Good and Bad of Google Apps

Google today introduced Google Apps Premier Edition, a more advanced paid version of Google Apps .  Google launched Google Apps as a free service August 2006.  Google Apps Premier Edition will be available for free until April 30, 2007 and then cost $50 per  user account per year.

Yahoo Drops Search Gadget Into The Vista

The Yahoo Desktop Products team released the Yahoo Search Gadget for Windows Vista this week, the company's only Vista-only product. The Search Gadget works from the Windows Vista sidebar, bypassing the need to open a separate web browser. Users can access Web search, Yahoo Answers, Local, and Video from the gadget. Jonathan Strauss of the Yahoo Desktop Products team writes:

Office’s Space – Starring: Google

Google has released a Premier version of their Apps program for businesses. Google Apps are Google powered services/features you can add to your website. Basically Google Apps consist of popular Google applications like Gmail, Calendar and Spreadsheets that you could add to your site for the benefit of your users.

The Blogosphere On Google Apps Premier

There is plenty of buzz in the blogosphere concerning Google’s debut of Google Apps Premier Edition. Scanning the blogosphere I found a number of interesting views on Google’s latest venture.

Premier Apps Set To Take On Microsoft Office

With the launch of premium business applications, Google appears poised to challenge Microsoft for supremacy within the enterprise realm – a field that Bill Gates and his Redmond-based software company have dominated for nearly two decades.