500 reasons to consider Google+ challenge

Let's beat +Shan Sinha and the Google Enterprise team who recently collected 500 reasons to go Google within 24 hours. Post your reason why to consider Google+ below.

My reason to consider Google+
Google+ is like a fortress: conquer my heart to gain inner circle access.

Does Google+ really need verified profiles?

http://explodingdog.tumblr.com/post/7500762918/understanding

http://html5test.com/index.html
Kudos to +Niels Leenheer for creating this site.

Google Presentation template inspired by +Saidur (Cy) Hossain.
https://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=14280579842134511604

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I love the visuals in this guide by +Saidur (Cy) Hossain. Makes me want to use his template in Google presentations.

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"My 8-year-old sister proudly declared that she knows that 'WTF' means 'Wow, That's Funny' and has been using it all over the internet."

How to Enable or Disable Circles for Chat

This morning I clicked away a notification about Chat settings in Google+ ignoring its content. When I was opening Gmail later something was different. My chat list exploded, showing people in my circles. While I generally like the feature to be able to chat with my circles, I still like to have a little more control over this.

It took me a while to figure out how to enable only certain circles for chat. Of course you can do this in Google+ (but not in Gmail at present).

http://www.google.com/support/plus/bin/answer.py?answer=1719476

In anticipation of Tuesday's announcement.
The New mac Mini! The Mactini

All clear. There was no Orb tsunami at the office this morning :-)

Nooooooooooo :(

Freddie Mercury
5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991

Freddie Mercury Google Doodle

Exclusive, previously unreleased free music on music.google.com.
US only for now

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-music-is-open-for-business.html

G+ Holiday Cheer with +Simon Laustsen +Ron Garan +Daria Musk and +Robert Scoble

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I'd like a G+ content type filter. Say, I want to read my incoming stream and circles but only see videos. Or show me all content but no animated gifs (if they contain cats).

+Snoop Dogg and Tupac #CoachellaLive

http://youtu.be/h6mL_Jr4Jps

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+Eric Curts's nine reasons to use Google Docs are an interesting read. Very comprehensive overview of Google Docs - not only for the classroom.

I am adding reason #10: Google Docs is amazingly collaborative!
_ "Hey, I can see you type!"_ :)

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Is it responsible for schools to teach Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?


Back in 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps for Education for our staff and students. Since then we have seen great usage of Google Docs for the creation of word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. However, along with that growth in usage, we have also received a common question: “Is it really a good idea for a school to encourage the use of +Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?”

We believe the answer is “yes” and this article will cover many of the reasons why.

The web is what you make of it.
Kudos to Saidur for creating and sharing his Google+ presentation early on. This sparked lots of volunteers to translate the guide into various languages. A huge shout out to all who have helped translating the content!
It was fun seeing the different Google spreadsheets that you all used collaboratively for translating the content update in real-time. Enjoy the startup guide.


The Google+ Start-Up Guide by +Saidur Hossain in Your Language

Afrikaans: http://goo.gl/UmgmG +Werner Diedericks
Arabic (العربية): http://goo.gl/vr4v6 +Rami Al-Oweini
Armenian: http://goo.gl/8n6JN +Bayandur Pogosyan
Brazilian-Portuguese: http://goo.gl/pHiJq +Arnaud Saint-Paul
Chinese (Simplified): http://goo.gl/xKwWD +郭鑫
Chinese (Traditional): http://goo.gl/sjdhf +Zhusee Zhang
Chinese (Traditional - Hong Kong): http://goo.gl/hEfa1 +Justin Chan
Croatian: http://goo.gl/5J0Sv +Vail Joy
Czech: http://goo.gl/0s6pL +Georg Jiří Überall
Danish: http://goo.gl/7tijP +Daniel Petersen
Deutsch (German): http://goo.gl/mWcEA +Andreas S. Brecher
Dutch: http://goo.gl/9r3Bs +Esté Tigele
English: http://goo.gl/DCzD8 +Saidur Hossain
Farsi (فارسی): http://goo.gl/HC6JF +Bahador Najafiazar
Finnish: http://goo.gl/4Kjjp +Jukka Ala-Hynnilä
Français (French): http://goo.gl/t96av +Loïc Echene
Greek (Ελληνικά): http://goo.gl/YMttd +Foskolos Nick
Hebrew: http://goo.gl/Odn8u +Daniel Sachs
Hungarian (Magyar): http://goo.gl/XLmr0 +Levente Szfarli
Icelandic: http://goo.gl/ZDekm +Sigurjón Hilmarsson
Italian: http://goo.gl/qOwPc +al pistacchio
Japanese: http://goo.gl/QPxJG +Tei chan
Portuguese-Portugal: http://goo.gl/fYOE4 +Telmo Silva
Russian: http://goo.gl/BqtcJ +Max Egorov
Slovenian: http://goo.gl/7X4cT +Ognjen Ze
Spanish: http://goo.gl/EZ3CJ +Marko Sánchez +Rene Lemus
Swedish: http://goo.gl/U7f7w +Simon Kjellberg
Tagalog: http://goo.gl/iwqn9 +Francis Angelo Laserna
Telugu: http://goo.gl/yOpkZ +Mallik K
Turkish: http://goo.gl/ql2do +Gökhan Demirhan

Google Plus Presentation Template
https://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=14280579842134511604
Video English by +James Lawson-Smith
Google+ Start-Up Guide

If G+ had a trending topics section, this would be on it.

Pop Culture (live mashup) by Madeon, 17 years old pop/house producer from France.

Madeon - Pop Culture (live mashup)

Picasa and Google+ test

http://html5test.com/index.html 11 months later...

What's New in Google Apps January 2012
More great updates this month. This presentation sums it all up.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ABq8WUaEeZqbPaDSW5F4t0k0pPVzIN2yKbyzm6q3SNE/edit?hl=en_US

Several administrative APIs were previously only available to Google Apps for Business and Education, and are now available to all Google Apps editions.
- Admin Audit API
- Admin Settings API
- SAML Single-Sign On
- Reporting API for downloading information and statistics

The full archive of previous presentations is online.
http://whatsnew.googleapps.com/whatsnew-webinars-archive

I miss the floating Google bar here on G+. In fact, I was so used to click on it to move the page back to the top that I tried to do this in other services like Gmail where this feature was not available. Is it gone for good now? Is there a Chrome extension that does this?

Quiz: What is GAMME?
Honor system. Don't search for the answer.

Didn't <Ctrl> + / open a keyboard shortcuts help menu in Google+ or was that in Gmail only?


Google+ Keyboard shortcuts
*Space – Scroll down the Stream
*Shift + Space – Scroll Up Stream
*J - Single Post Down Scroll
*K – Single Post up Scroll
*Q – Jump to Chat
*Return/Enter – Start Comment
*Return (Enter) + Tab – End Comment
* + / @ – Use any of the sign to mention someone in the comment.

Edit: added the list of shortcuts

How to add more pictures to existing Google+ albums

I created a post by uploading a single picture via Google+.
Later, I found another picture and was wondering if I could upload that one to the previous album, too. Turns out this is possible via Picasa.

Uploading additional pictures won't change the preview album of your original post. To surface the additional pictures, simply add a comment to them via Google+.
You can also keep them hidden for others to discover by themselves.

Additional learning along the way: People that picture posts are directly shared with or who comment on a picture are displayed in the Picasa Album view.
With one click you can allow these users to contribute to your album and upload more pictures.

Edit: Picasa direct link to a full screen version of the picture below:
https://picasaweb.google.com/116064700533628088794/2011081704?feat=directlink#slideshow/5641932675709415154

Try YouTube's new ui http://www.youtube.com/cosmicpanda.

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Ok Glass play this video :-)

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NEW video about Google Glass and GOOD LORD I LOVE IT! #ifihadglass  

Google Glass: How it Feels & Looks!

+1/Share the video; thanks!

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I perceive the iPhone as a square and Android as a circle.

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I deleted all almost all my Gmail filters and labels earlier. Circles are my new filters.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/gmail-and-contacts-get-better-with.html

Google Music insights
http://magnifier.blogspot.com/

Google Music event livestream
November 16 Event

Whoa - Android market has music now!

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I highly recommend reading at least the part on good passwords.
http://www.google.com/goodtoknow/online-safety/passwords/

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Google launched a site today called "Good to Know" about privacy on the internet -- and perhaps most importantly, about what data Google keeps, why it keeps it, and how you can control it.

2011-08-17

"Wondering what to do with yourself while waiting for next year's Google I/O?
Consider attending one of our Google Developer Day events, taking place in eight countries around the world September through November of 2011.

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Moscow, Russia
Prague, Czech Republic
Tokyo, Japan
Sydney, Australia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Berlin, Germany

Google Developer Day will come to eight cities around the world in 2011, bringing you the future in web and mobile technologies. These one-day events feature deep technical content on Google platforms and products from the teams that work on them. Join us for the latest developments in Android, Chrome, HTML5, App Engine, and more in a city near you. http://www.google.com/events/developerday/2011"
Source: Official Google Code blog http://googlecode.blogspot.com/

Need another reason to turn on 2-step authentication?
Visit www.thesun.co.uk
it was re-directed to http://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/93081322750353408

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=1056283&topic=1056284&hl=en

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Guess where you can see this #doodle ahead of time...

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When I was doing my research about Google before I applied for a job here, I was wondering what Googlers are working on every day. At that time Google employed about 20000 people but I had never met anyone of them before. The blog directory was one resource to learn more http://www.google.com/press/blog-directory.html. Today it's much easier to connect, get insights and have meaningful interactions right here on Google+.

For starters, here are all official Google Google+ pages that I am aware of. And if you're interested, this is the website where I found my job opening http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/index.html.

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Is Verizon's 4G network good enough for mobile hangouts? Invite me to a hangout to try it out.

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Xmas Tree in our lobby.

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Here are all background images used for the Google+ themed presentation template inspired by +Saidur (Cy) Hossain.

Google Presentation Template
https://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=14280579842134511604

Download all *.png files
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0B8dvQ9-MJ_7lOGJlMTY4ODItYzdiNS00NDkzLWE2MGQtZWUxZDAwN2QyYTU0&hl=en_US

+Ronald Ho demoing #GoogleApps launching a product in 22 minutes live
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleApps

Today at work, I was again considering to find and install a Google Chrome extension that prevents me to open far too many tabs at the same time. If I'd close all my tabs it wouldn't result in such an awesome sequence though. It might however tell a story of what I've been working on. Perhaps, I just found a new way to update my manager what I've been up to.

Google で、もっと。タブを楽しもう。

It's no secret Google Maps has always been my favorite Google product. While there are tons of great weather websites out there, having a weather layer right inside Google Maps is truly awesome.

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/08/rain-or-shine-see-weather-in-google.html

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"Today we’re introducing page-level permissions, a new feature that will allow you to control who can view and edit your Google Site on a page by page basis."

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http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/08/better-control-in-google-sites-with.html

Thanks for your patience.

Thanks +Tobie Langel for creating http://helvetictoc.com.

Ahead of the game
Just noticed that Google+ Games launched three days ago. I'm extremely satisfied that there are no Games updates diluting my streams.
This is my first and last Google+ Games post on my public stream.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/games-in-google-fun-that-fits-your.html

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How to get accepted at Stanford or Harvard, and how to get a job at Google or Facebook. I sent this blog post to three people today. They were looking for advice on how to get recognized. So, I thought I would post it here for Google+ people. Click on the link below for the full article, and let me know what you think by commenting here.

Kevin Mullett, Heiko Schenk, Myles Marquette, and Churchill Nanje Mambe

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+1 me baby
First ever G+ inspired song by +Daria Musk.

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The new G+ song from last night ...

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Reason #1024 why I love working for Google.

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Try this today (Sunday 24 July): use Google Maps to view a city in New York state. Drag Peg Man onto the map. What's that he's got in his hands?

(Today is the first day that same-sex couples can legally wed in New York.)

first, thhe, Wow, FIRST. ,Awmg its here., OMG, afd, yaaay ! :), YAY!

YouTube is on fire. Rebecca Black's latest video has been uploaded one hour ago: 2,286 comments and 302 views. "Why is this happening to me?"
David After Dentist

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Fun quiz question by Neil (my former boss). This might as well be a nice interview question. Crunching some numbers as we speak..

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This day next week I'll be driving from Ireland to Finland with my trusty navigator, Eevi (6 yrs), where we'll meet up with the rest of our family for our summer holiday. (_dodgy ear = flight ban_)

Question - How much do you think the return road trip will cost?

You may wish to consider:
- Petrol
- Ferries
- Hotels (note: will be staying with family in Brussels on way over)
- Trains
- Servicing / modification to 8 yr old car
- Food / Ent budget en route
- Legal compliance for European rules of the road

What's your guess in Euro? Nearest answer wins a Google+ invite ;-)

Anyone lucky enough to have received one of the first 100 standard kits of Cubelets Modular Robotics sent out three weeks ago?

Enjoyed reading +Martin Baricevic post about password security.
https://plus.google.com/107714286275038843563/posts/6puF4dVB4JA

My first weekend on Google+ is over.

I am happy to say that this was a highly addictive experience. I love seeing a broad variety of topics in my stream already

. +Ashton Kutcher started with: "sweet. another thing for me to post on."

Lots of great tips on how to use Google+ +Simon Laustsen , stunning pictures +Trey Ratcliff, direct developer interaction +Kelly Ellis, +Tray Harris, +Yonatan Zunger, insights from a well known friend +Tom Anderson. Hangouts with superstars +Soulja Boy, presidential candidates +Newt Gingrich, CEOs +Michael Dell and SVPs +Vic Gundotra. A highly amusing glitter bomb post by +Erica Joy, the clever "circle of life" by +Toby Ryan and total radio silence by +Mark Zuckerberg .

I can't find better words but to say it with +Matt Cutts:
"Google+ is like crack, but in a good way".

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Foxes and Shotguns
Amazingly simple, yet highly addictive, game.

Congratulations to +Florian d'Erfurth on winning the +Udacity  HTML5 Game Development Contest.  Well done!

More games:
http://blog.udacity.com/2013/05/html5-game-development-contest-winners.html

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I made my first game! You can play it over here: http://cs255.foxesandshotguns.com/

#awesomeweb   #html5   #WebGL    http://lights.elliegoulding.com/

Yesterday, I started to explore the HTML5 Game Development class on udacity.com which briefly covers Web Audio API. The sample sound file they're loading is the background music for the game http://gritsgame.appspot.com/ 

One Google search later, I end up on +Ellie Goulding's awesome interactive Web GL music video page for this song. 

Bangarang .+skrillex wins Grammy.
http://static.echonest.com/BeatDriver/

You've Got Mail!

Hi G+ user,

I’m really jazzed that you’ve been using your computer these days.

It just so happens that I put together this tech support care package for you. I picked out some videos that you can watch to learn:

How to create a strong password
Using 2-step verification
How to upgrade your browser

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXrNNrbFRiaE9-iGaZmiiIn1LgszreqH

Keep me posted,
Andreas

via http://www.teachparentstech.org/

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Please do this to protect your Google account.

#protip  Don't forget to print your backup codes and keep them in a safe place.  
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=1187538

+ #GoogleApps  administrators can enable 2-step verification for their users as well!  http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=184711

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Google 2-Step Verification

If you do only one thing today, please enable 2-step verification on your Google account. We have a Getting Started guide here:

 http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=180744

And step by step instructions for setting up SMS here: 

 http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=185839

Then download the app for your Android, iOS, or other smartphone here:

 http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=1066447

How it works

2-step verification works by requiring both your password, which only you know, and a one-time secret number generated by your phone, which only you have, the first time you access your Google account from a new machine or device.

So while you might have your password stolen someday, or you might lose your phone, it's very unlikely both would ever happen at the same time. Unless you wrote down your password on the back of your phone.  But you wouldn't do that, now would you?  : )

It's easy!

A few minutes today means you won't ever have to worry about someone getting into your email or your other personal data again. I've enabled 2-step verification on all of my Google accounts and I sleep much better at night for having done it.

Today's the perfect day to enable 2-step verification, too.  My heart goes out to Mathew Honan after he lost his password to hackers last night [1,2].  Now, like thousands of others who hear his story, he will no doubt be setting up 2-step verification on all of his accounts right away.

It's for you!

Keeping personal accounts safe is something that everyone wants, not just famous journalists or computer geeks.  While it doesn't happen every day, sometimes anyone, even you or me, can make a mistake and accidentally let a password fall into the wrong hands.  So why not take just a moment today and make sure that even if it does happen to you, your data will still be safe and secure forever.

Let us know in the comments once you've set everything up!

[1] http://www.emptyage.com/post/28679875595/yes-i-was-hacked-hard
[2] http://gizmodo.com/5931828

Have you heard about +99% Invisible?

"A tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world."  +Roman Mars is currently running a kickstarter project to keep this program up and running.  He reached his initial goal within the first 24 hours. The new goal is to get 5.000 backers http://kck.st/PRbsfa. 

#gonegoogle More at http://www.google.com/campaigns/gonegoogle/

We Were Promised Jetpacks
http://www.youtube.com/coachella #CoachellaLive

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Registration for Google Code Jam 2012 is open through the weekend, but the Qualification Round starts tomorrow -- lucky Friday, the 13th. Sign up to solve tough algorithmic puzzles in exchange for awesome prizes and the chance to come to our New York offices in July for the world finals.

Incredible machine :)

+Sam Dutton's presentation at #HTML5 Training Day in London.
http://bleeding-edge-tlv.appspot.com/#1 via +Ido Green

Full agenda and links to slides http://goo.gl/2L3qQ.

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+Raspberry Pi has launched. The credit card sized computer for around $35! Here's one of the founders talking about this amazing device and its potential for us to create.

RaspberryPi website (http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi)

Incredible.

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I have just pushed the latest release of the #GData #Python Library (2.0.16). As
usual, it is available from pypi [1] or from our downloads page [2].
Please first read the release notes (below) before upgrading, and
please get back to us [3] if you have any issues.

To upgrade using pip:

pip install -U gdata

Get it while it's hot!

[1] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gdata/2.0.16
[2] http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/downloads/list
[3] http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/entry

=== Release Notes for 2.0.16 ===
5 Jan 2011

- Add sample for Docs List API to delete ACL.
- Added support for label deletion in the Email Settings API client library
- Added a sample for Email Settings create label and filters with exponential
back-off
- Added sample for enabling pop settings using Email Settings API
- Fixed typo in analytics sample.
- Fixed ACL batching URI in Docs.
- Updated RetrieveAllUsers and RetrieveAllAliases to return all pages instead
of one.
- Removing force=True from some ACL requests in DocsClient
- Added RetrieveGroups method and updated RetrieveAllGroups and
RetrieveAllMembers method
- Added a quick start sample for user provisioning
- Added a client for organization unit provisioning
- Added client architecture for group provisioning
- Added a new sample for multidonain provisioning. Demonstrates all the
functions available.
- Added test for RetrieveAllUserAliases and changed OAuth scopes for Apps
- Added client architecture for provisioning api and tests for client
- Added support for batch requests to update spreadsheet cells.
- Added GetAcl alias for get_acl in DocsClient
- Added new ACL and get by ID methods to DocsClient.
- Added some conditional imports for tlslite.
- Updates to category handling for Documents list API

Dark Side of Nyan Cat
...aaand here we go. I love the internet. Kudos to davidwoodfx!

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/186/c/b/dark_side_of_nyan_wallpaper_by_davidwoodfx-d3l3h5y.png

20 invites to Schemer
http://schemer.com/invite/qjs92obuuaus2

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Awesome! Graphing calculator http://goo.gl/qVWf4.

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Some Google blog posts about our launches...

* Graphing calculator is live: http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/12/showing-some-love-to-math-lovers.html (kudos to +Adi Avidor, +Ariel Krasovsky, +Roi Rubins).

* MLS and CFL Live Results, in Scott's list of recent changes: http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/12/search-quality-highlights-new-monthly.html (+Anat Halpern, +Itay Maman, +Ravi Ramachandran, +Tomer Kol, and others).

Waving goodbye...
Glad to know that Apace Wave lives on. If you have never seen Wave, you can try it at http://waveinabox.net/ (don't use your Google account password). Add me as a participant andreaskoll@waveinabox.net.*Blip.*

http://youtu.be/xcxF9oz9Cu0

more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at Thanksgiving

What's New in Google Apps November 2011
A ton of great updates this month. This presentation sums it all up.

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AZ3anMHF5p_-ZGRnYzJrdmJfNTgyNGhjOHFtYmYz

Google Apps Control Panel Enhancements
Google+
Google Mail and Calendar Enhancements
Google-Wide Design Update
Tools: Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange

The full archive of previous presentations is online.
http://whatsnew.googleapps.com/whatsnew-webinars-archive

~=[,,_,,]:3
Try this in a hangout chat or G+ chat

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Read more in the official Google Enterprise blog
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/11/24-x-7-phone-support-for-all-issues-and_14.html

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Atmosphere: Announcing 24x7 support

Amit Singh, the Vice President of Enterprise, has just announced Google Apps will now provide 24 x 7 support for small, medium, and large Google Apps for Business customers for all core service issues. Our goal: make our customers happier.