Tag: google apps
Universities Choosing to Adopt Google Apps Sued for Discrimination
The latest in a series of lawsuits against colleges and universities across the U.S. alleges that Google Apps for Education is discriminatory as it is not accessible for the blind. Civil rights complaints are being filed against Northwestern and New York University for their adoption of the Google suite of applications for student use, which [...]
Backup Gmail Free with Backupify: Save Your Gmail Data
In case you missed the news Gmail had a failure this weekend for a small number of users who found their contacts and emails gone. As in poof, vanished. Goodbye. For users who backup via IMAP or another method this was an inconvenience, but if you leave your only copy of data in the cloud, it’s [...]
How To Open Apple Pages Documents Without Pages
If you have ever received a Pages document on a Windows PC or any other computer that does not have Apple’s word processor loaded, you have been unable to view the document easily. Thanks to the recent addition of 12 new file formats to Google Docs compatibility list, anyone can open and view a Pages document. [...]
Google Docs Viewer Now Supports 12 New File Types
Google Docs Viewer now supports 12 new file types. The free online document editor and storage service will also let users view many different file types. The new file types added to Google Docs are as follows: Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX) Apple Pages (.PAGES) Adobe Illustrator (.AI) Adobe [...]
Must Have Back To School Applications and Services
With schools getting ready to ramp up for another semester soon, you may be looking for some good software tools to make going back to school easier. Here is our list of must have tools for school. Dropbox Writing papers and other projects is a key part of school. Backing those up is a must. Add [...]
Google Apps Users Getting Full Google Services
I have Google Apps for My Domain set up on my personal domain and we use it here at Notebooks.com. One of my own frustrations is that things like Google Voice and Reader are not accessible in my regular personal Google account for my domain. It must be even more upsetting if you are a [...]
Google is Planning to Open Their Own App Store
Google, perhaps inspired by the success of Apple’s App store, is planning to open an App store of their own. Unlike Apple’s App store, Google’s App store won’t be selling apps for mobile devices. Instead , Google will be offering business software that integrates with Google’s web services such as Gmail , Google Docs and [...]
