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Guard Your Living Rooms: Google and Its A-Team Are Coming to TV
The Team: Google : The mastermind. Of the three major connected screens users have (TV, mobile, and computer), Google has made firm stands in only the latter two--and now they're coming for TV. Google will be supplying the software for the range of devices (more on that below), which will be based on its mobile Android OS, but use Chrome as a browser in place of the Android's diminutive version. But Android is open-source, you say--what's Google's motivation here? Ads.
Fast Company - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Google Makes Exchanging Microsoft Exchange For Google Apps A Bit Easier
There’s no question that Google is setting its sights on taking some of Microsoft’s marketshare in the productivity suite space. Last year, Google announced a new plug-in that syncs Google’s enterprise versions of Apps, including Gmail, contacts, and calendar, with Microsoft’s Outlook. And Google just acquired Docverse, an application lets users collaborate directly on Microsoft Office documents. Today Google is taking another swipe at Microsoft with a new tool that makes it significantly easier to make the switch over to Google Apps from Microsoft Exchange.
TechCrunch - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Google's New Marketplace Has over a Thousand Apps
One week † into its public launch , the Google Apps Marketplace has just under 1,500 (enterprise) apps. Popular apps (measured in terms of # of installs) includes graphic design and office integration apps ( aviary design suite and offisync ), a collaboration and project management tool ( manymoon ), a free travel planner ( tripit ), a basic ERP app ( myerp.com ), and a CRM application ( Zoho CRM ). The The typical supplier has about 2 offerings in Combined with Salesfore.com's app exchange (also with over a thousand apps), enterprises interested in moving to cloud apps have an increasing number of software tools to choose from.
OReilly Radar - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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  • Collaboration Tools
    As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. I would expect the document to continue to grow and change, but thought it would be worth having it available in a text format as well (so I can find it when I need it). Screen-Sharing GoToMeeting ( link ) eBLVD ( link ) ConnectNow ( link ) Microsoft Shared View Crossloop ( link ) Yuuguu ( link )
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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  • Remote Collaboration
    In other words - How do we collaborate together in remote work teams to be as effective or even more effective than a team that works down the hall? Let me admit that I'm likely in over my head when talking about methods and tools for collaboration. At the core, when I look at what a team needs, it's a pretty simple list: Real-time Voice Screen Sharing Document Editing (sometimes) Asynchronous Share / collaborate My primary interest here are the methods and tools that allow us to work better as part of remote work teams. I cannot claim to be an expert, and I feel like
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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  • The Cloud and Collaboration
    Hope can emerge from new collaborative models based on a new paradigm; science and art will act gracefully to match human nature, and to shape the future of humanity. (80+1, It expresses the idea that the cloud enables us to work together, to collaborate, to forge a new consensus. Dimitar Tchurovsky's Google knol titled the 'Global Virtual Brain and Mind Project' is a good example of this. (Tchurovsky, Paper written as a contribution to the Ars Electronica symposium on Cloud Intelligence . Let's take as a starting point the discussion of 'cloud intelligence' on the conference
    Half an Hour - Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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  • Google Wave 101 [Google Wave]
    So you've snagged an invitation to Google Wave —or a pal is sending one your way—and you've already taken a look at what to expect . Learn Wave's Keyboard Shortcuts Every good webapp has a full set of keyboard shortcuts for getting around and performing the most common actions, and happily Google Wave is no exception. But like Gmail, Google Wave also offers several advanced search operators that let you find waves Let's dive deeper into Wave features, etiquette, and extensions. While Wave is still missing a whole lot of shortcuts, there are a few you must
    Lifehacker - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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  • Google Wave's Best Use Cases [Google Wave]
    Last week we asked a simple question: How will you use Google Wave? Education: Increasing Interactivity and Collaborative Learning Dozens of teachers, students, and academics of all stripes wrote in saying that they need better and faster ways to communicate and collaborate in and out of the classroom. With Google Wave, we could have one master notebook, where we could verify all the info, highlight what will probably be the most important for the international exam, and just improve the process Over 600 responses later, we're sending Wave nominations to the people who had the best use cases.
    Lifehacker - Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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  • How to Manage a Group Project in Google Wave [Google Wave]
    The mere promise of Google Wave inspired a rainbow of potential use cases , but Wave's best real-world use boils down to this: it helps a group get things done together. If you have gotten into Wave, search for title:"Invite others to Google Wave" to find the wave with your invites. If so, let's take a look at how you can manage a project in the real world, even given Wave's current unfinished state. Here's how to manage a group project in Wave. Note: If you haven't gotten your Wave invite yet, check out our invitation donation thread first (or, better yet, keep an eye out
    Lifehacker - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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  • Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren't Google Wave) [Lifehacker Top 10]
    You've probably heard about a hard-to-get , hugely new service called Google Wave . Lest ye forget, there are plenty of web-based collaboration tools that don't require learning a new way of speaking. Google Groups "Isn't that the thing that Google turned Usenet into?" Here are a few of our (mostly free) favorites. Photo by woodleywonderworks . 10. Cc:Betty This email-organizing service is openly pitching itself to those left out of the first round of Wave preview accounts, and not entirely without reason.
    Lifehacker - Saturday, October 3, 2009
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  • The Online Collaboration Tools Guide
    Collaboration tools and online storage applications offer many possibilities: online collaborative editing, synchronizing across computers, sharing multiple files and discussion boards, and sharing windows and documents on the spot, to name a few. The following review of major products in this space will help you choose the right collaboration tools for your needs . Sponsor This is a guest post by Eyal Sela , author of the productivity and Internet blog ProductiveWise .
    ReadWriteWeb - Thursday, April 16, 2009
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  • Run YourOrganization.com with Free Google Apps
    The good news is you can get all the benefits of the leading web-based email service out there -- Google's Gmail -- with a yourname@yourdomain.com address for free. With a Google Apps account, you can look like you've got a full IT team behind your small organization but get the simple setup and access that web-based applications offer. Google Apps (formerly named "Google Apps for Your Domain") includes Free web-based email makes you think of dead-giveaway addresses like ninja-girl9378@hotmail.com, which are unsuitable for putting on a business card or resume.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Friday, March 13, 2009
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  • Trick Out Google Apps for Your Domain [Google Apps]
    You registered a domain name and set up the free Google Apps Standard Edition to get Gmail, GTalk, GCal, and GDocs running behind it. Now, take a look at some advanced settings Google Apps (for your domain) makes available. What the what? Sometimes we refer to all of Google's regular, free, public products as "Google Apps," but today we're referring to the product formerly known as "Google Apps for Your Domain" as just plain "Google Note to Google: Come up with a clearer naming convention.) Give this flavor of Google Apps a domain name you own—like
    Lifehacker - Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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