Google+ allows colleges to create official pages
Higher education’s social media pros aren’t sure how students are using Google+, or how many alumni have signed on to the social network. Even so, universities lured by…
Google plans big changes for Reader
In a blogpost, the company revealed that the sharing features on its RSS news reader would soon be removed, BBC News reports. Instead, anyone wanting to share or…
New version of Gmail coming soon
A new version of Gmail featuring a revamped look, redesigned conversation threads and improved search is slated for pending released, according to an official video that was mistakenly…
Gmail favored at top U.S. universities
Hedging about outsourcing campus eMail services to Google seems to have faded in higher education, as 61 of the top 100 U.S. colleges and universities now use Gmail.
Google’s $12.5B deal for Motorola Mobility shakes up the mobile market
School technology buyers will be watching to see how Google’s $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola’s mobile technology unit affects the market for mobile devices.
Google’s social media shortcomings could stunt Google Plus on campuses
College students won’t have to worry about their professors spotting drunken party pictures on Google Plus, the search giant’s latest attempt at social networking. Getting those students and…
Google lures more colleges to Gmail with bigger inboxes
It’s already higher education’s most popular eMail hosting service, and Google’s Gmail could attract more university IT departments after the company more than tripled its Gmail inbox size…
Google Docs offline: Coming this summer
Somewhat later than had been planned last year, Google is addressing a significant weaknesses of Google Docs and Google Apps: the inability to use the services while not…
After balking, Yale switches to Gmail
More than a year after Yale University technology officials delayed the school’s adoption of Google’s Apps for Education, citing privacy and security concerns, the campus has announced students…
Google Docs does the wave
Do you miss Google Wave? Judging by the adoption rate of that ill-fated service, probably not, reports the Washington Post.