Tech For Work by TABGEEKS

Tech For Work by TABGEEKS

By Jesse Nowlin | TABGEEKSTechnology
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Tech For Work by TABGEEKS episodes

  • NEXT21: Google Cloud NEXT Day 1, Work Safer Program, Forms API Beta, Meet Client Side Encryption, Jira in Chat and Spaces, Citrix on Chrome OS, and So Much More!

    Welcome to Day One at Google Cloud Next! Google of course had some big announcements on the cloud side of things and reannounced some of the topics we have covered before, as well as some new Betas and features. Join us and special guest Brian Kim as we recap day one of Google Next. Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode with another guest and more conversation about everything Google Workspace!  

    What’s new at Next

    • Introducing Google Distributed Cloud
    • Google Cloud Cortex Framework
    • Contact Center AI Insights [GA Announcement]
    • Contract DocAI [Preview]
    • Vertex AI Workbench
    • Data Center Transformation Specialization coming soon!

      • Work Safer Programme

      • Special offer: Get Google Workspace Enterprise Plus for the price of Business Plus ($18 USD per user per month).
      • Special offer: Get a 50% discount on BeyondCorp Enterprise.
      • reCAPTCHA Enterprise - 1 million free API calls for your company per month
      • Special offer (Coming soon): Get a 50% discount on Titan Security Keys – subject to availability.
      • Special offer (Coming soon): Get five free HP Chromebook Enterprise devices – subject to availability. Plus, a 50% discount on annual price of Chrome Enterprise Upgrade1 for each new Google Workspace Enterprise Plus license purchased.
      • Special offer(Coming soon): Get access to Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro for testing – subject to availability.

        • Other Announcements

        • Wendy’s Envisions AI-Rich Apps With New Google Cloud Deal - WSJ
        • Google brings AppSheet automations to Gmail, Jira support to Chat and Spaces
        • Work Safer
        • Extending the value of Google Workspace to 3 billion users and counting
        • Google Meet getting Client-side encryption, Jira coming to Chat, & more from Workspace at Cloud Next ’21
        • Fueling hybrid work with Citrix and Google Cloud
        • Solving for What’s Next
        • Forms API beta
        • Client Side Encryption Beta
        • Approvals GA
        • Delegated Access VPC-SC Support Enterprise SKUS only
        • Embed forms docs sheets, slides into sites
        • Spaces Activity feed
          • 57 min
        • E041: Google Next is NOW! Daily Workspace Recap releases this week :-) Securing Classroom Video Meetings, Rich Info in sidebar of Chat, Calendar, Docs etc, Meeting notes in Calendar, and more

          Google Cloud Next is LIVE! First Keynote starts in 9 hours from when I publish this episode, but the Partner Insight videos are available now!

          We will be releasing daily episodes for the next few days as we do our best to cover all the updates from Google Next. Keep it locked here on Google Workspace Recap for insights from some incredible special guests discussing all of the news coming from Google Next. Enjoy and thanks for listening! 

          Published Releases
          1. Making Google Classroom video meetings easier and more secure
          2. Control whether students can unenroll themselves from classesl
          3. View richer information about your coworkers directly in the sidebar for Google Chat, Calendar, Docs, and more.
          4. Create meeting notes in Google Calendar
          5. Configure member restrictions for groups, available in open beta
          6. Bringing hand raising to Google Meet hardware devices
          7. Consolidate Google Workspace Essentials accounts for your domain

            8. Other Topics

            • Partner Insight Session Playlist - 80 videos
            • Pixel Pass

              • Workspace Recap is the only show dedicated to and discussing all of the changes happening in Google Workspace on a weekly basis, as well as how all these changes affect our users and our businesses. Google Workspace is innovating at a breakneck pace, making it difficult to keep up and keep track. Join us each week as we discuss What’s New in Google Workspace, Upcoming Google Workspace releases, and answer your questions.


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

              42 min
            • E040: Special Guest on Chrome Enterprise Contact Center! Voice Porting in Canada, Add Image Watermarks in Docs, Live Captions Translated in Meet Beta, Replace background with Video in Meet on Android

              T Minus just one week until Google Next! Stay tuned to your favorite source for Google Workspace news as we gear up to bring you daily episodes during the conference. This week, leading up to the show, in addition to a slew of updates, we brought on a guest to discuss the recent Chrome for Enterprise announcements. Please welcome Sue Fernand from 8x8! 

              Sue Fernand is the Director of Alliances for 8x8, a cloud telecommunications company and has been in telecommunications for over 20 years, and has worked in the Google ecosystem for the past 8 years. 

              8x8 Contact Center and Google Chrome: Hybrid Era Tools to Maximize Agent Performance

              Chrome Enterprise Recommended Contact Center Solutions

              Silent Releases

              • New look and feel for Workspace Updates email subscriptions
              • Porting in Google Voice now available in Canada (support article)

                • Published Releases

                1. Live translated captions in Google Meet available in beta
                2. Add image watermarks in Google Docs
                3. Renaming “whitelisted domains” to “allowlisted domains” in the Admin console
                4. Comment size increasing in Google Docs
                5. Replace your background with a video in Google Meet on Android
                6. Quickly access Google Drive files in Chrome browser
                7. View Alert Center notifications directly from the Admin console toolbar
                8. Use the “Slideshow” button in Google Slides
                9. Review smart home devices used for work in your Admin console

                  10. Other Topics

                  • Workspace Everything
                  • Chromebook Demand is plummeting as the pandemic eases

                    • Workspace Recap is the only show dedicated to and discussing all of the changes happening in Google Workspace on a weekly basis, as well as how all these changes affect our users and our businesses. Google Workspace is innovating at a breakneck pace, making it difficult to keep up and keep track. Join us each week as we discuss What’s New in Google Workspace, Upcoming Google Workspace releases, and answer your questions.


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

                    1 hr 19 min
                  • E039: Rich Search Filters in Gmail on web, Improved Gmail Search on Android, Mute all in Meet, Chat with Event participants from Calendar, and more

                    We are now at week 39 of 2021 for those of you who are still stuck in March of 2020, and as the podcast grows so have our platforms, if you happen to be one of the millions of Amazon Music subscribers you can now listen to our podcast and Supporting IT Support on Amazon Music!

                    Published Releases

                    1. Upgrade to the newest version of the Google Chat app
                    2. Improved visibility in Google Meet on web
                    3. Control the ability to present to Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides with a new Admin setting
                    4. One-click recommended actions in the Alert Center
                    5. Improved Search In Gmail on Android
                    6. New graphs for metrics over time in Meet Quality Tool
                    7. Perform refined email searches with new rich filters in Gmail on web
                    8. Easily chat with meeting participants from a Google Calendar event
                    9. Ability to mute all Google Meet participants at once rolling out to mobile platforms

                      10. Other Topics

                      • Macs are cheaper in the workplace, I imagine ChromeOS is even more
                      • Google lowers cut of sales from vendors in Google Cloud Marketplace

                        • That’s all for this week, send us your questions and comments on Twitter @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com. Hit the subscribe button and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting platform, or all of them if you really like us!

                        Have a great week, and we will see you next time on Workspace Recap!

                        34 min
                      • E038: Register now for Google Cloud Next! New iOS Data Protection Settings for Chat, New Logo for Tasks, Meet Host Management settings are live, Custom Themes in Sites, and more
                        Short episode with only 5 updates to Google Workspace this week. If you have not already, go and register for Google Next, Google’s Cloud and Workspace conference. The session info is now live, and you can go in and create your playlist. They are fully virtual again this year, although I am hearing about some solo events in the works so maybe we will announce some of those shortly if you want to meet in person. Now, on to the show!

                        Published Releases

                        1. New iOS Data Protection setting for Google Chat protects data sharing between Google Workspace and personal Google accounts
                        2. New logo coming to Google Tasks
                        3. Set the default state for Quick access and Host Management in Google Meet with new Admin settings
                        4. Design your own custom themes in new Google Sites
                        5. Preventing users from blocking users in trusted domains

                          6. Other Topics

                          • Google Cloud Next ‘21 - Workspace Sessions

                            • That’s all for this week, send us your questions and comments on Twitter @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com. Hit the subscribe button and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting platform, or all of them if you really like us!

                            Have a great week, and we will see you next time on Workspace Recap!

                            28 min
                          • E037: Special Guest Googler David Rosenthal, Chat Rooms are now Spaces, New Meet Hardware, New Forms Settings, New Meet Effects Panel, Material You for Workspace Apps on Android and much more

                            An excellent episode this week with a special Google Guest GTM Strategy David Rosenthal! David goes deep into the details around the latest launch of the new Google Meet hardware, as well as some behind-the-scenes stories and insights into how Google develops its hardware and services. Enjoy and let us know what you think!

                            Published Releases

                            1. Google Chat ‘Rooms’ are now ‘Spaces’
                            2. Coming soon: new Google Meet Hardware devices
                            3. Forms settings are now easier to navigate
                            4. Restore a page via version history in new Google Sites
                            5. View Google Classroom activity with new audit logs, view adoption and other metrics with BigQuery activity logs
                            6. New effects settings panel in Google Meet
                            7. Material You, a new look and feel for Google Workspace apps, is rolling out now for Android
                            8. Review presentations more quickly with new viewing interface on Google Slides iOS app
                            9. New “End meeting for all” action in the security investigation tool

                              10. Other Topics

                              • Google Resources for the Future of Work
                              • 6 ways that G Suite helps IT admins safely use BYOD
                              • Evolving Rooms in Google Chat to Spaces to create a richer, more collaborative experience (14 June 2021)
                              • Bridging the hybrid work gaps with Google Workspace (aka Enabling Hybrid Work with Google Workspace)
                              • Handbook for Navigating Hybrid Work (17 pages, direct link, no signup)
                              • Navigating hybrid work with a single, connected experience in Google Workspace

                                • That’s all for this week, send us your questions and comments on Twitter @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com. Hit the subscribe button and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting platform, or all of them if you really like us!

                                Have a great week, and we will see you next time on Workspace Recap!

                                1 hr 29 min
                              • E036: Calendar Time Insights, Gifs coming to Chat, Offline for all file types in Drive, New Beta for Moving folders to Shared Drives, Google buys Playspace, and more

                                Another shoutout to another great group of tech folks on the ground in Louisiana, the Footprint Project is providing solar power and batteries to police stations, local government, locals, and other relief orgs all helping with Ida relief. Take a look at their amazing work at footprintproject.org. This is not a sponsored post, nor was the last one, just trying to get the word out about some of our amazing friends doing excellent work. Now back to our show!  

                                Published Releases
                                1. Better understand how you’re spending your time in Google Calendar
                                2. View embedded Office files in your documents
                                3. Find and share GIFs in Google Chat
                                4. Easily make all files types available offline in Google Drive
                                5. New beta makes it easier for admins to move folders to shared drives (Beta Signup)
                                6. Use the “Inspect Groups” function to view a users direct and indirect group membership

                                  7. Other Topics

                                  • Google is reportedly making its own ARM-based Chromebook processors
                                  • Playspace

                                    • That’s all for this week, send us your questions and comments on Twitter @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com. Hit the subscribe button and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting platform, or all of them if you really like us!

                                    Have a great week, and we will see you next time on Workspace Recap!

                                    38 min
                                  • E035: View corresponding Chat messages from Tasks in a Chat Room, Meet notifies of echo, Security Groups generally available, Smart Reply in comments in Docs, Meet iOS Video Background replacement

                                    We are concerned for our friends and listeners getting hit by Hurricane Ida. If anyone in tech wants to help, our friends over at the ITDRC (Internet Technology Disaster Resource Center) are already en route and deploying to provide communications support to assist all the relief groups as well as allow those affected to contact their families. ITDRC is nonprofit, and is an incredible group of people from the technology community using our skills to give back. Learn more, volunteer, and donate at ITDRC.org

                                    Google Cloud Community

                                    • Help us improve navigation within the admin console
                                    • Free Workspace Admin training and prizes in honor of new Workspace Certification!
                                    • Content Manager, Google Cloud Community
                                      • Published Releases
                                      1. Helping users prevent echo in Google Meet
                                      2. Security groups are now generally available
                                      3. Save time replying to comments in Google Docs with Smart Reply
                                      4. View corresponding Google Chat messages from the Tasks tab in a Chat room
                                      5. Replace your background with a video in Google Meet on iOS
                                      6. New intelligent suggestions for formulas and functions in Google Sheets

                                        7. Other Topics

                                        • Google Pledges $10 billion to cybersec
                                        • Microsoft EOL Android Office Apps on ChromeOS. Pushes to PWA
                                        • Expand your video collaboration options with new Google Meet hardware
                                        • The history of Google Messaging Apps

                                          • That’s all for this week, send us your questions and comments on twitter @WorkspaceRecap and on our website at workspacerecap.com. Hit the subscribe button and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting platform, or all of them if you really like us!

                                          Have a great week, and we will see you next time on Workspace Recap!

                                          45 min
                                        • E034: Dark Mode arrives for Google Chat! Also, Admin Console insights and quick actions, Custom Audio IVR's in Voice, Custom theme in Sheets and Slides, Share working location in Calendar, and more

                                          Spent a bit of time at the beginning of this episode discussing job hunting and our experiences with different companies' application and interview processes. As I go through the process of finding a new position, I am documenting my experiences on Twitter and Linkedin to help others as much as possible. Follow along and let me know if you have any questions/suggestions!

                                          Silent Releases
                                          • Block shares option added to Google Drive sharing emails
                                            • Published Releases
                                            1. View more insights and take quick action on the Users, Domain, and Billing home cards in the Admin console
                                            2. Upload customized audio prompts and greetings to Google Voice automated attendant
                                            3. Easily customize theme colors in Sheets and Slides
                                            4. Share where you’re working from in Google Calendar
                                            5. Limit external messaging to trusted domains in Google Chat
                                            6. Dark mode for Google Chat on web


                                              7. Workspace Recap is the only show dedicated to and discussing all of the changes happening in Google Workspace on a weekly basis, as well as how all these changes affect our users and our businesses. Google Workspace is innovating at a breakneck pace, making it difficult to keep up and keep track. Join us each week as we discuss What’s New in Google Workspace, Upcoming Google Workspace releases, and answer your questions.  

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

                                              36 min
                                            7. E033: Meet Support of IE11 Ended, Tasks on Mobile update, Add up to 25 co-hosts on Meet, Expanded safety features for Meet

                                              Shortest episode we have ever done! Short week at Google, and I am on vacation, so not a whole lot of schmoozing either. Back to normal next week!

                                              Silent Releases
                                              • New Categories in Google Workspace Marketplace
                                              • Updated emoji experience in Google Chat on iOS
                                                • Published Releases
                                                1. Reminder: Google Meet support for IE11 ending August 17, 2021
                                                2. Easily switch between lists in Google Tasks on mobile
                                                3. Add up to 25 co-hosts per meeting and expanded safety features for Google Meet


                                                  4. Workspace Recap is the only show dedicated to and discussing all of the changes happening in Google Workspace on a weekly basis, as well as how all these changes affect our users and our businesses. Google Workspace is innovating at a breakneck pace, making it difficult to keep up and keep track. Join us each week as we discuss What’s New in Google Workspace, Upcoming Google Workspace releases, and answer your questions.  

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

                                                  18 min

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                                                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.