Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Mar 16, 2015 Following the successful launch of a Calendar app for Android last Fall, Google released a version for iOS devices last week. For "power" calendar users, we hope this solves some of the issues we have seen with the built-in … [Read more...] about New Google Calendar App for iOS devices
Unscheduled outage – Google Apps Marketplace Apps – March 5
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Mar 05, 2015 From approximately 7:30am through 9:00am March 5, a problem at Google resulted in authentication failures when Lab users attempted to use any of our Marketplace Apps (Lucidchart, Smartsheet, GQueues . etc). … [Read more...] about Unscheduled outage – Google Apps Marketplace Apps – March 5
Stump the Search Engine
Adam Stone posted on May 28, 2014 We're excited to have launched the new search.lbl.gov portal powered by Google Custom Search. We've been impressed by the results but we need your help to tune and improve it. Try your searches and use the feedback link at the bottom of the search page to … [Read more...] about Stump the Search Engine
Google Search Engine to be Replaced on April 20
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Mar 17, 2014 Conversion Completed The conversion to the new Google Custom Search Engine was completed at noon, Wednesday May 7, 2014. On April 20th, 2014, IT will be discontinuing the Google Search Appliance service offering in favor of new … [Read more...] about Google Search Engine to be Replaced on April 20
Misfiled Messages in GMail
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jan 30, 2014 The issue Google has notified Berkeley Lab Google administrators that a recent global Google issue may have affected messages in 167 LBL GMail accounts. This caused some actions that were taken, e.g., deleting a message, marking it as spam, or … [Read more...] about Misfiled Messages in GMail
Google Takeout Service
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Dec 06, 2013 Google is enhancing their takeout service (the ability to extract your data out of Google Services). Calendar data has recently been added and Gmail is next. A recent techcrunch article provides some background. When you are logged in to … [Read more...] about Google Takeout Service
Google Releasing New “Google Bar”
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 01, 2013 The black menu bar Google users have become accustomed to over the past year is being replaced over the next few days. The new look is show below - assuming you happen to be in the Calendar Application. It features an application … [Read more...] about Google Releasing New “Google Bar”
Webspace Service Restricted to Lab Network (fixed 8/13)
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jul 30, 2013 Access to the Webspace Service was restricted to the lab's Network on Monday, July 29. LBNL users can continue to access webspace from onsite, or via VPN. However, many non-LBNL users use webspace to share files with LBNL … [Read more...] about Webspace Service Restricted to Lab Network (fixed 8/13)
GMail Compose Mode – New Options
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jul 22, 2013 Google deployed a full-screen mode for the New Compose in Gmail and it is now available to users at LBL. From Google's announcement .... Key combinations: Hold down Shift when you click the full-screen icon to pop the window out … [Read more...] about GMail Compose Mode – New Options
A look back at the “Spill the Hill” Check-in process
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jul 16, 2013 Background On Thursday, July 11 at 2:30pm, the Lab conducted a real evacuation of the hill for selected buildings. In parallel with this event, all lab employees were encouraged to check-in to report on their personal status as part of the … [Read more...] about A look back at the “Spill the Hill” Check-in process
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