Create custom templates in Google Docs

Google Docs now lets business users upload their own templates (for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms) to the template gallery. Templates are automatically shared with coworkers and are private to company employees only.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To submit a custom template: go to Google Docs, click 'New > From template' and select 'Submit a template' on the upper right-hand side.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/template-galleries-for-google-apps.html

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User list sort available for all Google Apps accounts

Organizations with 200 users or more, can now sort their list of users in the administrative control panel. (This feature was previously available to organizations with less that 200 users only).

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English only

How to access what's new:
To sort your list of users, administrators can log in to the administrative control panel, and click 'User accounts' from the blue menu bar at the top of the page. Under the 'Users' sub-tab, sort by Name, Username, Status, Email quota, and Last time signed in, by clicking on each column heading.


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Drag, drop and organize labels in Gmail

The following improvements have been made to contacts:
– Labels are now located above the chat list in Gmail
– The ability to hide labels so they only appear when you click the "more" link
– New drag and drop capabilities to organize labels more easily.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
To show, hide or delete labels click the down-arrow to the left of a label.

To use drag and drop capabilities in labels:
– To hide and show labels drag and drop them in and out of "more"
– To label and archive in one step, drag messages into a label
– To add a label to messages, drag the label onto selected messages

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/drag-and-drop-and-organize-your-labels.html

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Improvements to Google Apps contacts

Premier Edition administrators can now add profile information to users of their domain. This profile information is visible to all domain users in Contacts. Profile data is managed with the User Profiles Data API.

Editions included:
API, Premier Edition only
Search enhancements, all editions

Languages included:
US English only

How to access what's new:
Administrators can learn more about how to manage user profiles through the Profiles API documentation.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/improvements-to-google-apps-contacts.html

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Solve feature and other improvements to Forms in Google Spreadsheets

The following updates have been made in Google Spreadsheets
– The new solve feature allows you to optimize linear models.
– New Forms improvements include:
– New Question types
– Form Editor improvements: new Section Headers, fixed-width editor, improved Scale question type (0-10), the ability to edit multiple forms at once.
– The new form HTML structure is better suited for skinning and Javascript applications
– The forms UI now appears localized when you are signed into Google Docs.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To use the solve function, select 'Tools' from the Google Docs menu bar and click 'Solve'.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139704

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Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook

Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook is a plug in that allows Microsoft Outlook to run on the Google Apps backend rather than Microsoft Exchange Server. End users can continue to use the familiar Microsoft Outlook interface for email, calendar and contacts as they transition to Google Apps.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
Available worldwide with US English interface

How to access what's new:
You can download Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook at www.google.com/apps/get-outlook-sync.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/06/use-microsoft-outlook-with-google-apps.html

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AdSense integration with Google Sites

Google Sites now allows integration with AdSense so you can display ads for monetization on your Google Site.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
To display AdSense ads on your Google Site, select 'Monetize' under 'Site Settings'. Click the 'Monetize this site' button to enter your AdSense account information.

For more information:
http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/06/monetize.html

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Docx and xlsx support in Google Docs

Google Docs now supports the upload of .docx and .xlsx file formats.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To import a .docx or .xlsx file into Google Docs, click the 'Upload' button from the Google Docs List menu, select your file, and click the 'Upload File' button.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/06/file-formats-keep-on-coming-announcing.html

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Two new spreadsheet APIs in Google Docs

The following new Data APIs are now available in Google Spreadsheets:
– The Tables feed allows tables to be placed anywhere on the sheet, with multiple tables per sheet and column-based meta-data for each column in the table.
– The Records feed is a feed of rows within a table, called records, with stable IDs (moving the rows around will maintain the same row ID).

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Click here to get started with the new Tables and Records Feeds in Google Spreadsheets.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/06/for-developers-two-new-spreadsheet-data.html

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Hierarchical navigation and other new features in Google Sites

The following new features are available in Google Sites:
– The site navigation widget can now be organized into a hierarchical tree structure.
– The navigation widget can also be set up to highlight the current page and subgroup pages into categories.
– The editing toolbar has been updated to more closely resemble Google Docs.
– The site settings area now uses vertical navigation.
– The rendering infrastructure has been modified to improve performance. Related Colors and Fonts settings have been grouped. A "From theme" option to each variable to make it easier to revert to a previous theme.
– Sidebar gadgets and page canvas gadgets can now be independently styled via colors and fonts.
– Users can now configure a "site language" which allows for a uniform language experience for site viewers.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
To access the new navigation widget, click the 'Edit sidebar' link below the sidebar (or choose 'Manage site' from the 'More actions' menu). You can then edit the navigation widget.

To configure the site language, click 'More actions', select 'Manage site' and choose 'Other Stuff' to select a language from the 'Site display language' dropdown.

For more information:
http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/05/hierarchical-navigation-and-other-new.html

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Tasks in Google Calendar

Tasks are now available in Google Calendar

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To begin using Tasks in Google Calendar, click the 'Tasks' link on the left-hand side. The task creation and management panel will appear on the right side of your screen.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/tasks-now-in-calendar-too.html

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Response comments included in Google Calendar invitation reply email

When you have Google Calendar notifications enabled, your guests' comments are now included along with their response in the email reply to your Google Calendar invitation.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Calendar

How to access what's new:
To receive your guests' comments in their email reply, you must have 'Invitation replies' notifications enabled. Under 'Settings', click the 'Calendar' tab, select 'Notifications' and click the 'Email' checkbox to enable 'Invitation replies'.

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Coming July 2009: Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server

Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server will allow users to access Gmail, Google Calendar and Contacts using built-in BlackBerry® applications. Google Apps Connector installs on BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, connecting it to the Google Apps servers and synchronizes email, calendar and contacts for BlackBerry® users. This functionality will be generally available in July 2009.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server is currently in beta testing with select companies and universities, and will be available free of charge to all Premier and Education Edition customers this July.

Learn how to upgrade to Google Apps Premier Edition to use this feature.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/05/google-apps-connects-with-blackberry.html


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Google Apps Directory Sync to sync Google Apps user accounts with your LDAP system

With Google Apps Directory Sync, you can automatically provision users and groups in Google Apps based on the user data in your LDAP system, such as Microsoft Active Directory or Lotus Domino to match your existing organizational schema.

Editions included:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To download and learn how to install Google Apps Directory Sync, click here .

Learn how to upgrade to Google Apps Premier Edition to use this feature.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/sync-google-apps-user-accounts-with.html


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Tip: The Google I/O Developer Conference is happening on May 27 & 28 in San Francisco. Learn more.

Themes for forms in Google Docs

You can now apply a theme to forms you create in Google Docs.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To apply a theme to a form, click the 'Theme' button at the top of your form, select a theme and click 'Apply'. Note: The theme will be visible to your respondents when they respond in a form window, but not if they reply from an email message with an embedded form.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/04/spruce-up-your-surveys-70-colorful.html

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Sheet protection in Google Docs spreadsheets

You can now control who can edit individual sheets in a Google Docs spreadsheet.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To protect a specific sheet, select the sheet and click the down arrow next to the sheet's name, and select the 'Protect sheet' option. Next, select who is allowed to edit the sheet from the 'Protect sheet' preferences box.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/04/sheet-protection-gives-you-finer.html

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Easier viewing of .ppt and .tiff attachments from Gmail

You can now view .ppt and .tiff files online, directly in your browser. A Flash plugin is no longer required. The viewer can also zoom in and out, select text to copy and paste, and 'print' the presentation to a PDF document.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
When you click 'View' for a .tiff or .ppt attachment in Gmail, it will open directly in your browser for easy viewing.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/powerpoint-and-tiff-file-viewing.html

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Speaker notes now included in .ppt uploads to Google Docs

Now when you when you upload a PowerPoint presentation into Google Docs, the speaker notes will be uploaded as well.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To upload a PowerPoint presentation including speaker notes into Google Docs, select 'File' and 'Upload a presentation' from the Google Docs menu bar. Choose the PowerPoint file you wish to upload and click 'Upload File'. The speaker notes from the PowerPoint presentation will appear under 'Speaker notes' in your Google Doc.

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Google Calendar support for the Chinese calendar

It is now possible to view your agenda against the Chinese calendar (either in Traditional or Simplified Chinese).

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Calendar

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar click 'Settings' and select 'Chinese calendar - Traditional Chinese' or 'Chinese calendar - Simplified Chinese' from the 'Alternate calendar' menu.

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Automatic transition of Page Creator pages to Google Sites

To make the transition to Google Sites as easy as possible for Page Creator users, we will be doing an automatic transition of Page Creator pages to Google Sites, which will include moving pages to Google Sites and redirecting visits to content in Page Creator to the new location on Google Sites.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
The transition of Page Creator pages to Google Sites will happen automatically. From now until this transition begins on June 1, 2009, Page Creator users who don't want to be moved to Google Sites have the option to download their content, host it on another service, and redirect their existing Page Creator URLs. These options are available via the 'Learn more' link at the top of your Site Manager in Page Creator.

For more information:
http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/04/now-moving-to-google-sites.html

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Arial and Times New Roman fonts in Google Docs

Arial and Times New Roman fonts are now available in the text editor in Google Docs for users who have these fonts locally installed on their computers.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
Arial and Times New Roman will appear in the font drop-down from the menu bar if these fonts are detected as being locally installed on your computer.

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New Secure Data Connector for encrypted connections to firewalled data

With Google Secure Data Connector, employees you specify can interact with authorized data from your on-premise applications within Google Sites, Google Docs and custom App Engine applications, even when employees aren't on your corporate network.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To download and begin using the Google Secure Data Connector, administrators should sign into the administrative control panel, go to 'Advanced tools' and follow the links under the 'Secure Data Connector' section.

Learn how to upgrade to Google Apps Premier Edition to use this feature.

For more information:
http://code.google.com/securedataconnector/

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Mobile offline access and faster menus in Gmail for iPhone and Android

The new version of Gmail for mobile includes:
– New offline functionality that allows you to start Gmail for mobile, compose new messages and read recently read messages when offline.
– The new "floaty bar" menu can be used to perform batch actions such as archiving multiple messages quickly.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit http://www.google.com/m/a/example.com on your iPhone or Android-powered device. Be sure to replace 'example.com' with your organization's domain name. Continue by clicking the link for either Gmail or Calendar. If you have an Android device, click 'Update now' to enable Gears for offline access.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-mobile-gmail-experience-for-iphone.html

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Mobile event editing for Google Calendar on iPhone and Android

The new version of Google Calendar for iPhone and Android allows users to edit Google Calendar events (change your attendance status, edit the details, and add or remove guests) from the browser.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit http://www.google.com/m/a/example.com on your iPhone or Android-powered device. Be sure to replace 'example.com' with your organization's domain name. Continue by clicking the link for Calendar.

For more information:
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/04/mobile-web-calendar-for-iphone-and.html

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Themes for your Gmail inbox

You can now apply a theme to your Gmail inbox to personalize it's look and feel.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
Themes in Gmail have started rolling out, but will be available to all domains over the next few days. In order to enable Themes for end-users, administrators should sign into the administrative control panel, go to 'Domain settings' and select the 'Turn on new features' checkbox.

Once themes have been enabled by the adminstrator, end-users can apply a theme to their Gmail inbox by clicking 'Settings' and selecting 'Themes'.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/theme-scheme-in-google-apps.html

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New standalone contact manager

The new standalone contact manager allows you to manage your contacts within Google Apps without enabling Gmail.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
Administrators can enable the contact manager by signing in to the administrative control panel, then selecting 'Add more services' and clicking '+Add it now' under 'Contacts'.

To manage their contacts, end-users can go to http://www.google.com/contacts/a/your-domain.com. Be sure to replace 'your-domain.com' with your actual domain name.

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New Drawing feature in Google Docs

You can now create and insert rich, colorful drawings into documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To add a drawing to a document, spreadsheet or presentation, select 'Insert' from the menu bar and choose 'Drawing'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/03/drawing-on-your-creativity-in-docs.html

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New 'Find and replace' toolbar in Google Docs

You can now use the 'Find and replace' toolbar in Google Docs to more easily search for text and replace it. The 'Find and replace' toolbar also supports additional options for controlling your search such as case-sensitive matching and regular expressions.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To use 'Find and replace', click 'Edit' from the menu bar and choose 'Find and replace...'. The 'Find and replace' toolbar will appear at the top of your document. Additional search options are available by clicking the down arrow next to the 'Find what:' search box.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/03/find-and-replace-my-favourite-colour.html

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Usage reporting in Google Apps

Administrators can now view charts on active users and disk space utilization from the control panel.

Editions included:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to the 'Advanced Tools' tab, click 'View Usage and Reports' in 'Reporting'.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/charts-charts-charts.html

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Non-unique email addresses now allowed in Gmail contacts

You can now associate an email address with more than one contact in Gmail's contact manager.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
Click 'Contacts' from your Gmail inbox, and select '+' to create a new contact. Enter your contact's information and click 'Save'. It is now possible to create another contact with a different 'Name', but same 'Email'.

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Security enhancement for gadgets in Google Sites

Now encryption for gadgets matches the encryption of the site itself. If a Google Site is encrypted, then your embedded gadget data will be encrypted from the source code to the browser.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
No action is required by administrators.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/go-go-gadgetsin-google-sites.html

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Two new features for gadgets in Google Sites

The following new features are available in Google Sites to make gadgets more useful:
– The new 'User Start Page' page type allows users to add and organize their own collection of gadgets to create a personalized start page experience for themselves.
– Private gadgets now allow administrators to upload gadgets to Google Apps that only members of their domain are able to see and add to their Google Sites. These private gadgets will be in a directory with your company's domain name in the gadgets directory.

Editions included:
Premier Edition

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
To access the 'User Start Page' page type, anyone with site editing permission can click 'Create new page' and select 'User Start Page' in the page type menu. Enter a name for the page and click 'Create page'. The editor can add content that they want everyone to see to the top of the page. Each user (even people without site editing rights) can then customize the page to see their own personal collection of gadgets.

To create and access private gadgets, administrators should follow the steps provided in the Private Gadget Administrator's Guide to configure their domain and make private gadgets accessible:
http://code.google.com/p/google-feedserver/wiki/PrivateGadgetAdministratorsGuide

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/go-go-gadgetsin-google-sites.html

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Update to name format in Gmail

Google Apps Administrators can now choose how users' names will be displayed in Gmail. Administrators can select whether to display names either as: First Last (example: John Smith) or Last, First (example: Smith, John). Administrators can also choose whether to allow users to customize this setting.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to 'Email' under the 'Service settings'. The 'Name format' options are available in the 'General' tab.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html


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Analytics for Gmail usage

Premier and Education administrators can now view statistics about how their organizations are using Gmail (like users' locations, languages, length of visit, etc.) in Google Analytics. This extends the Analytics statistics currently available for the control panel, Google Docs and Google Sites.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to the 'Advanced Tools' tab, click 'Setup Google Analytics' and enter the Web Property ID number from your Google Analytics account to begin collecting usage data. Sign in to Google Analytics to view and analyze the data.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113173

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Update to List View in Google Docs

List View, which provides filtering, sorting and row-by-row editing of Google Spreadsheets is now available from your computer's browser.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To use List View, click 'View' from the spreadsheet menu bar and choose 'List view'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/03/custom-views-give-you-more-control-of.html

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Collect username in Google Docs

You can now automatically collect a respondent's username when they submit a form in Google Docs.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To automatically collect a respondent's username in a form on your domain, check the 'Automatically collect respondent's username' checkbox at the top of your form. When the form is saved, a new column called "Username" will be added to your form's spreadsheet. Respondents' usernames will appear there.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=87809

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Gmail 'Mark as unread' update

Now if you're reading a conversation that had unread messages when you opened it, when you mark it as unread, Gmail will only mark as unread the messages in that conversation that were unread when you first opened the message.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
After selecting a message in Gmail, click 'More actions' then select 'Mark as unread'. Only the unread messages when the conversation was opened will be marked as unread.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/small-but-helpful-change-to-mark-as.html

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More Google Video storage in Education Edition

10GB of Google Video storage is now included on an ongoing basis for each school with Education Edition. Before, video storage was included at no charge for schools on a trial basis.

Businesses with Premier Edition still get 10GB plus an additional 500MB for each user account.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Video to upload and share videos at http://video.google.com/a/example.com, but remember to replace "example.com" in this address with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/10-gigs-of-virtual-class-or-virtual.html

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Two new features in Google Video

The following new features are available in Google Video:
– The ability to add captions to your videos
– The ability to upload videos up to 1 GB in size (increased from the 300 MB previous limit)

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To add captions, create a timed text file for your video. Go to your video's play page and click 'Closed Captions', select your language and browse to your timed text file. Click 'Upload captions' to upload your text file.

To play a video with captions, click the 'CC' on the player. If more than one caption track language is available, select the appropriate one from the menu that appears.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-video-for-business-now-featuring.html

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Updates to attachments in Gmail

The following new features are available in Gmail when adding attachments:

– You can now select multiple files from the same folder for attachment simultaneously
– The ability to see upload progress on for each attachment as it loads


Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
To upload multiple attachments from the same folder, click 'Attach a file', browse to a folder, hold down the Ctrl key (Cmd on OSX) and click on each file you want to attach to your message. You can hold down the Shift key to select a continuous list of files. An upload progress bar will be displayed for each file as it loads.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/updates-to-attachments-multi-select-and.html

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New Google Apps status dashboard

The Google Apps status dashboard now provides performance information for Google Apps services.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Go to http://www.google.com/appsstatus to view the status of Google Apps services. Select 'Older >>' or '<< Newer' to navigate to a specific date.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-status-dashboard-for-google-apps_25.html

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Three new features added to Google Docs

The following new features are available in Google Spreadsheets:
– A mobile-friendly view with filtering, sorting and row-by-row editing
– The ability to define attributes of a cell and require that input meets those data validation rules
– A form summary page with information about completed responses

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To access or create a spreadsheet in list view from your mobile device, visit docs.google.com/a/example.com from your mobile browser, but remember to replace "example.com" in this address with your actual domain name.

To use data validation, select a cell from your spreadsheet, click 'Tools' from the menu bar and choose 'Data validation'. Enter your attributes and click 'Save'.

To view the form summary page, click 'Form' from the spreadsheet menu bar and choose 'Show summary'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/02/add-edit-sort-and-filter-improved.html

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=139705&hl=en


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Four new features added to Gmail contacts

The following new features are available in Gmail contacts:
– You can now combine multiple contacts into a single entry
– The new 'All Contacts' group includes 'My Contacts' and other people you've corresponded with
– You can remove contacts from 'My Contacts', leaving them in 'All Contacts'
– You can search across all contact fields

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To merge multiple contacts, go to the Gmail contact manager, select the contacts you want to merge and click the 'Merge these contacts...' link. Note: autocomplete may show email addresses from merged contacts in an unexpected order, and this issue is being resolved.

To remove contacts from 'My Contacts' (which can be synced to your mobile device with Google Sync) go to the Gmail contact manager, select a contact, click the 'Groups' button and choose the 'Remove from...My Contacts' option.

To search across all contact fields, go to the Gmail contact manager and enter your search term in the search box. You can search on phone numbers, postal addresses, notes and more.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/four-changes-to-gmail-contacts.html

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Calendar and contact sync available for iPhone, Windows Mobile and more

Google Sync (beta) is now available, and allows two-way push sync of Google Calendar and Gmail contacts data to iPhone and Windows Mobile devices through ActiveSync. Two-way contacts sync is also available for devices that support SyncML.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Administrators must first enable Google Sync for their users. In the control panel, click 'Services settings' and choose 'Mobile'. Check the box for 'Enable Google Sync' and click 'Save changes'.

Users can then configure Google Sync for their mobile devices. The link below provides device-specific configuration instructions.

Note: Google Sync will replace all existing contacts and calendar information on your phone, so make sure to back up any important data before you get started.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139195

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Five new features added to Google Calendar

The following new features are available in Google Calendar:
– Collapsable screen area for all-day events
– Ability to add Google Docs files to events
– Streamlined settings for sharing, unsharing and deleting calendars
– New 'Save and send emails' option for new events
– Better accessibility with improved support for screen readers

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To minimize the area for all-day events, click the triangle on the left side of the all-day events area.

To add a Google Docs file to an event, open the event details page and click 'Add a Google document'.

To share, unsubscribe from or delete a calendar, click the 'Settings' link at the bottom of the 'My calendars' box on the left side of the screen.

To save changes to an event and automatically send the details to attendees in one step, click the 'Save and send emails' button at the bottom of the event details page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html#calendar

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Google Docs adds print preview

Google Docs now supports print preview so you can see what documents will look like on paper before you print.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
When you have a document open, click 'File' from the menu bar and choose 'Print preview'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/02/preview-before-you-print-and-even-more.html

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Offline access to Google Calendar now available

Google Calendar is now available offline. Read-only access allows you to view your account even when you don't have an internet connection.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
End users can enable offline access in Google Calendar by clicking the 'Offline beta' link in the upper right area of the screen.

Premier and Education Edition administrators must first opt their domains into new features for their users to use Google Calendar offline. From the administrative control panel, click 'Domain settings', check the box to 'Turn on new features', and click 'Save settings'.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/offline-also-available-in-google.html

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Provisioning API updated

The Provisioning API for user and group management has been updated to allow Premier, Education and Partner Edition admins to take advantage of the new functionality of Google Apps groups, including per group sending permissions and groups that contain other groups.

Editions included:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Learn more about the Provisioning API on the Google Code site (link below).

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/gdata_provisioning_api_v2.0_developers_protocol.html

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Email list improvements launched

Google Apps email lists (now called "groups") now support two improvements:
– Admins can now set permissions to determine who can send to each group: group owners, group members, domain members and/or anyone in the world.
– Groups can now contain other groups, making it easier to reuse frequently-referenced groups of users.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions.

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the control panel and click 'Users and groups' and then 'Groups' to manage groups.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=126169&topic=14869

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Simpler ways to work with labels in Gmail

The buttons and menus at the top of the Gmail inbox have been updated to make working with labels easier. "Move to" applies a new label, archives the message from your inbox and removes any existing labels, similar to working with folders. "Labels" just applies a new label to the message.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, select the message you want to label, and click the "Move to" or "Labels" button to choose a label.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/folders-and-labels-best-of-both-worlds.html

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Experimental: Offline Gmail available in Gmail Labs

Offline Gmail is now available as an optional, experimental feature in Gmail Labs. Gmail Labs are unsupported features that may break or behave unexpectedly, so use your discretion before enabling this feature.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English, UK English (where Gmail Labs is available)

How to access what's new:
End users can enable offline Gmail from the 'Labs' tab in 'Settings'.

Premier Edition administrators must first enable Gmail Labs for their domain for users to see this option. From the administrative control panel, choose 'Email' from the 'Service settings' menu. Check the box next to 'Enable Gmail Labs for my users' and click 'Save changes'. Gmail Labs are unsupported features that may break or behave unexpectedly, so use your discretion before enabling Gmail Labs for your users.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/01/announcing-offline-access-in-gmail-labs.html

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Administrators can now specify authorized Google Video uploaders

Premier Edition administrators can now specify up to 100 authorized Google Video uploaders if they don't want every employee to have uploading capabilities.

Editions included:
Premier Edition

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
From the administrative control panel, choose 'Video' from the 'Service settings' menu. Next, enter up to 100 authorized users in the 'Video Uploaders' box and click 'Save changes'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/collaboration.html#video

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Custom password strength settings for administrators

Administrators can now set minimum and maximum password length requirements for their users, and view visual indicators of the strength of their users' passwords.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Administrators can access these features from the administrative control panel under 'Advanced Tools' > 'Advanced Password Settings'.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-layer-of-data-access-security-for.html

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Google Apps Authorized Reseller program launched

Technology solution providers worldwide can now to sell, customize and support Google Apps Premier Edition for customers of all sizes.

Editions included:
Premier Edition

How to access what's new:
Visit the reseller program website to learn more about the opportunity and how to become a reseller.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/resellers/index.html

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50 user limit for new Standard Edition customers

Starting today, Standard Edition will support a maximum of 50 users for new customers. Existing Standard Edition customers with more than 50 users can continue their current service at no charge, and schools and non-profits of all sizes still have access to the free Education Edition.

Editions included:
Standard Edition

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Apps

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=113251

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Administrative management of non-employee contacts now available

Premier Edition administrators can now add contacts that aren't employees of their own company to the contact list that each user can access in the new standalone contact manager. These shared contacts are managed with the Shared Contacts API.

Editions included:
Premier Edition

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Administrators can learn more about how to manage shared contacts that aren't employees of their own company through the Shared Contacts API documentation. (See link below.)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/shared_contacts/gdata_shared_contacts_api_reference.html

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Standalone contact manager available

Administrators of all editions can now allow users to access their contacts outside of Gmail with the new standalone contact manager. Premier Edition is required for the standalone contact manager to include shared contacts from outside of the organization.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
To enable the standalone contact manager, sign in to the control panel, click 'Add more services', and enable the 'Contacts' service. A new 'Contacts' link will then begin to appear for users in the row of links at the top left of each application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=134378

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Gmail adds fast PDF attachment viewing right in the browser

Gmail now lets you view PDF attachments right in the browser if you prefer not to download the file to your computer.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
When you receive a PDF attachment, just click the 'View' link to the left of the 'Download' option.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html#mail

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Google Calendar adds 'undo', event reminder options and more

Google Calendar now supports several new features:
– You can now undo the last change you made to your schedule.
– You can now disable reminders for events that you haven't accepted.
– Events now show a visual indicator when all other attendees have declined.
– Event creators can now allow guests to modify the details of an event.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To undo your last action, click the 'undo' link in the change confirmation that appears near the top of the screen.

To turn off reminders for events you haven't accepted, click 'Settings', go to the 'Automatically add invitations to my calendar' section, and choose 'Yes, but don't sent event reminders until I have responded'.

To let guests modify events that you create, open the details of your event, go to the 'Guests can' section, and check the box for 'modify event'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html#calendar

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More Google Calendar features launched

Google Calendar now supports several new features:
– Google Calendar recognizes the locations of your events and lets you view where events take place in Google Maps.
– You can transfer ownership of an event to a different Google Calendar user.
– Google Calendar now does time zone auto-detection to help you view your calendar in the right local time zone when you're traveling.
– You can now report event invitation spam.
– Events between two people now show the other attendee's name in the event block on your calendar.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To view where an event takes place in Google Maps, view the details of the event and click the 'map' link. This works when the event owner has entered a location recognized by Google Maps.

To transfer ownership of an event to a different user, view the details of the event and choose 'Transfer Event...' from the 'Calendar' selection menu. You'll be prompted sent a notification to the new event owner.

To report event invitation spam, click the event on your calendar, and then click the 'Report Spam' link.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html#calendar

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Contact sync for BlackBerry now available

BlackBerry users can now synchronize their BlackBerry's built-in address book with their Google Apps contacts. Two-way sync happens automatically over the air.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To use Google Sync or upgrade from the older version, visit m.google.com/sync from your BlackBerry browser.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/sync.html

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"No logo" default option available for Google Sites

Google Apps administrators can now specify that all new user-created Google Sites will not display a logo at the top of each page.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the administrative control panel, click 'Domain settings' and then 'Appearance'. Un-check the box for 'Show this logo in all sites that users create', then click 'Save changes'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/collaboration.html#sites

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Google Calendar now available in Hebrew and Arabic

Google Calendar users can now access their accounts in Hebrew and Arabic, including a complete right-to-left user interface.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Hebrew and Arabic

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar and click 'Settings' to change your language preferences.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37032

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Browser-based voice and video chat available in Gmail

You can now have voice and video chats with your contacts for free within your browser's Gmail window.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From Gmail, open a chat session with a contact, click on the 'Video & more' menu at the bottom of the chat window, then select 'Start video chat' or 'Start voice chat'. The first time you use this feature, you'll be prompted to download and install a small plugin.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/11/gmail-voice-and-video-chat.html

Google Analytics for Google Apps

Google Apps administrators can now link their Google Analytics accounts to Google Apps, providing administrators with usage data for Google Docs and Google Sites.

Editions impacted:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to the 'Advanced Tools' tab, click 'Setup Google Analytics' and enter the profile ID number from your Google Analytics account to begin collecting usage data. Sign in to Google Analytics to view and analyze the data.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/11/google-analytics-for-google-apps.html

New capabilities for the Google Docs API

The Google Docs API is now capable of updating the actual content of documents, sharing documents, and moving documents into and out of folders programmatically.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Documents List Data API overview site to get started. (See link below.)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/documents/overview.html

OAuth for APIs available with Premier and Education Editions

Premier and Education Edition administrators can now use OAuth authentication to access GData feeds for users on their domains. Using OAuth, administrators can act on behalf of end-users without any end-user involvement.

Editions impacted:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Premier and Education Edition admins can enable OAuth in the 'Authentication' section of the 'Advanced tools' tab of the Google Apps administrative control panel.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=61017

SLAs available for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Talk

Google Apps Premier Edition now includes a 99.9% uptime guarantee for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Talk.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
All

How to access what's new:
This uptime guarantee is available to all Premier Edition customers.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/sla.html

New Google Calendar features launched

Google Calendar now supports several new features:
– When scheduling appointments, you can now automatically find the next available time that works for all attendees and resources like conference rooms.
– You can add a secondary time zone to see when events take place if you frequently travel between time zones or work with people in other time zones.
– Meeting reminders can now be customized more granularly between zero and five minutes before an event.
– Google Calendar supports more keyboard shortcuts now.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To have Google Calendar find the next available time for a meeting, click 'Create Event' and then 'Check guest and resource availability'. Add the invitees and resources (like conference rooms) you want to invite, set the duration of your meeting, and click 'Find next available time'.

To add a secondary time zone, click 'Settings' and then 'Show an additional time zone' to make a time zone selection that will appear on your calendar alongside your primary time zone.

Granular meeting reminders can be set per-event by clicking 'Event details' and adjusting your preferences.

To see a list of keyboard shortcuts, enter "?".

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html#calendar

Google Labs applications now available

Organizations using Google Apps can now start using Google Labs applications. The first three new apps are:

Google Moderator – Manage Q&A sessions from the smallest video conference to the largest all-hands company meeting.

Google Code Reviews – Collaborate with others to catch bugs in software you're developing.

Google Short Links – Create easy-to-remember links for both your internal and external web pages.

Stay tuned for more Google Labs applications from Google and other software developers.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Solutions Marketplace (see link below) to learn more about Google Labs and select the new applications you want to use in your organization.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewVendorListings?vendorId=1012

Gmail for mobile adds features and support for 40 interface languages

Users of J2ME-supported and BlackBerry phones can now check email across multiple accounts (including both Gmail and Google Apps email accounts), compose messages without a signal, return to the inbox while mail sends in the background, undo recent actions, and work quickly with shortcut keys. The interface is also now available in 40 languages.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK), English (US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

How to access what's new:
Go to m.google.com/mail in your mobile browser to download the new Gmail for mobile for your phone.

For more information:
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/10/introducing-gmail-for-mobile-20.html

Google Sites now supports 38 languages

Google Sites has always supported user content in any language, but the interface itself has been English-only. With this release, the application interface is available in 38 languages.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, US English, English (UK), Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Sites, click 'My sites' and then 'User settings' to change your interface language preferences.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/collaboration.html#sites

Google Sites adds new preferences and interface improvements

Google Sites now includes the following enhancements:
– New user preferences for interface language, change notification options, time zone and location
– Ability to set how list pages are sorted when viewed
– Ability to set how embedded list gadgets are sorted when viewed
– Simplified form embedding
– Ability to customize the URL when creating new pages in a site
– New top-of-page placement for the editing toolbar

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To change your user preference, sign in to Google Sites, click 'My sites' and then 'User settings'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/collaboration.html#sites

Improved contact manager features in Gmail

Gmail now automatically adds people that you corresponded with to 'Suggested Contacts'. You can move people you correspond with regularly to 'My Contacts'. Gmail's address auto-complete feature works for all of your contacts, whether they're in 'My Contacts' or 'Suggested Contacts'.

Furthermore, to ensure that only the right contacts are synced with your mobile device in the future, Gmail is moving previously auto-added contacts in 'My Contacts' back into 'Suggested Contacts'. Only contacts that you've moved to 'My Contacts', edited, imported or added to a group will remain in 'My Contacts' for syncing.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail and click 'Contacts' to manage 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts'.

For more information:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12867

Google Spreadsheets adds full-screen mode (Ctrl+Shift+F)

Google Spreadsheets now lets you view more of your work on-screen. Ctrl+Shift+F toggles between three modes: hide header, hide header and toolbar, and show all.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Ctrl+Shift+F toggles between the three display modes when you're viewing a spreadsheet.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=66280

Streamlined user interface launched for Google Spreadsheets

Google Spreadsheets now uses a simplified toolbar that makes it easier to find the most commonly used formatting tools. Spreadsheet features can now be found in the new menus, which resembles the interface you're already familiar with in Google Documents and Google Presentations.

The blue 'Share' button lets you give users viewing rights, add collaborators who can edit your spreadsheets with you, or publish your spreadsheets to the web.

This release also includes speed and performance enhancements for Google Spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, and open a new or saved spreadsheet to access the new user interface.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/collaboration.html#docs

New Google Calendar features for the iPhone

Google Calendar users in the US can now add new events, invite attendees, and see daily and monthly views of their agendas from the iPhone. This release also includes speed improvements for the iPhone interface.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit http://www.google.com/m/a/example.com from your iPhone's browser, but remember to replace 'example.com' with your actual domain name. Then switch to the 'Calendar' tab.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/mobile.html#iphone

Google Docs adds web-powered lookup functions and table of contents feature

Google Docs now helps you quickly find dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia matches, plus webpage and image search results for words or phrases.

We've also added the ability to create a table of contents for documents.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
For the lookup functions, highlight a word or phrase, click the 'Tools' menu and choose the 'Look up word' or 'Search the web for word' options.

To add a table of contents, click the 'Insert' menu and choose 'Table of contents'.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=15125
http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=106342

Google Video for secure private video sharing available in Education Edition

Schools using Education Edition can now share videos privately and securely among faculty and staff with Google Video. Videos can be uploaded, shared with specific permissions, and watched by authorized viewers with no special hardware or software. Each school gets 3GB of video storage per user account, but admins must first whitelist specific users to give them permission to upload videos. Google Video is available for free trial in Education Edition until March 9, 2009, at which point it will cost $10 per user, per year.

Editions impacted:
Education Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Education Edition administrators can enable Google Video by signing in to the control panel, clicking 'Add more services' and then 'Add it now'. Administrators using a non-English version of the control panel must temporarily switch to the 'Next Generation' English version of the control panel to enable Google Video. Google Video will remain enabled after switching back to the non-English version of the control panel.

Once enabled, Google Video is available for whitelisted Education Edition users at http://video.google.com/a/example.com, but remember to replace "example.com" with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=106620

New Gmail code base available to IE6 users

Users of Internet Explorer 6 can now access significant Gmail performance improvements as well as new features like colored labels, group chat, an updated contact manager, remote sign out and more.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Simply sign in to Gmail. If you don't see these new features immediately, you may still need to get the latest IE6 updates from Microsoft.

For more information:
http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2008/03/gmail-codebase-update-and-new-features.html

Premier Edition now includes Google Video for secure, private video sharing

Companies using Premier Edition can now share videos privately and securely among employees with Google Video at no additional cost. Videos can be uploaded, shared with specific permissions, and watched by authorized viewers with no special hardware or software. Each Premier Edition domain gets 3GB of video storage per user account.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Google Video will be enabled by default for all new Premier Edition customers.

Existing Premier Edition customers who have opted in to 'Automatically add new Google services' from the administrative control panel will have access to Google Video shortly.

Existing Premier Edition customers who have not opted in to automatically get new services can manually enable Google Video from the control panel. Sign in to the control panel, click 'Add more services' and then 'Add it now'.

Administrators using a non-English version of the control panel must temporarily switch to the 'Next Generation' English version of the control panel to manually enable Google Video. Google Video will remain enabled after switching back to the non-English version of the control panel.

Once enabled, the Google Video service is available for Premier Edition users at http://video.google.com/a/example.com, but remember to replace "example.com" with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/collaboration

Flexible event reminders and calendar exporting added to Google Calendar

You can now set custom event reminders, including multiple reminders for a single event. Reminders can be delivered over email, SMS or with web pop-ups. Google Calendar also now allows you to export all your events in the .ics calendar standard format.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To set event reminders, open the details of an event, customize the reminder settings, and click 'Save'.

To export your calendar data, click 'Settings', choose the 'Calendars' tab, and click 'Export My Calendars' to create a zip file with your calendar information.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37242
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37111

Google Calendar interface improvements available

It's now easier to manage multiple calendars in Google Calendar. Calendars that you manage and other calendars that you don't manage (but can view) are more clearly identified. Clicking the name of a calendar lets you show or hide that calendar in the main area of the window. To add a contact's calendar, add a public calendar, or import calendar data, click the 'Add' link near the bottom left of the screen.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar to access these interface improvements.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/calendar.html

Google Docs makes it easier to set up and share a new form

Google Docs users can now select 'Form' from the 'New' item menu to customize and send an interactive form. Form submissions are automatically recorded in a spreadsheet.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click the 'New' button and select 'Form'. Customize your form and then click 'Email this form' to let people take your survey. You can see the results of your survey by clicking the 'View Responses' button.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=87809

Gmail supports easier access to contacts when composing a message

When composing a message in Gmail, users can now just click the 'To:' link to access Gmail's contact list. Before, the Gmail contact list was available through a link labeled 'Choose from contacts'. Contact sharing must be enabled in the control panel for this feature to appear.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To select recipients from your contact list when composing a message in Gmail, click the 'To:' link next to the box for recipient addresses. Similar 'Cc:' and 'Bcc:' links are available if you click 'Add Cc' or 'Add Bcc'. Contact sharing must be enabled in the control panel for this feature to appear.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

SSL enforcement available as an administrative setting

Premier Edition administrators can now ensure that users access Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites with HTTPS, so data is encrypted as it travels between user web browser and our servers.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the control panel, choose 'Domain settings', check the box for 'Enable SSL' and save your changes.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=100181

Google Sites adds layout customization options and Google Docs integration

Google Sites now supports custom layouts for header height, sidebar width, page width and text box width. You can also completely remove a site's header and/or sidebar.

To embed a document, spreadsheet or presentation from Google Docs, you can now browse your document list from within Google Sites rather than finding the file to insert in a separate browser window and pasting the link into Google Sites.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Team Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To change your site's page layout, click 'Settings', then 'Appearance', then 'Site Elements'. Click the 'Change site layout' button to make your changes.

To embed a document, spreadsheet or presentation into a page, click the 'Edit page' button, click 'Insert', choose the type of file to embed and then choose the right file from your Google Docs list.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/sites.html

Gmail adds 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts'

Gmail now adds people you email with to your contact list after several correspondences, rather than after you email someone for the first time. Contacts you add manually or through an import are also saved in 'My Contacts'. People you haven't had many email exchanges with are auto-added to 'Suggested Contacts', and you can move those people to 'My Contacts' at any time.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail and click 'Contacts' to browse 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Document, spreadsheet and presentation templates now available in Google Docs

Instead of starting from scratch, Google Docs now offers a wide range of document, spreadsheet and presentation templates that you can use to quickly get started on new projects.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'New' and then click 'From template...' to access the template gallery.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Calendar adds support for 8 new languages

Google Calendar now supports Google Calendar now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Filipino/Tagalog, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Hungarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Latvian, Romanian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Polish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Latvian, Romanian, Filipino/Tagalog, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Hindi and Indonesian

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/calendar.html

Google Sites supports custom site URLs

Update: some of you may not see this new feature yet; we are rolling it out over the next week.

Administrators can now map public sites hosted on Google Sites to their own domains. Sites can be mapped individually to a specific URL, like http://www.example.com, and as a group under a specific URL, like http://sites.example.com/[name of site].

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the control panel and choose 'Sites' from the 'Service settings' menu. Click the 'Web address mapping' tab and configure the URL where you want your site to be available.

For more information:
http://sites.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=99448

Google Spreadsheets adds full-sheet gadgets and charts, new functions and number formats, and more

Google Spreadsheets now includes the following enhancements:
– Gadgets and charts can be displayed in full-sheet view
– Numbers can now be displayed in scientific notation format
– New functions to convert information between binary, octal, decimal and hex
– Form improvements including a new scale question type and required questions
– Ability to reassign ownership of a spreadsheet to a different user
– Keyboard shortcuts for today's date (ctrl+;) and time (ctrl+shift+;)

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Talk available for the iPhone

You can now access Google Talk from the iPhone to instant message with your contacts on the go.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your iPhone's browser, visit http://talkgadget.google.com/a/example.com/talkgadget/m. Be sure to replace 'example.com' with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html

Google Docs supports PDF upload, viewing and sharing

Google Docs now allows you to upload PDF files to store them online. You can view uploaded PDFs right in your browser, and determine who else should have access.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs and click 'Upload' to locate and upload a PDF. To share an uploaded PDF from your document list, select the PDF and click 'Share' to specify who should have access.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Gmail adds support for 8 new languages

Gmail now supports Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, UK English, US English, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Google App Engine preview open to all

Google App Engine is a development and hosting platform that allows developers to host web-based applications on Google's infrastructure. Google App Engine is now available to all as an open preview release.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for the preview release at http://appengine.google.com/a/your-domain.com. Be sure to replace 'your-domain.com' with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=91077

Google Web Security now available

Google Web Security for Enterprise, powered by Postini, provides real-time malware protection and URL filtering with policy enforcement and reporting. An additional feature extends the same protections to users working remotely on laptops in hotels, cafes, and even guest networks without requiring any action on their part.

Editions impacted:
Google Web Security can be used in conjunction with all editions of Google Apps messaging and collaboration services.

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the link below to learn more.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/security/web.html

Site usage statistics enabled for Google Sites

Google Sites now provides a simple way to track site usage, by integrating with Google Analytics.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Team Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Sites, open a site, and click 'Site Settings'. Navigate to the settings page for 'Other stuff', check the box for 'Statistics', paste your Google Analytics account ID in the box, and click 'Save changes'. (You'll need to sign in to your Google Analytics account to get your account ID.)

For more information:
http://sites.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=92369

Integrated Google Apps experience available on the iPhone

If you have an iPhone (or an iPod Touch), Google Apps is now available with a streamlined mobile interface, where you can easily bookmark a single web address and seamlessly switch between applications.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English, UK English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://www.google.com/m/a/your-domain.com from your iPhone's browser. Be sure to replace 'your-domain.com' with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html

Google Presentations adds speaker notes and YouTube video embedding

You can now add speaker notes and embed YouTube videos in Google Presentations.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation and click the speaker notes icon at the bottom right of the screen to add speaker notes. Click 'Start presentation' and then click 'View speaker notes' to see your notes.

To embed a video in a presentation, open a presentation for editing, click 'Insert video' and search for the video you want to embed.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Docs allows CSS customization for documents

Users can now customize the cascading style sheet (CSS) for their documents. This provides advanced controls for page design, layout and formatting.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs and open a document. Then click 'Edit' from the menu bar and then 'Edit CSS...' to open the CSS editing window.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94168

Google Calendar Sync now syncs more Outlook events

Previously, your Google Apps email address needed to be the organizer or an attendee of your Microsoft Outlook events for the Outlook events to sync to your Google Calendar. Now, when you choose to do a 2-way sync or a 1-way sync from Outlook calendar to Google Calendar, all of your Outlook events will be synced to your Google Calendar.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To download Google Calendar Sync, visit http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=89955

AuthSub enabled for Google Apps accounts

AuthSub is an authentication proxy service bundled with the Google Data APIs, which lets users gives 3rd party applications secure access to their Google Apps service data without having to trust those applications with their usernames and passwords.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
All

How to access what's new:
If you're a developer, visit the AuthSub documentation page to learn more about enabling AuthSub for your web applications. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/AuthForWebApps.html

Google Docs adds improved search and saved searches

Google Docs now lets you run advanced searches for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You can search by document type, date modified, who the documents are shared with and more. Once you set up a search, you can save your search criteria to easily run the same search at a later time

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs and click "Show search options". After entering your search criteria, click "Save this search" to have Google Docs remember the properties for your search. To run a saved search, choose the search you want from the "Saved searches" menu in the left panel or next to the search box at the top of the screen.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Presentations allows export to PowerPoint

You can now export a Google Presentation to the PowerPoint (.ppt) file format.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation and choose "Save as PPT" from the "File" menu.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google App Engine preview now available

Google App Engine is a development and hosting platform that allows developers to host web-based applications on Google's infrastructure. Google App Engine is currently available as a limited preview release.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for the preview release at http://appengine.google.com/a/your-domain.com. Be sure to replace 'your-domain.com' with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=91077

Google Email Uploader available

The Google Email uploader allows users to import messages and contacts stored locally in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Thunderbird into Gmail.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Email Uploader homepage to download the application. (see link below)

For more information:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/email_uploader.html

Google Docs now supports colored folders and improved document ownership controls

In the Google Docs document list, you can now change the colors of folders to help you organize your files more effectively. Also, users can now transfer ownership of documents and presentations, so the creator doesn't need to completely delete the file if she no longer wants to have that document or presentation in her document list.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To change the color of a folder, sign in to Google Docs, select a folder and click the 'Choose color' link. To transfer ownership of a document or presentation, right click the file in your document list and click 'Change Owner'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

New toolbar and menus available in Google Documents

Google Docs now has an improved menu bar when you're editing a document. You can select features from menus, or click icons in the toolbar for frequently-used features. The 'Save' and 'Save & Close' buttons also now appear above the toolbar.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs and open any document.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Docs adds support for 8 new languages

Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. Hebrew and Arabic are also supported for documents and presentations, but not spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, and Telugu.

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Gmail code base update and new features available

Gmail's faster, more flexible new codebase is now becoming generally available to Google Apps users. This change brings a faster interface and several new features including group chat from the browser, a streamlined contact manager, colored message labels, improved keyboard shortcuts and bookmarkable messages and searches.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Just sign in to Gmail. You'll know when you're in new version of Gmail when you see a link for "Older version" at the top right of the screen.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Google Spreadsheets adds gadgets, revision notifications and more

Spreadsheet gadgets let you visualize your data in interesting, intuitive ways. For example, you can see addresses on an interactive map, or create dynamic time series charts that let you zoom in and scroll through a graph.

Revision notifications let you set up alerts so you know when someone makes changes to a spreadsheet.

Other new features include the ability to select cells for formulas with arrow keys, an expanded color palette, text auto-complete from other cells in the same column, a new function auto-complete feature, and new sort(), filter() and unique() functions.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, and click the 'Add' button in the toolbar. (The icon looks like a bar chart.) Then select "Gadget..." to see all the gadget options.

See links below for other feature access instructions.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/topic.py?topic=14187
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=91588
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=92022

Google Calendar sync application for Microsoft Outlook available

Users can now synchronize their Google Calendar accounts with their Microsoft Outlook calendars. Synchronization works in both directions, or users can choose to only sync in one direction.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To download Google Calendar Sync, visit http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=89955

Google Sites available

Google Sites lets users instantly create collaborative workspaces to share all kinds of information, including attachments and content from other Google applications.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Sites and click 'Create a site' to get started.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/sites.html

Gmail adds support for one new language

Gmail now supports Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, UK English, US English, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Malay

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Google Docs adds support for two new languages

Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. Hebrew and Arabic are also supported for documents and presentations, but not spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Arabic and Hebrew

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Team Edition available

Now employees and students can bring Google Apps to their businesses and schools without burdening their IT departments for support. Team Edition includes Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Talk.

Editions impacted:
Team Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Employees and students who aren't already using Google Apps can visit the Team Edition homepage to sign up with their work or school email address.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/business/index.html

Google Message Security and Compliance available

Administrators can now add security and compliance services to their existing messaging solutions, even if they don't use Google Apps for Gmail. Inbound message filtering for spam, virus and phishing protection is available, as are outbound message policy controls and long term message archiving for compliance purposes.

Editions impacted:
Message Filtering, Message Security and Message Discovery

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps Security and Compliance homepage to learn more. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/security/index.html

Google Spreadsheets adds interactive forms and frozen rows and columns

Users can set up and share online forms where form submissions automatically get fed into a Google Spreadsheet. Users can also freeze rows and columns to prevent them from scrolling off the page.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet and click the 'Share' tab. Select the option to invite people 'to fill out a form'. From there, configure your form and send it out to your list of recipients. To freeze a row or column, drag the row or column bar to the point where you want your spreadsheet to be frozen.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=87809
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=87809

Google Presentations adds PDF printing support

Users can now save Google Presentations as PDF files.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation and click ''. Then click 'File' and 'Save as PDF' or 'Print...' to see more options.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=69064

Google Docs adds support for document headers and footers

In Google Docs, users can now insert customizable document headers and footers.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a document, click 'Insert' and choose 'Header' or 'Footer'.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86629

Document list improved in Google Docs

The Google Docs document list now allows users to create hierarchical folder structures and share single or multiple documents right from the document list.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, create folders and drag one folder into another to create nested folders. Click the check box next to multiple docs and the click the 'Share' button to share several docs all at once.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Presentations adds more editing options and slideshow embedding

Google Presentations now supports drag and drop image insertion from other Google Presentations and from web pages. Users can also add basic vector shapes to slides, import individual slides from other Google Presentations and from PowerPoint PPT files, and embed slideshows from Google Presentations into web pages.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation and drag an image from a different web page into a slide to insert the image. Click the shape icon to insert a shape, and click the 'Publish' tab to see publishing and embedding options.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Admins can opt-in to new application features sooner

The administrative control panel now allows admins to opt in to some new application features before they're generally available to Google Apps domains. This provides access to new, possibly less stable application enhancements.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From the US English, next-generation administrative control panel, click 'Domain settings' and check the box next to 'Turn on new application features to my domain before they are rolled out to all Google Apps customers.'

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=82691

Google Sync available for syncing Google Calendar to BlackBerry devices

Google Sync is an application for BlackBerry devices that lets users do two-way syncing between their BlackBerry calendar and their Google Calendar.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit m.google.com/sync to download the application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/google.com/bin/answer.py?answer=83036

Gmail Mobile application supports many new phone models

The Gmail Mobile application now supports most Java-enabled phones, in addition to many smartphones and BlackBerry devices.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit m.google.com/a to download the application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html

Google Talk gadget adds support for 20 new languages

The Google Talk gadget now supports US English, UK English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
UK English, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese(Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://hostedtalkgadget.google.com/a/your-domain.com/talkgadget/client to quickly launch the Google Talk gadget.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html

Gmail in-browser chat supports group chats, emoticons and in-line media previews

When users instant message using Gmail's browser-based chat feature, they can now have multi-user chats, add emoticons to their messages, and view media like YouTube videos right in the chat window.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, and start a chat session with one or more of your contacts. When a contact sends you a YouTube link, you can watch the video right in Gmail's chat window.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html

Mail migration API available for Gmail

Businesses and other organizations moving from old mail solutions that support IMAP can use the IMAP migration tool, but for administrators currently on a non-IMAP solution, this API lets them build custom applications to migrate mail from any legacy system to Google Apps.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Read more about the mail migration API in our developer guide. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/email_migration/developers_guide_protocol.html

Postini policy management controls improved for Premier Edition

Administrators can now set email policy rules using regular expressions, which allows for inbound and outbound filtering on content like social security numbers, phone numbers and other structured information.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the Premier Edition administrative control panel and launch the Postini management interface to configure email policy management rules.

For more information:
http://groups.google.com/group/PostiniSupportForGoogleApps

Google Presentations adds more editing options

Google Presentations now supports slide dragging to reorder slides, and right clicks to change slide background and to duplicate slides.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation, and try these new editing options.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Calendar adds support for five new languages

Google Calendar now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Polish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Thai, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, and Portuguese (Portugal)

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/calendar.html

Google Docs adds support for 13 new languages

[Short description]
Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian.

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Gmail adds IMAP support

IMAP access is now available to Gmail users at no additional cost, so people can connect client applications like Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail, and mobile devices like the iPhone to their Gmail accounts. Actions taken while connected by IMAP will be reflected next time the user signs in to the Gmail web interface, or connects to their account from a different IMAP application.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, click 'Settings', and choose the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab. Select the option to enable IMAP, and follow the instructions to configure the device or application you'll use to access Gmail.

For more information:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75725

Google Spreadsheets adds conditional formatting and hidden rows and columns

Google Spreadsheet users can now do conditional formatting, which automatically changes the format of a cell based on the cell's contents. Google Spreadsheets also now lets users hide columns and rows.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, select a group of cells, and click the icon to change the cell background. Select 'Change with rules...' and add your conditional formatting preferences. To hide a row or column, select a set of rows or columns, right click, and choose 'Hide'.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=78413
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=58142

Google Docs adds mobile access support

Users can now sign in and view documents and spreadsheets from their mobile devices, including the iPhone.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your mobile phone's browser, sign in to Google Docs at docs.google.com/a/your.domain/m.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=77428

Gmail storage increased to 25 GB for each Premier Edition users

Each Premier Edition user account now includes 25 GB of mail storage in Gmail.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for or upgrade to Premier Edition, and sign in to Gmail. The email storage quota is noted below the inbox.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Google Apps now supports custom email routing

Email routing lets administrators pilot Gmail alongside their existing mail solution, accomplish dual-deployments, and support mixed messaging environments.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Learn more on the email routing overview page. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en-au&answer=77182

Postini message security services available in Premier Edition

Custom message policy management and 90-day message recovery for accidentally deleted messages are now included in Premier Edition at no additional charge.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In the Premier Edition administrative control panel, click 'Add services' and select 'Policy Management and Message Recovery'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ie&answer=77041

Google Docs now supports presentations

In addition to creating and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets, users can now work on and share presentations in their browsers.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'New' and select 'Presentation' to start creating new slides. Or upload an existing PowerPoint PPT file by clicking the 'Upload' button.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/users/bin/topic.py?topic=12610

Google Apps reporting API available

Google Apps now offers an API allowing administrators to retrieve detailed product usage data and statistics across their domains.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the reporting API reference page to learn more. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/reporting/google_apps_reporting_api.html

Google Spreadsheets adds new functions and formats

Google Spreadsheets now lets users create functions that continuously query Google.com for information, like pulling real-time stock quotes from a company's stock symbol. Users can also complete lists using Google Sets. For example, if you know the first ten states in the US, Google Spreadsheets will help you fill in the other 40 states. Google Spreadsheets also now supports new text formats, like strikethrough.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, and click the 'Formulas' tab, click 'more»' and then select the 'Google' category of formulas to use one of the new formulas. To complete a list with Google Sets, select the first few elements of your list, click and hold the blue selection box handle, and drag to the size of your full list, holding Ctrl (Windows and Linux) or Option (Mac) while you click and drag.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54198
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54199
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=75509

Google Apps setup guide available

Administrators configuring and deploying Google Apps for their organizations can now access a comprehensive setup guide to smooth the transition from start to finish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions.

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the setup guide in your browser. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/

Premier Edition adds support for 26 new languages

Premier Edition now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage, select a language from the language menu in the upper right of the page, and click 'Compare Editions and Sign Up' to register for Premier Edition.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Education Edition available to qualifying non-profit organizations

Google Apps Education Edition is now available at no cost to registered 501(c)(3) organizations in the US.

Editions impacted:
Education Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps landing page for non-profits and sign up. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/npo/index.html

Google Docs adds support for 10 new languages

Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Portuguese (BR), Dutch, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simiplified), Japanese and Korean.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese and Indonesian

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Document list improved in Google Docs

The Google Docs document list now allows you to put documents in folders, filter by type of document, filter by who you share documents with, and more.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs to see the new document list.

Domain address book integrated in Gmail and Google Docs

In Gmail and Google Docs, each user can now see all the other users from their business, school or organization in their contact list, making it easier to communicate and share with contacts by just typing the first few letters of people's names.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail or Google Docs, compose a message or share a document and type the first few letters of a contact's name in the Gmail to: field or the Google Docs sharing box. Contacts from your domain will auto-complete.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=6597

Mail migration tool available for Gmail

Businesses and other organizations moving from old mail solutions that support IMAP can now move all the existing mail on their servers to Gmail using the new IMAP migration service.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Read more about migrating email in our comprehensive IMAP mail migration overview. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=61369

Google Talk gadget launched with group chat

Google Talk can now be launched from the browser, so you don't need to use the Google Talk application. The Talk gadtget also supports multi-person chat sessions.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://hostedtalkgadget.google.com/a/your-domain.com/talkgadget/client to quickly launch the Google Talk gadget.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/google.com/bin/answer.py?answer=58339

Google Calendar adds current time line and attendee emailing

Now when you're viewing your agenda, there's a horizontal line representing the current time so you can easily see where you are in your day. Also, now you can send an email to all the invitees of meetings that you schedule.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To see the current time line, sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings' and make sure 'Show current time' is set to 'Yes'. Then view your agenda in Day or Week view to see the current time line.

To email all invitees for a meeting you've scheduled, view event details and click the 'Email guests' link.

Gmail allows viewing of PowerPoint PPT attachments

With Gmail, you can now view PowerPoint PPT attachments in your browser without downloading the attachment.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail, open a message that has a PowerPoint PPT attachment, and click the 'View as slideshow' link.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=30719

Public calendar gallery added to Google Calendar

Now it's easier to find interesting public calendars that people have shared, and view that event information alongside your own agenda.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, type what kind of public calendar you're looking for in the search box (like "Seattle Mariners schedule", and click 'Search public calendars'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=69242

30-day free trial available for Premier Edition

Now you can pilot Premier Edition free for 30 days, to experience the benefits of enhanced administrative controls, more storage for each user's inbox, phone support for critical administrative issues and more.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage, and sign up for a free trial of Premier Edition

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html

Gmail allows 20 MB attachments

Gmail now lets you send and receive attachments up to 20 MB in size.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, compose a new message, and attach a file.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=6589

Google Calendar supports mobile browser access

Google Calendar now has a streamlined user interface for accessing your calendar from your phone's browser.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit calendar.google.com/a/your-domain.com.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=65923

Partner Edition available

Internet service providers, portals and other organizations that support very large populations of non-corporate users can now provide Google's applications to their users.

Editions impacted:
Partner Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps Partner Edition homepage and contact us for more information.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/partners/index.html

Google Docs allows sharing with mailing lists

Users can now invite members of mailing lists to view or collaborate on documents and spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a document or spreadsheet, click the 'Share' tab and enter a mailing list address in the invitation box. Make sure the 'Invitations can be used by anyone' box is checked.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=66343

Google Spreadsheets supports charts

The Spreadsheets component of Google Docs now enables users to create charts.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet and click the chart icon in the menu bar.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=63728&topic=11520

Google Apps supports Polish, Czech and Ukrainian

Google Apps Standard and Education Editions can now be administered in US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Editions impacted:
Standard and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
Polish, Czech and Ukrainian

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage and select a language from the language menu in the upper right of the page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Mail Fetcher added to Gmail

Gmail's Mail Fetcher can download messages from up to five other email accounts, centralizing all your email in your Gmail account.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail, click 'Settings', choose the 'Accounts' tab, and click the link in the 'Get mail from other accounts' section of the page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=21288

Google Apps includes Google Docs

Google Docs is now available in all editions of Google Apps for creating and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit docs.google.com/a/your-domain.com and sign in.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Premier Edition available

The new Premier Edition of Google Apps offers more administrative controls, more storage for each user's inbox, phone support for critical administrative issues and more. Premier Edition is available to businesses of all sizes for $50 per user per year.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for Premier Edition from the Google Apps homepage, or upgrade from an existing Standard Edition domain from the administrative control panel.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html

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