Google Updates Biweekly Post

Google Apps

Updates to core Google Apps and the major services like Google+. Also major updates that may affect the Macalester community.

Chat in Docs and Slides has a new look similar to what you’re used to in Gmail.

New chat experience in Google Drive & Bringing people together in Drive

If you do a lot of scheduling over email, it's now a little bit easier to create events directly from your Gmail.

Add events to Google Calendar from Gmail

The video chat service will now let users rewind live broadcasts, allowing those who came late to an event to catch up on the full chat.

Google+ Hangouts updated with live rewind and instant replay

This tool was primarily used by new Gmail account holders to import mail and contacts from another email provider into their Gmail accounts.

Email and contacts import tool shutdown

Google Technology

News about other Google products and technology.

Google will retire Google Group's old interface soon after June 10th.

Transition to the new Google Groups user interface

Use Google Street View Hyperlapse (a free tool) to create your own hyperlapse videos using Google Street View images. Watch this great example: New York City’s Manhattan Bridge

Visit famous tech sites via Google Street View Hyperlapse

Google Business

Google Business news, including policies, user privacy, politics and legal issues.

World governments keep asking Google to remove content, and Google keeps tattling on them.

Google Transparency Report Reveals More Government Snooping Than Ever

Google Extra

Other Google side projects, including art, science and fun stuff.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Doodle for Saul Bass' 93rd Birthday & Animated Google Doodle celebrates filmmakers’ favorite graphic designer Saul Bass

Google Book Search

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Email Delegation is Available at Macalester

Would you like your assistant to compose and respond to email on your behalf? Have you been tasked with composing and responding to messages for your supervisor? Email delegation is now available at Macalester.

Delegate a Macalester email account to another person.

• A delegate can be a department coordinator, academic office professional, executive assistant or any professional colleague in your department.
• Owners of personal, departmental, or shared accounts can delegate access to up to 25 Macalester email accounts. Examples of shared accounts: telecom@macalester.edu and helpdesk@macalester.edu.
• Delegates can read, send, and delete messages on account owner's behalf. 
• Delegates can access account owner's contacts.

Email delegation has limitations. 

• Delegates cannot change account passwords or account settings for the account owner.
• Delegates cannot chat on account owner's behalf.

Sent by will indicate to recipients messages sent by a delegate

Any messages a delegate sends from another account will have the delegates name listed in addition to the account owner's name. The account owner 's name will be shown as: Account Owner Name (sent by delegate's email).

Delegation can be revoked at any time. 

Rights can be delegated from any @macalester.edu account to any @macalester.edu email account. Rights can not be delegated from any @macalester.edu account to any non @macalester.edu account.

For assistance with email delegation:

• Watch the Setting up Gmail Delegation YouTube video.
• Follow the set up email delegation instructions.
• Contact the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@macalester.edu or 651-696-6525. 

Google Updates Biweekly Post

Google Apps

Updates to core Google Apps and the major services like Google+. Also major updates that may affect the Macalester community.

Infographic shows how user input has improved Gmail since it launched in April of 2004.

Gmail: 9 years and counting

ProfHacker shares a few tips for finding your way around the Gmail new compose experience.

Getting Used to the New Gmail Compose

Email delegation is super useful for people who want their assistants to have access to read or respond to mail on their behalf.

Email delegation: Granting access to your Gmail account

Track down the origin of a photo or hunt down product names, apartments, and even recipes.

Clever Uses for Reverse Image Search

Google auto-mutes your microphone for chats of four or more participants.

Google+ now mutes your mic while you type in Hangouts

Google Technology

News about other Google products and technology.

Keep your eyes focused on the road while you’re driving instead of on your smartphone or GPS screen.

Google Patent Hints at Augmented Reality GPS Technology for the Future

If you’re a university student with CS chops looking to earn real-world experience this summer, consider writing code for a cool open source project.

A new kind of summer job: open source coding with Google Summer of Code

Google Extra

Other Google side projects, including art, science and fun stuff.

Twice the Fun—Play 2 YouTubes at Once

YouTube Doubler

U.S. Department of State announces a new series of discussions called Hangouts at State.

Secretary of State John Kerry kicks off “Hangouts at State” series on Google+

Google Book Search

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