Google brings all its apps under one roof

Google offers users one massive 'appy family
Google offers users one massive 'appy family

Google is bringing the wide-ranging suite of Google services together under the Google Apps banner, to make it easier for users to access and use its numerous services.

In addition to your standard applications such as GMail and Google Calendar, users will now be able to access services such as photo-suite Picasa, video service YouTube and Google Reader far easier and quicker than previously.

Parham adds that his team is "thrilled to swing the floodgates of new functionality wide open" so that customers worldwide can access a full spectrum of services from Google.

  • Google Apps is our free service geared towards families, entrepreneurs and other groups up to 50 users.
  • Google Apps for Business offers 25GB of email storage per user, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, data migration capabilities, advanced management tools, telephone support, added security features and more, all for $50 per user per year.
  • Google Apps for Government is FISMA certified and designed with local, state and federal agencies in mind.
  • Google Apps for Education offers many benefits of Google Apps for Business, but at no cost to schools, universities and qualifying non-profits.

Via The Official Google blog