[UPDATED] Is Google lying or misleading over FISMA certification of Google Apps for Government?

When it comes to supplying software solutions to the U.S. governmental agencies they all have to be certified under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Most of us wouldn't have any interest in this but this ... continue

Google Apps Now Allows Developers To Defer Scheduled Releases

Google today announced a new feature which allows developers to defer new feature releases through their Google Apps program. Under the new plan developers can choose the "Rapid Release" option which pushes out new features automatically or ... continue

Google Working On Smartphones With Voice-To-Voice Translation Services Built-In

Google has always offered excellent text-to-text translation services, now the company is apparently working on Smartphone software that would allow users to talk in their own language, while having their speech immediately translated into the language of ... continue

Government data, our data, now held by Google

I ran across this little tidbit of news over the Christmas holidays and it amazes me that more people aren't asking if what is being reported is something we really want to see happening. You see Google has ... continue

Google’s secret to taking over the world

There is no denying the fact that Google is a big believer in cloud computing and web based software. In fact much of their future growth is built on the principal of getting as ... continue

Let’s all get a woodie over removing a beta label

While the rest of the real world is sucking back all the Michael Jackson Memorial news it can those of us in the tech world are falling to our knees to report on how ... continue

Google gives Microsoft another jab and release Google Apps plug-in for Outlook

Well this should just get the Google fans all a ga-ga. This morning the web search giant and wannabe threat to Microsoft’s enterprise desktop dominance announced that it was releasing Google Apps Sync for ... continue

Google Introduces App Status Dashboard to Deal with Downtime

Google has unveiled a new Apps Status Dashboard following this week's Gmail outage. The new utility lets you monitor the service status of various Google services, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs. Google Apps ... continue

Central Desktop Gets Social Integration

Collaboration platform Central Desktop is launching a new social integration tool today. The company will announce its so-called Customer Network this morning with hopes of increasing engagement for its 200,000+ users. The new Customer Network will link ... continue

Gmail Suffers 15-Hour Partial Fail

Gmail is recovering from a fairly long-lasting partial fail. Many users were locked out of their accounts for almost 15 full hours Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. InfoWorld first picked up on the story, finding the ... continue

Central Desktop Ups the Ante on Web Collaboration

Central Desktop is boosting its Web 2.0 collaboration platform with a handful of new features announced today. The utility -- a clear competitor to offerings such as Microsoft SharePoint and Google Apps -- adds a database API, time ... continue

Google Grabs New Australian Agreement

Google is gaining new ground in Australia. The search engine has signed an agreement with Netregistry and Devnet to bring a specially tailored version of Google Apps to the country. The customized suite will be ... continue