Windows 8 can host many applications and services, just like Windows 7 and all systems before it. Google Apps is no exception to this. To take advantage of the design in Windows 8 and incorporate all Google Apps has to offer, follow the below instructions. Installing Google Apps Install Google Search from the Windows Store by opening the Start menu and typing it in and choosing to "Install." You’ll find a tile on the Start menu that you can ...

Google has introduced a few updates to Google Apps and Spreadsheets in the last week. The biggest update to Google Apps is the inclusion of the .docx format which has become the primary extension for the current version of Microsoft Word documents. This meant that previously, users had to convert or copy and paste documents into a Google document to create something themselves. Now, they can simply import and export .docx formats into Google Drive ...

Google is slowly rolling out the beta phase of offline versions of Google Docs and Calendar. Google released a Gmail offline app for Chrome that allows you to have full access to your Gmail whether you are connected to the Internet or not. They are now working on developing new features and allowing users to begin seeing them in action before releasing them to everyone. If you have opted in for the testing for either of ...

Google recently relaunched a few of its services to include offline mode. Google's main efforts lately have been to make using its online services easier for all levels of users. Having offline support in Google Docs, Gmail and Calendar are a step in that process. This post will take a look at the offline versions of Gmail and Google Calendar. Both services are being rolled out to users in groups, so offline modes may not be available for all users right away. Since these offline services are still in beta ...

Have you ever wished that you could get access to all your Google service accounts from a single location? It would definitely be more convenient and a huge time saver. How about accessing other services all from a single location? Everyone has their own top 5-10 frequented websites that they access at least 2-3 times a day, so of course being able to access them all from a single location is an ideal setting. Integrated Gmail is a Firefox addon that will change how ...

Google Labs is a research and development area the search engine created to test new applications and let users have the first chance to test them out. Google Engineers are on the standby to read user feedback, tweak applications and even scrap them to start all over again.  Gmail, iGoogle and other features you currently use were once part of the Google Labs design. The Google Talk Guru is one ...

Weak passwords are a plague on both personal and business security, and can even impact your friends and relatives.Having your email account hacked can be a nightmarish experience, because the infiltrator can mine your email account for information about other services you use. If you use the same password on other services, they will be able to gain access to those as well. They can also use your account ...

Google just added a new feature to Gmail that would prove useful in certain situations. Google’s professional service, Google Apps has a useful feature called Email delegation which can enable other Gmail users to access your email account as well as read and respond to messages. This way someone can check your email for you and reply as well. This also works great if you have more than one account that you'd want ...

Google has released a new online tool called Transparency Report that allows the internet users to see the information flow on various Google services and products such as YouTube, Google Search etc and gives us first hand data about which Google Services are being blocked around the world. Like all companies, Google’s services occasionally experience traffic disruptions. The new traffic tracking tool helps us and others track whether ...

We have already seen How to Enable Voice and Video Chat in Gmail. Once you enable this feature in GMail, you can easily use your computer microphone and speakers to do voice and video chat with friends. If you use Gmail Video and Voice Chat on a regular basis, you would appreciate this new Gmail Labs feature. When this labs feature is turned on (by both sides), you would see a ...