Google continues to spiff up Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and other Google Apps. Cash in on the improvements with these smart tips.
Google grabbed plenty of headlines this year, from its advancements in Google Glass to Android news to the company’s mysterious barge inside the San Francisco Bay. However the search giant also pushed out updates to its cloud tools, Google Apps.
More than 5 million businesses and 50 million people now use Google Apps, which launched in 2006 and includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. This year, Google announced a big redesign of Gmail that included customizable tabs to show you how to organize emails; it revamped the Google Drive menu; and it launched a brand new interface for Google Groups. Google released more than a few other new productivity features and tools, from Google Wallet integrations to tweaks that make composing emails, managing your calendar, and sending files easier.
[ Google’s Web-to-TV media device has also been updated. See Google Chromecast Adds 10 Apps. ]
Google has made such a lot of improvements you could possibly not concentrate on a few of them. Whether you have been using Google Apps for a long time and wish to be told in regards to the changes, or you are a new user still finding your way around, try out our 10 tips for making the most effective of Google’s cloud applications.
1. Use Google Keep reminders.
Google Keep, a note-taking service, helps you to set reminders, insert images, and create lists. Google introduced Keep earlier this year for Android, Chrome, and the internet. From the internet, you are able to set reminders via Google Drive.
The latest version of Google Keep works with Google Now, a mobile location service, to remind you of tasks and errands if you are on the right time and place. For instance, create a shopping list in Google Keep, then set a reminder for time and place. When the time comes — or when you are near the supermarket — Google will remind you. To begin, select the “Strike a cord in me” button from the base of any note and judge the kind of reminder you must add: That you could add time-based reminders for a selected date and time or a more general time of day, like “tomorrow afternoon.” You’re able to add locations, too. In case your plans change and you are not able to complete a job, possible snooze it and judge a closer time or place.
Keep displays all notes which have upcoming reminders. Active and archived notes which have past reminders are displayed at the main Notes screen. Keep shows the time or location of past reminders while you open the note. To delete an existing note, tap the X next to the reminder.
You can get the Google Keep update in Google Play or on the internet.
Senior editor Kristin Burnham covers social media, social business, and IT leadership and careers for InformationWeek.com. Contact her at Kristin.Burnham@ubm.com or follow her on Twitter: @kmburnham.
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