Tech For Work by TABGEEKS

Tech For Work by TABGEEKS

By Jesse Nowlin | TABGEEKSTechnology
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Tech For Work by TABGEEKS episodes

  • Google Workspace Updates of the Week January 24th 2023 by Google Workspace Recap

    Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by the tech layoffs at all companies that have been happening all over the industry, and especially to our friends from Google who were let go. We appreciate everything you did at Google and wish you the best of luck in finding what's next.

    We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 

    Silent Releases

    • Set and share personal pronouns across Google Workspace products

      • Published Releases

      1. Google Vault support for client-side encrypted emails
      2. New beta to move folders from My Drive to shared drives now available
      3. New built-in interoperability between Google Meet and Zoom

        4. Other Topics

        • CEO Outlook Series 2023: One on One with Google CLoud CEO Thomas Kurian
        • Google Classroom invitations being abused to send spam emails, can’t be disabled
        • Google is freaking out about ChatGPT
        • Google cuts 12,000 jobs in latest round of big tech layoffs
          • More details on which departments hit
          • Area120 Decimated and Fuchsia hit hard
          • Google Account Switcher on the web gets Material You redesign

            • tabGeeks Resources 

            🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

            🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

            🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

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            Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

            45 min
          • Google Workspace Updates Week of January 17th 2023 by Google Workspace Recap

            Google kicked it back into high gear for our first week with updates of the year with 7 updates published, and one silent update.  Update on the ChromeOS Certification LIVE event, we had to postpone it because my twins arrived early, apologies for that, we are going to reschedule in the next few days, check out our socials for an update!

            We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 

            Silent Releases

            • Find apps and app commands in Chat with a new Integration Menu

              • Published Releases

              1. New option to view non-printing characters in Google Docs
              2. Improvements to voice features in Google Docs and Slides
              3. Manage all Google Workspace API activity from a single location
              4. Increasing efficiency through better meeting room management with room release
              5. New in-meeting reactions for Google Meet
              6. Introducing simpler conversation creation in Google Chat
              7. View speaker notes while presenting Google Slides in Google Meet

                8. Other Topics

                • Microsoft 365 Basic launches with 100 GB of storage, Outlook and more for $1.99 a month

                  • tabGeeks Resources 

                  🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                  🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                  🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                  ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                  Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                  43 min
                • Workspace Wishlist and features we are looking forward to in 2023

                  For anyone who missed last week's show, my (Jesse's) wife gave birth to twins last week! We are still acclimating to having double the number of kids, but thankfully, everyone is doing well and healthy. There were zero Google Workspace updates this week as expected, so we went ahead and made a special episode detailing the features we are most looking forward to and some we wish to see in 2023. Enjoy!

                  We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 

                  Steve's Looking Forward  

                  1. Bulk configuration of third-party applications 
                  2. Meet & Zoom device interoperability 
                  3. Control third-party app access using AAC 
                  4. Dark mode for Google Docs on the web

                    5. Jesse's Looking Forward

                    1. Better options for Smart Canvas and true pageless
                    2. 1080p Meet Video ffs
                    3. Better more accurate Search in Gmail
                    4. Org wide Meeting Backgrounds
                    5. Add ons and Chat bots that actually work
                    6. Proper attention to task management with it’s own web app and abilities
                    7. Sync tasks/lists between tasks, keep, docs, wherever it’s assigned
                    8. Better poor reception handling on Google Chat

                      9. Silent Releases

                      • No Silent Releases this week

                        • Published Releases

                        1. No Published Releases this Week

                          2. Other Topics

                          • HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook Hands-On at CES 2023
                          • Lenovo Ideapad Flex 3i Chromebook
                          • Framework Review
                          • Best of CES 2023 ChromeOS Steals the Show
                          • Acer Chromebox CXI5
                          • Google Might Need to become un google like

                            • tabGeeks Resources 

                            🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                            🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                            🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                            ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                            Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                            48 min
                          • Happy New Year! Our Top 10 updates of 2022, also my wife gave birth to twins!

                            Happy New Year! So... Turns out my wife went into labor shortly after Steve and I recorded this episode and gave birth to our twins! 🥳 This episode won't be as edited as our others, but I am sure you will understand given the circumstances 😉  

                            Join us January 12th at 9AM Pacific on this channel for our Google ChromeOS Administration Certification LIVE event with the Googlers who developed this amazing new certification. Looking forward to seeing you there!

                            We just released Season 2 Episode 8 of our SaaS Showdown show: Secure Your SaaS.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 

                            Silent Releases

                            • No Silent Releases this week

                              • Published Releases

                              1. Get enhanced spam protection through automatic labeling of suspected spam calls in Google Voice

                                2. Other Topics

                                • Pixelbook Go now out of stock at the Google Store
                                • Google Ramps up Fuchsia development going into 2023
                                • It’s time for a new Google Pixelbook
                                • Google has canceled nearly as many Pixelbooks as it has released

                                  • tabGeeks Resources 

                                  🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                  🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                  🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                  ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                  Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                  50 min
                                • Google Chrome Quarterly Update: End of 2022 Edition

                                  The Google Chrome teams had one hell of a year, rolling out a ton of new updates focusing on security, zero days, admin panel administration, new features and functionality, and more. We had hoped to do more of these events this past year and will be working hard to host them according to schedule in the coming year.

                                  We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 

                                  🚨 Topics Discussed In This Episode:

                                  • DMtoken removal
                                  • Inactive browser delete policy
                                  • Chrome Insights Report
                                  • Legacy Tech report
                                  • JSON export limit
                                  • Guides and sign up
                                  • Help articles
                                  • New console UI (forgot if we ever covered that)
                                  • Connectors
                                  • Group Based assignment
                                  • Manifest V3
                                  • Updater
                                  • Network sandboxing for Windows
                                  • Enhanced Safe Browsing now in the console
                                  • Azure SSO and Chrome
                                  • Google Identity and CBCM
                                  • New downloads UX
                                  • Chrome Cert Root Store
                                  • DLP/AV integration
                                  • Flagthis website
                                  • Remind windows 2012 depreciation for Chrome (March I think)
                                    • Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 no longer supported: Feb 7th 2023

                                      • Other Topics

                                      • Subscribe to Chrome Enterprise Release Notes
                                      • Passkeys in Action (Christiaan Brand, Product Manager, Google)
                                      • Google is adding another layer of testing for Chrome Updates

                                        • tabGeeks Resources 

                                        🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                        🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                        🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                        ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                        Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                        1 hr 14 min
                                      • Episode 52 of our weekly show, we made it another year! A few updates to close out the year

                                        Google shipped 4 updates to close out the year and we also managed to record another Google Chrome Recap episode so stay tuned for that to drop in the next few days. It's been a big year for us, but next year we want to go even bigger, like, wayyy bigger. If you have any ideas you would love to see us do, please feel free to drop them in the comments below! We love you all and appreciate you sticking with us as we continue to develop this series and this show. Have a wonderful New Year everyone!

                                        We just released Season 2 Episode 8 of our SaaS Showdown show: Secure Your SaaS.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. 

                                        Silent Releases

                                        • No Silent Releases this week

                                          • Published Releases

                                          1. Updated experience for exporting your organization’s data
                                          2. Google Voice Standard customers can assign phone numbers in other Voice countries in their region
                                          3. More filter effects available for Google Meet
                                          4. Quickly refine search results in Google Chat with search chips

                                            5. Other Topics

                                            • 22 of our most helpful tips from 2022
                                            • 5 Gmail tips to start your inbox fresh in 2023
                                            • Chat GPT and other chat bots are "code red" for Google's Search Business
                                            • Meet screenshare experience
                                            • Google has everything it needs to counter ChatGPT – here’s what it’s already shown off
                                            • Users report Google Calendar bug creating random, fake events

                                              • tabGeeks Resources 

                                              🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                              🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                              🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                              ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                              Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                              1 hr 10 min
                                            • Code in Google Docs, Improved Call Performance on Voice, Client Side Encryption for Gmail Beta S2E51

                                              Happy Hannukah and Happy Holidays! One last hurrah for the year from Google this week with 6 Published releases and 3 silent ones. We will be doing a show next week to wrap up the year so stay tuned!

                                              Silent Releases

                                              • Drive approvals available on Android and iOS apps
                                              • New keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets on Android
                                              • Additional functionality for storage management

                                                • Published Releases

                                                1. Facet Enhancements for Cloud Search
                                                2. Easily format and display code in Google Docs
                                                3. Email notifications from Google now available in the Alert Center
                                                4. Enjoy improved call performance with intelligent network switching in Google Voice
                                                5. Expanded language support for captions and translated captions in Google Meet
                                                6. Client-side encryption for Gmail available in beta

                                                  7. Other Topics

                                                  • Google Looking into AI chat space for 2023
                                                  • Google Pixel Tablet and speaker dock prototypes leak on Facebook Marketplace
                                                  • Lenovo Ideapad 3i Chromebook has a bigger display thinner bezels and a backlit keyboard
                                                  • Lenovos new laptops will make you choose between a bigger screen or a nicer screen
                                                  • Why is Google making a Pixel Tablet Pro?

                                                    • tabGeeks Resources 

                                                    🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                                    🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                                    🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                                    ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                                    Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                                    44 min
                                                  • Follow along with collaborators in Slides, Share files in Meet Chat, Drop-down Chips in Sheets S2E50

                                                    Welcome to Episode 50! Nearing the end of the year here, Google pushed out several published and silent releases so we have a full show this week.  Have a great week and enjoy the show!

                                                    Silent Releases

                                                    • See collaborator avatars in the toolbar of apps on Android devices
                                                    • Pin table headers when using pageless format on Google Docs
                                                    • Easily share files in Google Meet chat on web
                                                    • Warning banners for external email recipients on iOS devices
                                                    • Improvements for using Miro in Google Meet (here and here)

                                                      • Published Releases

                                                      1. More ways to prevent data exfiltration on iOS devices
                                                      2. New default setting for content managers to modify shared drives coming in February 2023
                                                      3. Create drop-down chips in Google Sheets
                                                      4. Collaborate with colleagues in Google Slides through a new ‘Follow’ feature

                                                        5. Other Topics

                                                        • Now you can go Password free in Chrome with passkeys
                                                        • Google’s latest Chrome browser modes can boost battery life and free up memory
                                                        • Google is bringing together its Waze and maps teams as it pushes to reduce overlap
                                                        • Gmail bug delayed email delivery on Saturday, resulted in backlog

                                                          • tabGeeks Resources 

                                                          🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                                          🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                                          🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                                          ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                                          Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                                          57 min
                                                        • Cloud Search API, Improved Meet quality on virtual machines, & a special surprise, stay tuned! S2E49

                                                          Google is wrapping up the year with a slower pace and a handful of new updates. This week's updates focus on Cloud search Query API and improving meeting quality when joining on virtual machines. We also cover new ChromeOS admin dashboard management controls, and how to join the alpha program.   

                                                          Stay tuned to the second half of the show for a special unboxing of the brand new Framework repairable laptop Chromebook Edition! Learn more at https://frame.work (this is not a sponsored post, I just love the approach. We would be super happy if they did Sponsor us though!)

                                                          Silent Releases

                                                          • No Silent Releases this week

                                                            • Published Releases

                                                            1. Use the Cloud Search Query API to set Suggest Filters to enhance Cloud Search results
                                                            2. Improved meeting quality when joining on virtual machines

                                                              3. Other Topics

                                                              • [Externally Friendly] Steps for signing up/subscribing to Alpha community in GCC
                                                              • ChatGPT
                                                              • Framework Laptop Unboxing

                                                                • tabGeeks Resources 

                                                                🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                                                🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                                                🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                                                ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                                                Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                                                40 min
                                                              • Pivot! Resize your Pivot Table editor in Sheets, share Editors files in Meet chat, and more S2E48

                                                                Super short show this week with only 3 silent updates and zero published releases. This has never happened in the past 101 episodes we have done, but it was bound to happen eventually.  Enjoy!   

                                                                Shoutout to our friends at  @Lawrence Systems in this week's episode mentioning their studio setup. Check out that video here: https://youtu.be/vgIT96iiU70

                                                                Silent Releases

                                                                • Resizing Pivot Tables in Google Sheets
                                                                • Improved search results based on recent search activity in Gmail
                                                                • Share Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files in Google Meet chat

                                                                  • Published Releases

                                                                  1. Zero published releases this week

                                                                    2. Other Topics

                                                                    • ChromeOS isn’t ready for 120 Hz Chromebooks even though cloud gaming is
                                                                    • Framework Chromebook has shipped!

                                                                      • tabGeeks Resources 

                                                                      🦸‍♀️ Continue the conversation over in our Slack community! Click here to sign up

                                                                      🎙 Check out our other shows SaaS Showdown, Heroes of IT, and WFX: Work from Anywhere on our Youtube Channel 

                                                                      🧑‍💻🙋‍♂️ Need more help? Hire us to lend our expertise to your organization today by checking out our managed services offerings TABServices

                                                                      ✉️ Want weekly updates from the TABGeeks Network including top tech news, job openings, and more in your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here


                                                                      Hit the subscribe button, engage with us on Twitter at @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com

                                                                      31 min

                                                                    About Tech For Work by TABGEEKS

                                                                    From the publisher's feed

                                                                    Each week, we dive into the latest developments from the world of business technology, with a focus on how these trends impact the tools and systems we use for work. From breaking news to in-depth discussions on business strategy, this podcast is designed to keep you informed and ahead of the curve.