Google Collaboration Platform is a new product from the Google Cloud Platform team that makes it easy for developers to build collaboration apps and solutions. Utilizing the power of Google’s data and machine intelligence, the platform helps developers create collaborative apps that are easy to use, secure, reliable, and ready to scale.
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Google Collaboration Platform
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Google has one of the most enviable company cultures of any business in the world. But what makes Google a truly great place to work is its spirit of collaboration and drive for teamwork. That same culture is reflected in its roster of cloud tools built for team productivity.
Let’s look at several of those Google collaboration tools.
- Gmail
Gmail is a user-friendly email provider that offers 15 GB of storage space per account. What you might not know is it also allows for collaboration through a delegation option. Delegates can read and send email on your behalf while accessing the account.
To set this up, follow these simple steps:
Click the Settings button (gear icon) and choose
Select the Accounts and Import tab at the top.
Scroll down to Grant access to your account.
Make your selections for the Mark as read and Sender information
Click Add another account, enter the Gmail address for the person you are delegating to, and click Next Step.
Confirm the email address and click Send email to grant access.
You’ll be directed back to your Gmail settings where you’ll see the person’s email address in that section. It will display as Pending until they accept the invitation and will then change to reflect that.
Gmail Grant AccessT o Delegate
Your delegate has seven days to accept your invitation. Once they do, they will see your account listed beneath theirs with the word Delegated. They simply click that to manage your inbox.
Google Switch Account Delegated
Download: Gmail for Android | iOS (Free)
- Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a great way to visually organize your busy life. The tool also supports sharing. Make some or all of your calendars public, so people can see when you’re free.
Want to share a calendar with just one person? It’s easy!
Click the options button (three dots) to the right of the relevant calendar in the main list and select Settings and Sharing.
On the next page, scroll down to the Share with specific people
Click Add people and then enter the person’s email address.
Choose the Permissions dropdown box and pick the privilege you want to allow. You can also change this afterward in the same section of the settings.
Click Send.
Google Calendar ShareWith Specific People
You can also share your using a link. On the same calendar Settings page, scroll down to Integrate calendar.
You’ll see different URL options for your calendar as a public URL, public URL in iCal format, and secret URL in iCal format.
Google Calendar Integrate Links
Copy the generated URL and send it to colleagues, friends, or other people you know. Be aware, anyone who gets the link can access the calendar.
The sharing capability of Google Calendar is fantastic for planning meetings, study sessions, or other collaborative activities.
Download: Google Calendar for Android | iOS (Free)
- Google Sheets
Google Sheets is a spreadsheet app you can use with others simultaneously. Advantages like conditional formatting and built-in spreadsheet formulas save time for you and collaborators. You can even see other people make edits in real time.
To share your spreadsheet, follow these steps:
Click the Share button on the upper right.
Add the email addresses of the people you want to access the spreadsheet.
Click the pencil icon and specify whether people can view the sheet, edit it, or comment on it.
Alternatively, you can use the Get a shareable link option and send the link manually. Choose the viewing and editing permissions when doing so and you can group message or email the link to your team.
Click Done when you finish.
Google Sheets Share Options
Want to send a notification to a collaborator in the sheet? Just right-click the cell in your sheet and pick Comment. Then type a plus sign followed by the collaborator to send a notification to their email address.
Google Sheets Comment Mention
Download: Google Sheets for Android | iOS (Free)
- Google Docs
Google Docs works perfectly for putting your head together with teammates. Use it while writing to-do lists, brainstorming for projects, or anything else that’s better with input from others.
Share a document with people via the same process you use for Google Sheets (above). You can also use the shareable link option in the corner of the sharing box.
Another option you have when sharing Google Docs or Google Sheets are some advanced settings.
Click the Share button on the top right.
In the popup window, click Advanced.
Here you’ll see the link to share, those who have access, and an option to invite more people.
Under Owner settings, you can check the boxes for those additional options. So you can prevent editors from changing access or adding others and disable options for commenters and viewers to download, print, or copy it.
Google Docs Advanced Sharing Options
While looking at the document, pay attention to the colorful, flag-like icons with people’s names. They tell you who’s responsible for making changes.
Download: Google Docs for Android | iOS (Free)
- Google Slides
Getting ready for a group presentation? Avoid endless phone calls and emails about how to proceed, and collaborate with Google Slides instead. Select an appealing template to save design time and make your words pop with hundreds of font possibilities.
Like Google Docs and Sheets, this collaboration facilitator allows in-the-moment editing by any authorized individual. Simply follow the now-familiar process for granting privileges with the Share button on the upper right of the window.
google slides presentation
Download: Google Slides for Android | iOS (Free)
- Google Keep
Think of Google Keep as a beautifully basic project management tool. You can depend on it as a place for notes, drawings, lists, pictures, and audio clips.
Start sharing by clicking the Collaborator icon at the bottom of the note.
Enter the person’s name or type in their email address.
Click Save.
Google Keep Note Collaborator Button
When you open Google Keep, you’ll see the last person who edited the note along with when.
Download: Google Keep for Android | iOS | Chrome (Free)
- Google Hangouts (Chat)
Google Hangouts, to be renamed Google Chat, is a messaging app. Use it to talk to one person at a time through text or up to 150 individuals.
You can also launch a video chat with as many as 10 people. Start a new conversation by clicking the plus sign. Then, add people by name, email address, or phone number. Finally, choose whether you want a message-based conversation, phone call, or video call.
Google Hangouts Main
Let more people join by clicking the person icon and clicking the Invite People icon on the top. Then, follow the same process you initially did when creating the chat.
Download: Google Hangouts for Android | iOS (Free)
- Google Meet
Google Meet is very similar to Google Hangouts as both offer a video call service. However, Google Meet is intended for professionals and is a paid service, although currently free due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Google Hangouts, on the other hand, is more for consumers.
It can accommodate up to 250 participants per call for G Suite users (see below) and 100 with a personal Google account. Plus, you can check out the live streaming and recording features.
Google Meet Meeting Ready
Starting or joining a meeting with Google Meet is simple. Just head to the website, hit Start a meeting or Enter meeting code, and you’re on your way.
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Google and its affiliated products and services drove Alphabet’s revenue of nearly $90 billion in 2016. With a market cap of $650 billion, Alphabet is a favorite stock for both individual and institutional investors.
Google.com is also the most visited website in the world, with 2.3 million searches per minute. It is also the second most valuable brand worldwide, after Apple, according to Forbes.
While Alphabet owns over 70 businesses, Google’s products and services are its most valuable. Here’s a look at Google’s core businesses.
(Note: Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from Alphabet Inc.’s 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders).
Google Search/AdWords
Roughly 80% of Google’s $79.3 billion in advertising revenue in 2016 was generated by Google Search and Google AdWords. The latter is its proprietary advertising product, which displays relevant pages from companies that pay for search ads. Some highly competitive keywords reportedly command rates as high as $58 per click. Customers complete roughly 100 billion Google searches per month.
AdSense
While Google generates AdWords revenue from its own websites, AdSense derives revenue from non-Google websites that pay to display Google ads on their own sites. These are known as Google Member Network properties, and they generated $15.6 billion in revenue for the company in 2016.
Google Commerce/Wallet
Google Wallet is the company’s effort to corner a piece off a mobile payments market, valued at $721 billion for 2017. While the service is free to consumers, Google earns advertising revenue from its wallet, which it also mines for consumer data.
Google Maps
With more than 1 billion users, Google Maps is reportedly the preferred map app for nearly 70% of iPhone users, and nearly 80% of Android phone users. While the app is free to use, it generates advertising revenue through a sidebar search listing for local businesses, and by allowing businesses–such as banks, restaurants, and hotels–to place their corporate logos directly on maps.
YouTube
Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.6 billion. It is the second largest search engine, and after Google and Facebook, the third most visited website in the world. YouTube’s users upload more than 300 hours of video every minute, and they reportedly watch about 3 billion hours of video content the platform every month.
Google Drive
Google Drive, the popular cloud storage option, has roughly 800 million registered users and hosts over 2 trillion documents. Google estimates the number of Drive users will reach 1 billion by the end of 2017.
Android
Google quietly acquired Android for a $50 million in 2005. At the time, Android was a struggling platform, but Larry Page saw potential in the operating system. Today, Android commands over 85% of the global smartphone market, crushing the rival iPhone, which has an 11% market share.
Google Chrome
Google launched its free browser in 2008, and since then there have been have been more than 2 billion installs. Worldwide, Chrome controls more than 52% of all internet browser usage, and 50% of all mobile browser usage.
Google Play
Launched in 2012, Google Play is the official app store for the Android OS, bringing together all the Google and Android apps, music, games, movies, and books under one umbrella. There are currently 1.5 million apps in the Google Play store, and 40 million songs.
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