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.

DoubleClick deal can continue

Google announce the FTC has approved of their acquisition DoubleClick.  This great news for Google in to ongoing on line advertising business.

I am glad to see that it can continue.  The FTC had no issues, so hopefully this is a done deal.

Congratulations to both Google and DoubleClick.

I Love FlightStats and apparently Google Does to!

I have been using FlightStats.com for a well a over a year and become very dependent on them.  I had even added their Co-Op search to my Google Account.

Google apparently did to.  Google announced the inclusion of FlightStats.com data with out the subscribing to FlighStats Co-Op Search.

Congratulations FlightStats, nice to see you received such great recognition.  You deserve it.

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.