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Responding to 2) in my experience as a web developer divs are generally no longer used to round corners because the market share of the browsers which don't support css3 rounded corners is increasingly negligible. Personally I prefer CSS3 rounded corners because they do a better job of decoupling design, functionality and content (which in a perfect world would each fit completely into css, js and html respectively). Most developers I know followed suit with Google after they dropped support for ie7 in Google Apps back in 2011: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ca/2011/06/our-plans-to-support-moder… EDIT: Looks like rounded corners only got added to ie9 so Google's ie7 stuff is irrelevant, my guess: a degraded experience on ie8 is generally taken as acceptable.

They had 99.99% uptime last year: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/01/destination-dial-tone-get… I'm on the paid Google apps and my account is intact (I'm not sure if any apps accounts were among those disrupted) but as far as I can tell if you're looking for a reliable web based email service Gmail is your best bet, you could periodically download emails if you want to feel safer.

We believe the context we provide is a much more valuable use of the limited sidebar space than the ads it replaces; and we think that adds value to the platform, both for Google and for its users. People evidently agree, as (nearly) nobody complains about the loss of the ads, but lots of people love the utility we provide - and indeed have switched to Gmail to get it. We're not interested in cheating Google out of their ad revenue, although we suspect the Gmail ads aren't making that much revenue anyway. We have a good relationship with Google, and we were a launch partner for their contextual gadgets platform: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/05/putting-email-in-context-…

Worth pointing out that this isn't actually a phishing form; it's linked off: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-google-applications-…

This is incredible. This is the first time, I have seen a LARGE company * Putting its users above profits * Stand up to Chinese Government. Since accounts of human rights activists were targeted, this operation was clearly done at the behest of Chinese Government. I'm disgusted by the levels to which the Chinese Government can stoop. It is time the world stands up to China. If a corporation, whose main aim is to generate profits can eschew it and take a moral high ground why can't the government do it? Are the cheap goods from china so necessary that it is not worth antagonizing China ? EDIT: Additional details from Enterprise blog post http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/keeping-your-data-safe.ht… It was an attack on the technology infrastructure of major corporations in sectors as diverse as finance, technology, media, and chemical This is clearly an act of espionage by the Chinese Government. The bigger questions is whether these are the only companies targeted or the only ones discovered. This is not the first time, the chinese have tried something like this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7970471.stm The researchers said hackers were apparently able to take control of computers belonging to several foreign ministries and embassies across the world using malicious software

>Points 2-4 would involve Google violating (likely) their own Ts&Cs with customers and (possibly?) state/federal law I don't think it does. Until recently, they seem to have been using the paid apps for Business e-mails to build advertising profiles with no repercussions. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2014/04/protecting-students-with-… I also don't think there's anything in the T&Cs for Google Drive(both free and business) that says that they won't use the contents of the docs for advertising purposes.

Google has started doing something like this[0]. They're basically taking advantage of the detailed satellite imagery they already have. You certainly don't have the same flexibility as you would with drones, but seems like decent quality and definitely helps with the scaling problem. [0] http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ca/2014/07/bringing-google-earth-imag…

They have done work in the past for National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/04/google-earth-builder-supp…

Well, at least they have recently stopped tracking of emails in the paid Google Apps for Business to build an ad profile. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/protecting-students-wit…

Did some checking Enterprise Google+ Account Post: https://plus.google.com/117578386194324385666/posts/JTp8HWPJGbr Links to a Blog Post: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2014/07/bringing-google-earth-ima… Links to: http://lp.google-mkto.com/Google-imagery.html

Google will still scan your mails but you will not be shown any ads. For viruses and spam, yes. But Fastmail does that too. In addition to these increased security measures, as we recently announced, we’ve now turned off ads in Google Apps services. This means administrators no longer have the option or ability to turn on ads in these services. We’ve also permanently removed all ads scanning in Gmail for Google Apps, which means Google does not collect or use data in Google Apps services for advertising purposes. Source: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.de/2014/05/protecting-google-apps-cus…

I think there is a market there. VMware and Google have already announced a partnership on VMware's DaaS and Chromebooks - http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2014/02/vmware-to-bring-tradition… VMware's DaaS has been available since earlier this month - http://www.vmware.com/products/daas

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/keeping-your-data-safe.ht… http://gcn.com/articles/2011/11/10/cloud-hack-via-google.aspx i guess this was before google poured the billions into it with it's engineering elite, class-A data security. Google may be more secure but google is also a big target. a personal cloud is less likely to get hacked. if i live in the woods with $1000 and only have one lock, i'm probably less likely to be broken into than a giant bank filled with tons of money in the middle of a city, even with it's heavier security.

As far as I can tell there no longer is a "downgrade" option. Edit: I just checked. If you've created a Google Apps account recently then there no longer is the option to down grade. If you had an existing free Google Apps account it will remain free. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps…

Interestingly, the GSA which supplied that data to the NY Times has also moved to Google Apps in 2011: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/07/gsa-has-gone-google.html

Support packages are available. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/02/google-cloud-platform-int…

More details in Google's blog post: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-fo…

A few years ago they were inadvertently dropping the link to the free signup... now they've killed the product. Not fun... http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ro/2009/07/google-apps-standard-editi…

Original announcement: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-fo… HN thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4884665

Are you a time traveller? I think they fixed that just over a year ago. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ca/2011/10/google-is-now-available-wi…

This isn't 8 weeks notice. It's a reminder about a policy that was announced fifteen months ago. Administrators have had plenty of time to migrate away from Google Apps or figure out how to deploy newer browsers on time. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-plans-to-support-mode… Users of unsupported browsers aren't locked out; they just see a message telling them to upgrade, and some functionality might eventually degrade. Degraded functionality is documented at: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33864

For Google Apps paid users: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/24-x-7-phone-support-f…

About time, too. They had been promising this for nearly a year, now: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.nl/2011/10/google-is-now-available-wi…

"The economy of scale and efficiency of our data centers allows Google Compute Engine to give you 50% more compute for your money than with other leading cloud providers." http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-compute-engine-com… I wonder how cost efficient the instances are vs. EC2.

It's a clusterfuck and I have no idea what to do about it. Have you tried submitting feedback using the gear icon? According to this: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-is-now-available-w… they're working on a migration tool which will let you transparently move from your gmail account to your domain account. Google Voice has a tool and it worked fine (along with the general data export tool for moving my contacts).

Early 2009 http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/08/launched-google-apps-scri…

yep. as we have buzz in several month http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/02/google-buzz-coming-soon-f… :)

The faster release cycles didn't bother me until I realized that with Google's new support announcement [1], that Firefox versions would officially only get about six months of support on Google Apps. And that I have no idea how Ubuntu's handling quicker releases. [1] http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-plans-to-support-mode…

Official Google Enterprise Blog: "Chrome is Ready For Business" http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/12/chrome-is-ready-for-busin…

I got Chart API fixed, although on a different hostname: http://www.imperialviolet.org/2010/11/29/charthttps.html The deal with encrypted.google.com is explained here: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/06/update-on-encrypted-web-s…