, now you can send an email to all the invitees of meetings that you schedule.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To see the current time line, sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings' and make sure 'Show current time' is set to 'Yes'. Then view your agenda in Day or Week view to see the current time line.

To email all invitees for a meeting you've scheduled, view event details and click the 'Email guests' link.

Gmail allows viewing of PowerPoint PPT attachments

With Gmail, you can now view PowerPoint PPT attachments in your browser without downloading the attachment.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail, open a message that has a PowerPoint PPT attachment, and click the 'View as slideshow' link.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=30719

Public calendar gallery added to Google Calendar

Now it's easier to find interesting public calendars that people have shared, and view that event information alongside your own agenda.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, type what kind of public calendar you're looking for in the search box (like "Seattle Mariners schedule", and click 'Search public calendars'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=69242

30-day free trial available for Premier Edition

Now you can pilot Premier Edition free for 30 days, to experience the benefits of enhanced administrative controls, more storage for each user's inbox, phone support for critical administrative issues and more.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage, and sign up for a free trial of Premier Edition

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html

Gmail allows 20 MB attachments

Gmail now lets you send and receive attachments up to 20 MB in size.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, compose a new message, and attach a file.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=6589

Google Calendar supports mobile browser access

Google Calendar now has a streamlined user interface for accessing your calendar from your phone's browser.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit calendar.google.com/a/your-domain.com.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=65923

Partner Edition available

Internet service providers, portals and other organizations that support very large populations of non-corporate users can now provide Google's applications to their users.

Editions impacted:
Partner Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps Partner Edition homepage and contact us for more information.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/partners/index.html

Google Docs allows sharing with mailing lists

Users can now invite members of mailing lists to view or collaborate on documents and spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a document or spreadsheet, click the 'Share' tab and enter a mailing list address in the invitation box. Make sure the 'Invitations can be used by anyone' box is checked.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=66343

Google Spreadsheets supports charts

The Spreadsheets component of Google Docs now enables users to create charts.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet and click the chart icon in the menu bar.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=63728&topic=11520

Google Apps supports Polish, Czech and Ukrainian

Google Apps Standard and Education Editions can now be administered in US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Editions impacted:
Standard and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
Polish, Czech and Ukrainian

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage and select a language from the language menu in the upper right of the page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Mail Fetcher added to Gmail

Gmail's Mail Fetcher can download messages from up to five other email accounts, centralizing all your email in your Gmail account.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail, click 'Settings', choose the 'Accounts' tab, and click the link in the 'Get mail from other accounts' section of the page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=21288

Google Apps includes Google Docs

Google Docs is now available in all editions of Google Apps for creating and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit docs.google.com/a/your-domain.com and sign in.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Premier Edition available

The new Premier Edition of Google Apps offers more administrative controls, more storage for each user's inbox, phone support for critical administrative issues and more. Premier Edition is available to businesses of all sizes for $50 per user per year.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for Premier Edition from the Google Apps homepage, or upgrade from an existing Standard Edition domain from the administrative control panel.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html

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