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Google Mail, Drive + Photos Unified Storage Google have announced an important change in the way your storage quotas split between Google Mail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos. Google no longer count the storage quotas separately and ...
Posted 15 May 2013 09:42 by Stephen Hind
Steegle's own Google Glass FAQ Live! In anticipation of the most googly device ever, at Steegle we think Google Glass will be a game-changing device. Check out our Google Glass FAQ where we address over ...
Posted 8 May 2013 01:07 by Stephen Hind
New Easy Access to the Google Apps Admin Control Panel Thank you Google - and googley goodness - if you're an administrator, you can now simply access the admin control panel though a simple URLGo to admin.google.com
Posted 7 May 2013 06:56 by Stephen Hind
Google Music - Our new FAQ /How to is LIVE! We think the new Google Play Music service is absolutely stunning and amazing because it's free as well! In our new article on the site you can read all ...
Posted 22 Apr 2013 02:51 by John Sky
Google builds data-after-death tool In the old days at least you could decide what you did with "the papers" of a loved one when they passed away - In their wonderful Googley goodness our friends ...
Posted 16 Apr 2013 12:52 by John Sky

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Google Mail, Drive + Photos Unified Storage

posted 15 May 2013 09:41 by Stephen Hind [ updated 15 May 2013 09:42 ]

Google have announced an important change in the way your storage quotas split between Google Mail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos. Google no longer count the storage quotas separately and now combine all the storage into one large block shared between all three services.

What does unified storage mean for you?

This change means that Google gives you one storage quota and count all your emails and attachments in Gmail, uploaded documents and files in Google Drive and full-resolution photos uploaded to Google+ in one lump sum. This gives great flexibility with your storage: if you need more storage in Google Drive you now have it as it will use the large, single pot of storage rather than restrict you to 5GB.

How much storage do we now get?

Google Apps for Business: 30GB

If you pay for Google Apps for Business then Google gives you 30GB to use between Google Mail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos.

Google Apps Free: 15GB

If you still use the free version of Google Apps then Google gives you 15GB to use between Google Mail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos.

Google Accounts: 15GB

If you like to go it alone and don't use Google Apps then Google gives you 15GB to use between GMail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos.

Are small photos, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings still Free?

Yes! Photos 2048px or smaller still do not count against your paid-for storage and Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google Drawings take no Drive space.

30GB of Unified Storage for Google Apps for Business customers

Steegle's own Google Glass FAQ Live!

posted 7 May 2013 12:09 by John Sky [ updated 8 May 2013 01:07 by Stephen Hind ]

In anticipation of the most googly device ever, at Steegle we think Google Glass will be a game-changing device. Check out our Google Glass FAQ where we address over 30 different questions about this amazing new gadget!

New Easy Access to the Google Apps Admin Control Panel

posted 28 Apr 2013 02:37 by John Sky [ updated 7 May 2013 06:56 by Stephen Hind ]

Thank you Google - and googley goodness - if you're an administrator, you can now simply access the admin control panel though a simple URL

Go to admin.google.com

Google Music - Our new FAQ /How to is LIVE!

posted 22 Apr 2013 02:50 by John Sky [ updated 22 Apr 2013 02:51 ]

We think the new Google Play Music service is absolutely stunning and amazing because it's free as well! In our new article on the site you can read all about it.

Google builds data-after-death tool

posted 16 Apr 2013 12:52 by John Sky

In the old days at least you could decide what you did with "the papers" of a loved one when they passed away - In their wonderful Googley goodness our friends at Google have produced what seems like a sensible initiative to deal with this matter in today's digital reality. Click on the graphic for link to the full BBC article about their data use after death tool.

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Google Android smart-watch imminent?

posted 24 Mar 2013 11:50 by John Sky

There is a lot of commentary on the web at the moment suggesting that our beloved Google is presently developing a smartphone android-based watch via

their acquisition of Motorola Mobile. (In fact this comes from a reputable source as it is reported in the Financial Times). This joins the rumours that Apple Samsung and a host of other companies like Jawbone will be releasing their devices this year. As it is coming from the Motorola division it is likely that the release is imminent unlike the more far out devices produced directly with in Google X lab. Google’s watch could be with us Q3 summer.

Of course for us this means yet more consideration of presentation of websites on small screens for Google sites users!

Need 1TB of storage? Buy it and get a Chromebook Pixel Free.

posted 3 Mar 2013 09:26 by John Sky

At Steegle.com we have been considering the Chrome book pixel a bit more. Not only is it a breakthrough device, we've actually calculated that the offer made by Google is pretty amazing value for money, if you need storage.

Google charge some $50/month for 1TB - but as part of the Chromebook Pixel deal you actually get 1 TB free storage for three years! That's up to $1800 of storage, for a laptop costing $1300. So in effect its buy one get one free and save $500 extra!

Chromebook Pixel - Real, Amazing and Available for Pre-Order!

posted 21 Feb 2013 12:38 by Stephen Hind [ updated 26 Feb 2013 07:21 by Stephen Hind ]

Chromebook Pixel announced by Google

The rumors were true! The Chromebook Pixel is real! After the leaked video, which appeared to be faked, the ultimate Chromebook is real and the Chromebook Pixel was announced by Google today!

The Chromebook Pixel oozes quality and specifications unrivalled by its peers:

12.85" display with a 3:2 aspect ratio
2560 x 1700, at 239 PPI
400 nit screen
Gorilla® Glass multi-touch screen
Backlit Chrome keyboard
Fully clickable, etched-glass trackpad
HD Webcam
Intel® Core™ i5 Processor (Dual Core 1.8GHz)
Intel® HD Graphics 4000 (Integrated)
(Chromebook specifications courtesy of the Google Play Store with more specifications available)

Google has developed and built the device itself and looks like without any kind of compromise. Google have chose to go for an unusual aspect ration, 3:2, as they say that 16:9 and 16:10 are from the film industry and that's not the main function of a laptop or how we want to view the web. The processor is very beefy and needs to be to power the super high-resolution touchscreen.

As a bonus purchasers get 1TB of storage in Google Drive.

All this high specification comes at a cost: $1299 USD or £1049 GBP for the WiFi only version, with a 4G LTE version for the US in April. You can pre-order the Chromebook Pixel now at the Google Play Store.

Google Drive - Create Button - ... from Template

posted 15 Feb 2013 05:14 by Stephen Hind [ updated 15 Feb 2013 06:41 ]

Do you want to Create from template in Google Drive? Google has just released an update to the Create button in Google Drive. The update makes it easier for you to see your third-party Drive apps and gives more space to the Google Drive native apps, Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation etc. As part of the update Google decided to remove the from template option, so it's now more difficult to get to your Google Drive document, spreadsheet and presentation templates.

Here at Steegle.com we use our Google Drive document, spreadsheet and presentation templates a lot, as it's a really great and useful feature, so we decided to help everyone by making a Google Drive app you can add to the Create button to restore the from template functionality.

Instructions

Use the Authorize button on the right to add the app to your Google Drive Create button
(if you cannot see the Authorize button you are signed into more than one account, sign out of all accounts and reload this page)
Use the Allow access button to confirm you wish to add the app to Google Drive.
Once added you should see our "congratulations" message

That's it: you're done! Go to Google Drive and you will see the
... from template option on the create button.

Add ... from template to your Google Drive Create button

Note: if you cannot see the Authorize button above just sign out.

Export to Office 97-2003 file formats will end soon on Google Apps

posted 31 Jan 2013 16:09 by John Sky [ updated 4 Feb 2013 02:04 by Stephen Hind ]

Office 97-2003 exports no longer available in Google Drive

In October 2012 Google announced that support for exporting from Google Drive and Google Docs to older Microsoft Office formats (97-2003) will end on 31 January. Google said:

“To continue adding new features and innovations to Google Drive and Docs, we’ll be focusing our resources on exporting to these newer open formats rather than the older, proprietary Office formats...that were used in Office 97-2003.”

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