Chapter 1
Google Workspace: The 50¢ Tour
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting to know Google Workspace
Peering inside the Google Workspace box
Answering your urgent Google Workspace questions
Introducing online collaboration
Getting a glimpse of Google Workspace mobile apps
Way, way back in 2006 (an era so far in the past that people somehow had to manage without iPhones or Android devices), the wonderful eggheads at Google came up with an idea: What if, they mused amongst themselves, businesses could avoid dealing with the headache-inducing and sanity-destroying complexity of managing high-tech services such as email, messaging, scheduling, and file storage? What if, they continued, Google managed those services and all businesses had to worry about was, well, business? “Wouldn't that be great?” they asked themselves.
The answer to that last question must have been a resounding “Yes!” because in that year Google Apps was born. This collection of online apps for email, messaging, calendars, and, ...
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