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Google Apps highlights – 7/2/2010
2. července 2010
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label “
Google Apps highlights
" and subscribe to the series. - Ed.
In the last couple of weeks, we added a set of new features to help you handle various file types more efficiently in Google Docs and Gmail, and new capabilities to help large complex organizations manage Google Apps. We also have some exciting news about new customers in the education sector.
Google Voice available for more users
Last week we were happy to open up
Google Voice for everyone in the U.S.
Now millions more people can get a phone number that rings all their phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more. Google Voice isn’t ready for businesses and schools quite yet, but we’re exploring additional functionality for organizations.
View more file types right in your browser
Gmail already lets you view .pdf, .ppt and .tiff attachments in your browser without downloading these files to your computer, and last week we added support for
viewing .doc and .docx files
. Just click the “View” link next to the attachment in Gmail to see the file.
On Monday we also added the ability to view .pdf, .ppt, .doc and .docx files that you have in Google Docs
on mobile devices
. From your iPhone, iPad or Android device, you can quickly flip from page to page and pan/zoom within a page.
Optical character recognition (OCR) in Google Docs
You were already able to upload and share images and PDF files with Google Docs, and last week we launched a feature that
converts images of text into editable text
. JPEG, GIF, PNG and PDF files can be uploaded as editable Google documents with this feature. Supported languages include English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, with more languages and character sets on their way.
Support for Google Apps customers with multiple domains
Until last Wednesday, Google Apps customers with users at more than one domain (like bob@domain1.com and sue@domain2.com) had to manage Google Apps separately for each domain. Last week we added the ability for customers to
administer two or more domains together
. This feature also makes it much easier for employees to share information through Google Docs, Calendar and Sites with their counterparts in different divisions. For example, Brady Corporation is using this feature to streamline the use and administration of Google Apps across 88 domains!
Google Apps Innovation in the first half of 2010
Businesses using Google Apps not only
save money
, but also their employees get access to new features and functionality at a much faster pace than with conventional business technologies. We've launched over 50 improvements to Google Apps in the last six months, and last week we hosted a webcast to recap noteworthy recent updates for businesses, including more powerful search in Gmail, next-generation editors in Google Docs, Google Wave, the Apps Marketplace and more. If you missed the webcast, you can
watch it on YouTube
.
Who’s gone Google?
We’re thrilled about the news from
Colorado and Iowa
, both of which have opened the doors to Google Apps for teachers and students at schools state-wide, right on the heels of
Oregon’s decision
to use Google Apps at their schools, too.
We also wanted to shine the spotlight on a couple other new customers:
Brown University
and
Imagination
, an 500-employee marketing and communications agency based in the U.K. You can watch their stories here:
I hope you're making the most of these new features, whether you're using Google Apps with friends, family, coworkers or classmates. For more details and updates from the Apps team, head on over to the
Google Apps Blog
.
Update
on 7/7/2010
: Corrected information about Imagination.
Posted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager
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