Enabling GMail 2.0 changes in Google App's

I have blogged before about wanting Gmail Updates in Google App's.  My main desire is to enable color labels for my corporate email. Well I found a solution and wanted to share it.

Log in as a Administrator and choose to manage your domain

Once your in to the dashboard choose the domain settings from menu bar.  At bottom of the screen in the Control Panel section check box that says "Turn on new application features to my domain before they are rolled out to all Google App's customers".  Save your changes.

It took a day or two for my settings to take effect, but now my corporate email has all the great features that are available to GMail.

Gmail Update for Google Apps

I have grown to love color labels in Gmail.  As well as the other great features recently added.  Google Gmail rocks! 

Now I also use Google Apps and as a part of that of of course is Gmail for my domain.  I need color labels for that account please!  I know your working on it, but can you give a time frame?  I'll plan a little party! 

Make it available to premium accounts and I will upgrade!  I love them that much.

Have you seen GMail v2 yet?

I still have not seen the much talked about update to GMail.  The GMail blog mentions it.  The Google Operating System guys have screen shots in their blog.  So I guess it's true. 

The only thing I can't figure out is the roll out schedule.  I'm not a patient person.  So I keep checking for the new features link.  To no avail.

Any one else seen it?

IMAP in GMail

Gmail is in the process of rolling out IMAP.  This is big news for you Outlook and other fat client users.  Will do a much better of keeping everything in sync. 

When you label in Outlook, or your phone, or your GMail web client all the others will follow.  No more put resorting on multiple devices.

GMail - 6 GB by January 2008

Last week I blogged about GMail increasing their storage quotes.  I was expecting a 5% increase or something like that.

I was way off.  We are going to 6 GB by January!  I noticed that my standard GMail account was growing very rapidly. 

So I Googled and found a Blog entry on the Google Operating System blog that really sum it all up and what we can expect.

Keep in mind these increases also will be seen by the Google Apps standard and Education editions.  That role out has start from what I see and read.  I have few domains on Google Apps standard and the oldest and most heavily used, has started to grow.

The one on the Education Edition, has not start to grow yet.  From what I have read there is no obvious rime or reason to who grows first, except GMail users.  I am sure Google will get us all caught up though.

GMail - Doing their part for the economy

Gmail has announced today that they will be help the hard drive producers meet their projections on sales.  How, you might ask.  By adding even more storage to GMail. 

The counter is going move faster.  Plus, they are going to match GMail storage quotas for Google App users.  Or at least the Education and Standard editions.  That's a lot of big mailboxes to support.

As to the enterprise customers, they go from 10 GB to 25 GB at the same cost. That is amazing. 

I don't know how they do it.  I know most don't use nearly as much space as their quota.  But Google App users must be racking up the space.  My company uses it and I don't throw away much.  So my usage keeps going up.  Same with all the accounts in my domain.  In a few years that will be a lot of storage. 

Oh well, so far so good.  Google keep up the great work. 

Gmail Video is done!

I have blogged a couple of times about the Gmail Video.  While the editing and judging is done. 

Check out the Final Product!  Pretty funny.

There are still 2 days left!

 

Have you produced you Gmail video?  If not the Gmail video deadline extended!  You have two days to get er done!. 

This pretty funny stuff.  Check it out, get involved.  Enjoy

Gmail T-Shirt Design Contest

Well here is one I missed.  Apparently there is a Gmail T-Shirt design contest going on.  Luckily some talented designers where paying closer attention than me. 

No chance that I am entering a design, we would all just laugh at how bad it would be. Wait here is my design. 

Gmail

Sorry, that's all I got,  can't even make it red.

However, you and I can go vote for what we like.  If unlike myself, you have design talent, submit a design, don't forget to tell tlaughlin sent you.  Like they will have any idea what you are talking about.

Enjoy, it's fun to be involved.

Google selling more Storage!

 

Google has announce the ability to buy more storage for Picas and GMail.  I don't use all the give me for free, but I know people who do.  You can get Google's Scoop on storage.

This is great and should be helpful.  Now that we can buy storage.  I would like to make a humble request.  That we could be additional storage for individual user account in Google Apps standard edition.  I know you can get more storage for the entire domain by subscribing to the Premium addition.  By way of example, I work with a non-profit who uses Google Apps.  They have about 30 accounts, so to pay $50 a year per account is within their means.  However, the really only need that additional storage for the admin and the president.  So they would happily pay $75 year for each of them to get added storage.  Just another humble request. 

Thanks for reading.

Gmail Videos

 

The Gmail team has started a video of Gmail behind the scenes.  I hope this isn't what happens to my Gmail messages, but the videos are really funny.  If you need a little brain candy, check them out.