| VentureBeat | After nearly a year in beta, Google is rolling out its Slack-competing Hangouts Chat platform for all G Suite users. Hangouts Chat features threaded conversations, search, and bots that help automate tasks, while virtual chat spaces can be used for specific teams or projects. More G Suite news: Over the next few months, Google said that Calendar will be updated to use artificial intelligence (AI) and suggest available rooms and spaces for you to reserve in your workplace. It also announced that it’s expanding its Google Drive “Quick Access” feature to Docs. | | CNET | Apple's 2018 iPhone lineup may literally be its biggest ever. According to a new report, Apple is designing what would be its largest iPhone ever, an upgraded edition of 2017's iPhone X and a cheaper iPhone that would keep the iPhone X design while making concessions for a lower price. | | The Verge | As part of the new Google partnership, which mirrors one Dropbox formed with Microsoft a few years back, users will be able to create, open, and edit Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files directly within Dropbox’s interface. That should be helpful for the more than 50 percent of Dropbox customers who also work for a company that uses G Suite at work, which includes Gmail, Google Drive, and other cloud-based Google productivity software. | | | | Inc. | More than 3.5 million paying customers use Google's G Suite to collaborate in real-time at work. Here are ten solid tips from Google on how to get the most out of G Suite. | | Mashable | These six tips will teach you the ins and outs of un-sending messages, customizing your account, staying in the loop on the latest updates, and more. You'll be a Gmail show-off making the most of your account before you know it. | | | | It was quite the eventful week for SaaS updates—in fact, this might be the most we’ve ever had in a week. The biggest news? Google made Hangouts Chat (its Slack competitor) generally available. Google also announced a few AI-related updates for Calendar and Docs. In a few months, Calendar will automatically suggest rooms optimized for each attendee. And then there’s Quick Access for Docs, which uses AI to suggest relevant files. There were other product updates from Slack, Evernote, Trello, Okta, and of course, ~yours truly~. BetterCloud now offers customizable file and folder sharing Alerts. You can now configure Alerts for public , external, and link sharing for Dropbox, Box, and Drive. | | |
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