28 Oct 08 Microsoft Unveils Browser-Based Office Apps
snydeq writes "Microsoft followed up its Windows Azure unveiling by announcing that it will deliver lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote through the browser, a la Google Apps. Surprisingly, Office Web applications will run in Firefox and Safari, not just Internet Explorer. Far less shocking: You won't get Office Web apps free and clear as you do Google apps. The apps are meant to be an extension to locally installed instances of the next version of Microsoft Office, the same way Outlook Web Access provides access to mail without the fat Outlook client."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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05 Oct 09 IBM takes on Google in business Web-mail market
BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM is introducing an inexpensive Web-based corporate email service that will compete with Google Inc's Google Apps, which has recently suffered several high-profile outages.Tagi: google apps, corporate email service, google inc, mail market, google, bost, inexpensive web, reuters, business web, high profile
05 Feb 10 Google Apps now can remote-wipe files from iPhones and Windows Mobile devices
Google is adding some basic mobile device management capabilities to Google Apps that will let IT managers remotely wipe data from lost iPhones. The remote wipe and other management features are available to users of Google Apps Premier and Education Edition and will work for iPhones, Nokia E series devices, and Windows Mobile smartphones.
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19 Apr 10 Google Apps Goes After Microsoft Office
An early peek at the upgraded Google Apps and an exclusive series of interviews with Google engineers reveals how the productivity apps have been formulated to take on a bigger role in the office -- and a bite out of Microsoft's Office suite. Tagi: google apps, productivity apps, google, microsoft office, peek, microsoft
