Wiley Google Apps For Dummies 978-0-470-18958-0 Benutzerhandbuch

In This Chapter

Getting acquainted with Google Apps

Choosing the version of Google Apps that’s right for you

Discovering the pros and cons of using Google Apps

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he Internet has evolved, and Google is leading the way. Google began as 
a small Internet search engine experiment, but when the folks at Google

found they had a hit on their hands, they didn’t stop there. Today, you can
keep track of everything, from e-mail to stock portfolios to photos, by using
free services created by the ingenious Googlers (the bright engineers at
Google who work behind the scenes to make the Internet cool and easy for
everyone). Google is pushing forward into new territory with the innovative
Google Apps and taking key functions, such as calendaring and word process-
ing, into the Internet realm.

This chapter gives you a better understanding of how Google Apps works
and helps you choose the version that’s best for your organization. You can
also find out more about Google Apps by visiting www.google.com/a. If
you’re interested in Google Apps for school or work teams, go to www.
google.com/apps

instead.

Meeting the Google Apps

With little fanfare, the Mountain View, California, behemoth known as Google
has been building, buying, and beta-testing scores of online applications. And
Google has been releasing them in a flurry, one right after another, to an
unsuspecting world. The first 30 or 40 apps seemed random. It appeared that
any cool idea any Googler could think of was turned into an app and tossed
onto the Internet just for the fun of it. It was a blur. If you blinked, you missed
something. It didn’t seem to have a pattern or a purpose.

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