You can now automatically collect a respondent's username when they submit a form in Google Docs.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To automatically collect a respondent's username in a form on your domain, check the 'Automatically collect respondent's username' checkbox at the top of your form. When the form is saved, a new column called "Username" will be added to your form's spreadsheet. Respondents' usernames will appear there.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=87809

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Now if you're reading a conversation that had unread messages when you opened it, when you mark it as unread, Gmail will only mark as unread the messages in that conversation that were unread when you first opened the message.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
After selecting a message in Gmail, click 'More actions' then select 'Mark as unread'. Only the unread messages when the conversation was opened will be marked as unread.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/small-but-helpful-change-to-mark-as.html

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10GB of Google Video storage is now included on an ongoing basis for each school with Education Edition. Before, video storage was included at no charge for schools on a trial basis.

Businesses with Premier Edition still get 10GB plus an additional 500MB for each user account.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Video to upload and share videos at http://video.google.com/a/example.com, but remember to replace "example.com" in this address with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/10-gigs-of-virtual-class-or-virtual.html

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The following new features are available in Google Video:
– The ability to add captions to your videos
– The ability to upload videos up to 1 GB in size (increased from the 300 MB previous limit)

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To add captions, create a timed text file for your video. Go to your video's play page and click 'Closed Captions', select your language and browse to your timed text file. Click 'Upload captions' to upload your text file.

To play a video with captions, click the 'CC' on the player. If more than one caption track language is available, select the appropriate one from the menu that appears.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-video-for-business-now-featuring.html

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The Google Apps status dashboard now provides performance information for Google Apps services.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Go to http://www.google.com/appsstatus to view the status of Google Apps services. Select 'Older >>' or '<< Newer' to navigate to a specific date.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-status-dashboard-for-google-apps_25.html

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The following new features are available in Google Spreadsheets:
– A mobile-friendly view with filtering, sorting and row-by-row editing
– The ability to define attributes of a cell and require that input meets those data validation rules
– A form summary page with information about completed responses

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To access or create a spreadsheet in list view from your mobile device, visit docs.google.com/a/example.com from your mobile browser, but remember to replace "example.com" in this address with your actual domain name.

To use data validation, select a cell from your spreadsheet, click 'Tools' from the menu bar and choose 'Data validation'. Enter your attributes and click 'Save'.

To view the form summary page, click 'Form' from the spreadsheet menu bar and choose 'Show summary'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/02/add-edit-sort-and-filter-improved.html

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=139705&hl=en


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The following new features are available in Gmail contacts:
– You can now combine multiple contacts into a single entry
– The new 'All Contacts' group includes 'My Contacts' and other people you've corresponded with
– You can remove contacts from 'My Contacts', leaving them in 'All Contacts'
– You can search across all contact fields

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To merge multiple contacts, go to the Gmail contact manager, select the contacts you want to merge and click the 'Merge these contacts...' link. Note: autocomplete may show email addresses from merged contacts in an unexpected order, and this issue is being resolved.

To remove contacts from 'My Contacts' (which can be synced to your mobile device with Google Sync) go to the Gmail contact manager, select a contact, click the 'Groups' button and choose the 'Remove from...My Contacts' option.

To search across all contact fields, go to the Gmail contact manager and enter your search term in the search box. You can search on phone numbers, postal addresses, notes and more.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/four-changes-to-gmail-contacts.html

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Google Sync (beta) is now available, and allows two-way push sync of Google Calendar and Gmail contacts data to iPhone and Windows Mobile devices through ActiveSync. Two-way contacts sync is also available for devices that support SyncML.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Administrators must first enable Google Sync for their users. In the control panel, click 'Services settings' and choose 'Mobile'. Check the box for 'Enable Google Sync' and click 'Save changes'.

Users can then configure Google Sync for their mobile devices. The link below provides device-specific configuration instructions.

Note: Google Sync will replace all existing contacts and calendar information on your phone, so make sure to back up any important data before you get started.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139195

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The following new features are available in Google Calendar:
– Collapsable screen area for all-day events
– Ability to add Google Docs files to events
– Streamlined settings for sharing, unsharing and deleting calendars
– New 'Save and send emails' option for new events
– Better accessibility with improved support for screen readers

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
To minimize the area for all-day events, click the triangle on the left side of the all-day events area.

To add a Google Docs file to an event, open the event details page and click 'Add a Google document'.

To share, unsubscribe from or delete a calendar, click the 'Settings' link at the bottom of the 'My calendars' box on the left side of the screen.

To save changes to an event and automatically send the details to attendees in one step, click the 'Save and send emails' button at the bottom of the event details page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html#calendar

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