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2008-10-31Other
Premier and Education Edition administrators can now use OAuth authentication to access GData feeds for users on their domains.
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.
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2008-10-31Other
Premier and Education Edition administrators can now use OAuth authentication to access GData feeds for users on their domains.
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.
Release: GA • Rapid: 2008-10-31 • Scheduled: 2008-10-31 -
2008-10-31Content & Collaboration
Google Docs API now supports updating content, sharing, and moving documents.
The Google Docs API has been enhanced to enable programmatic updates to document content, the ability to share documents, and the capability to move documents into and out of folders.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-10-31 -
2008-10-30Other
99.9% uptime guarantee now available for Google Apps Premier Edition.
Google Apps Premier Edition now includes a 99.9% uptime guarantee for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Talk, providing service level agreements (SLAs) for these core services to all Premier Edition customers.
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2008-10-29Comms & Meetings
Additional keyboard shortcuts added to Google Calendar.
Google Calendar has expanded its list of supported keyboard shortcuts to improve user efficiency. A full list of these shortcuts can be accessed by pressing the '?' key within the application.
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2008-10-29Comms & Meetings
More granular meeting reminders in Google Calendar.
Google Calendar now allows for more precise customization of meeting reminders, enabling users to set alerts anywhere between zero and five minutes before an event begins.
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2008-10-29Comms & Meetings
Support for a secondary time zone in Google Calendar.
Users can now add a secondary time zone to their Google Calendar view, which is particularly useful for those who travel frequently or collaborate with people in different time zones. This can be enabled via the 'Settings' menu.
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2008-10-29Comms & Meetings
Google Calendar now automatically finds the next available time for attendees and resources.
When scheduling appointments, Google Calendar now supports a feature to automatically find the next available time that works for all invited attendees and resources, such as conference rooms, by selecting 'Check guest and resource availability' during event creation.
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2008-10-28Other
Google Short Links is now available for Google Apps organizations.
Organizations using Google Apps can now use Google Short Links to create easy-to-remember links for both their internal and external web pages.
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2008-10-28Other
Google Code Reviews is now available for Google Apps organizations.
Organizations using Google Apps can now utilize Google Code Reviews to collaborate with other team members to identify and catch bugs in software currently under development.
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2008-10-28Other
Google Moderator is now available for Google Apps organizations.
Organizations using Google Apps can now use Google Moderator to manage Q&A sessions for a variety of meeting scales, ranging from small video conferences to large all-hands company meetings.
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2008-10-23Content & Collaboration
Google Sites interface now supports 38 languages.
The Google Sites application interface is now available in 38 different languages, expanding accessibility for users globally. While Google Sites has always supported user content in any language, this update allows users to change the actual interface language preferences via the 'User settings' menu within 'My sites'.
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2008-10-23Comms & Meetings
Gmail for mobile adds multi-account support, offline composition, and 40 interface languages.
Users of J2ME-supported and BlackBerry phones can now check email across multiple accounts, including both Gmail and Google Apps. New features include the ability to compose messages without a signal, background sending of emails, undoing recent actions, and the use of shortcut keys. Additionally, the interface is now available in 40 different languages.
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2008-10-22Content & Collaboration
Google Sites introduces new user preferences and interface improvements.
Google Sites has been updated with several enhancements, including new user preferences for interface language, change notification options, time zone, and location. Additionally, users can now customize the sorting of list pages and embedded list gadgets, benefit from simplified form embedding, customize URLs when creating new pages, and utilize a new top-of-page placement for the editing toolbar.
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2008-10-21Comms & Meetings
Improved contact manager features in Gmail with 'Suggested Contacts' and 'My Contacts' separation.
Gmail now automatically adds people you correspond with to 'Suggested Contacts', while allowing users to manually move frequent contacts to 'My Contacts'. The address auto-complete feature works across both categories. To optimize mobile device syncing, Gmail is moving previously auto-added contacts from 'My Contacts' back into 'Suggested Contacts', ensuring only manually added, edited, imported, or grouped contacts are synced.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-10-21