Google Mail for Apple’s iOS Improved

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Google has announced that the Gmail app used on Apple’s iOS platform has been updated with new features added. Gmail is as popular with Apple device users as it is with those who access the email program via their desktop or Android phone.  Apple, however, has never seriously attempted to create a dedicated email program; [...]

Are Google Apps benefiting Apple?

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Apple tried unsuccessfully to try and create an alternative mapping application for use on its own products. While the idea might have been good, Apple’s own customers gave it and other software the thumbs down.  They preferred Google Apps instead. But although Apple will obviously be disappointed by its own customers’ reaction, personally I think [...]

Another acquisition to shut down

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Well not exactly.  Google is shutting down something called the Meebo Bar with effect from the 6th June this year. Google bought Meebo last year to incorporate its applications within the Google Apps family. However, like all businesses of its size, there comes a time when they have to re-organise and streamline. With Google this [...]

Major US company joins the Google cloud platform program

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Google’s march to create a strong reseller network took another step forward recently.  The well known telecommunications business Twilio has become the latest firm to join this exclusive family. Interestingly, I believe Twilio is the first company of its type to get involved with Google’s reseller enterprise.  It offers a range of telecommunication services from [...]

Can Google Keep take on Evernote?

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Evernote, the well-known note taking and storing program, has been around a long time, but Google has recently released its own application. Will this new innovation, Google Keep, do to Evernote what Google Apps in general has done for Lotus Notes? Probably not.  Lotus Notes is a program that has never really moved with the [...]

New Google App launched

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Never one to stand still, Google has announced the launch of a new application. It is called Google Keep and it’s a cloud-based note-keeping tool. Now, you might well be wondering why Google has released a new app. After all, there are many similar apps on Google Play. I suppose Google, being Google, doesn’t like [...]

Still not switched yet?

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Are you still using outdated IT and email systems such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange? If you are, then perhaps it is time you looked at what Google Apps can offer you. Google’s products are cloud-based and are now considered to be just about the best on the market. They are also very easy [...]

Why do people still insist on using Lotus Notes?

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IBM’s Lotus Notes is generally recognised as a business program.  It is not something that a householder is likely to use when sending and receiving emails. I may be wrong in this assertion so if I am then I apologise, but it isn’t something I have come across.  In my experience home computer users generally [...]

Google outflanks Apple

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Apple may be dominating the mobile phone and tablet markets, but where applications are concerned it is Google that’s running away with things. It seems from recent research Google’s apps take up four places out of 25 in the popularity chart of free applications; Google Maps is at number nine. Now, you may be wondering [...]

An honest appraisal of Google and Microsoft

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For many years I have used Microsoft’s Office suite.  It generally came already installed on the computer. However, while the office aspect of the suite was great (and still is), the email aspect was, for me, becoming increasingly frustrating.  For example, I had to download all emails to my hard drive, and depending on how [...]