Tech For Work by TABGEEKS

Short week, short episode. Some big news on the Google Cloud front, Apple is now Google Clouds largest customer of cloud storage, amazing to see the alliances drawn over time as massive providers work together in some areas, and fight tooth and nail in other areas.  Enjoy! Published Releases Google Chat will automatically suggest group chats based on your Google Calendar Expanding Google Meet...

We made it to week 26! We're now half way through the year, in case you needed that heart attack...  and things are happening as fast as ever. Pay special attention to the Google Drive file security link update this week, it's likely to affect a lot of files. Also, if you are a Zoom user on Chromebooks, take a look at the other topics for the link to the new PWA with a ton of features that we...

We have 2 amazing Googlers joining us to talk about the launch of the Google Cloud Community. Join us for an exclusive interview and announcement of Google's brand new Google Cloud community from Wayne Mcculloch the Global Head of the Customer Success Solutions Team at Google Cloud, and Andrew Biernat Lead of Google’s Cloud Customer Community. This community is the next step in Google's process of...

We interrupt our normal format for a breaking news discussion and analysis with special guest Christian Newman to help us detail it all.  Google Chat Rooms is becoming Spaces which is WAY more than a name change and a facelift. Google is making a jump to catch up to others in the market in a big way and we had a lot of fun going through it all on the podcast.  Of course, we follow it up...

Google continues to polish Workspace with added features to Meet, Sheets, and Drive. Some of these features seem extra just to compete with zoom, but are still necessary. Keep an eye out for the next episode or two for our next amazing Googler guest, stay tuned! 1 Published Releases Introducing gentle quality notifications with tailored recommendations and quick actions New Meet Quality Tool suppo...

Updates that we have been talking about over the past several weeks are rolling out fast and furious, Smart Chips and checklists, and the new Meet UI oh my! Many of these updates can't get here soon enough and we love seeing them show up. Here's a whole bunch of new updates coming down the pipe: Published Releases Enhance Cloud Search results for PDFs containing images with Optical Character Recog...

An epic episode for you this week, Google dropped a ton of info on the next major wave of Google Workspace Updates bringing us closer to their vision of a unified smart workspace. There are a ton of details, and more info still to come so stay tuned. In the meantime, here are this week's updates:  Published Releases Insert smart chips for files and meetings, create checklists in Google Docs P...

We recorded this week's episode a bit early this week but luckily for us, Google didn't have any last-minute updates so we got it all. We also had a Googler as our guest, Max Saltonstall is a Developer Relations Engineer at Google, and if you want to find out what he really does you have to listen to the episode!   Published Releases New options to control chat history in unthreaded Google Ch...

The return to work saga continues with Google announcing this week a newly updated flex working opportunities for their workers. Slowly things are headed in the direction of getting people back into the office, but many of us do not want to go, and Google's employees agree, not full time at least.  We've had a few short episodes lately, and have a guest coming on next week's show, please take...

So nice to see Google Tasks getting some love, as they are one of the most underrated features in Workspace.  This week we had a bit of drama in the tech news and a bit of drama around the external email tagging feature showing up before it was officially announced.  In the second half of the episode, Steve and Jesse talk about Google's new designs for returning to a newly hybrid environ...

The big Google Meet redesign we all hoped was coming has finally arrived and is rolling out now. From what we have seen so far, we think you are going to love the changes they have made. Steve is on the road this week and we still managed to get all hooked up and bring you the latest changes from Google Workspace!  Published Releases More ways to work with and analyze BigQuery data using Conn...

Another short week from Google gives us more time to learn the released features and get ready for the next round. In this episode, we also talk about some offices opening back up and what that might look like. We are asking for info on work from home stipends, so if you work from home, let us know what does that look like for you. Do you get reimbursed, given a set amount, or nothing at all?&nbsp...

Google had another slim release week, almost feels like they are taking a deep breath and preparing for another sprint. We are 15 weeks into the year now and have already seen a ton of changes to Google Workspace, it's nice to have a break once in a while and get caught up.  Published Releases Changes to Google Workspace storage policies timeline Restrict third-party API access to Google Work...

We get a breather this week as google takes a breath with only 3 updates this week. Seems like we have a cadence going now, expect the next few weeks to be loaded with updates. We would love to hear from you, please reach out on Twitter or our site, ask us questions, or just chat! Check out our contest! Enter for a chance to win a Google Next Hub Max or similar. The closest guess to the total numb...

No guest this week, just an hour of updates and analysis from our hosts Jesse and Steve. There are a bunch of major updates this week and a few smaller but still important ones. Apologies for some of the family sounds in my audio, we had to record on Friday during the day when the kids were home and playing due to being offline Monday for Passover. ~Jesse Published Releases Additional language sup...

Last week was a short episode, and as we predicted, Google is back swinging for the fences this week and next! Our guest this week is Angela Gosz: Angela is a Customer Success Manager on the Chrome Enterprise Team, based out of Google Chicago. Over her career, Angela has been on the leading edge of digital transformation implementations, supporting Enterprise organizations and partners to adopt an...

Welcome to another short episode as Google takes a breath and gets ready to hit us with another huge round of updates next week.  In case you missed it, we are proud to announce the tabGeeks Network! We created this network as a modern business technology network, by admins, for admins, and for an era of SaaS, WFH, and Cloud-first IT. We have teamed up with some of the brightest minds in the...

We are proud to announce the tabGeeks Network! We created this network as a modern business technology network, by admins, for admins, and for an era of SaaS, WFH, and Cloud-first IT. We have teamed up with some of the brightest minds in the industry to bring you the most up-to-date, relevant, information on today’s biggest topics. To start the network off we have this podcast Workspace Recap, the...

We have a special guest joining us today, Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Head of Solutions Strategy at Google, and the co-host to the new Cloud Security podcast. He is a legend in the cloud cybersecurity space and was previously a Research VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) Security and Risk Management Strategies (SRMS) team. At Gartner, he covered a broad range of secu...

We have a flood of updates this week, thanks to the Google Workspace for Education event, a total of 8 updates on the Workspace Update blog, and some tidbits we dug up around the internet. Welcome back to another episode of Workspace Recap!  Last Weeks Google Updates Limit Google Drive sharing to specific groups with target audiences, now generally available Mute all Google Meet participants...

We have an amazing episode this week, where we dive deep into the amazing world of ChromeOS, Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and how it all ties together to power the future of business technology.  Special thanks to Robby and Gabe, the team behind Chrome Unboxed for joining us and sharing their story, and letting us pick their brains for an hour. We asked quite a few questions from the community,...

We've got a monster episode this week! Welcome back to another episode of Google Workspace Recap, filled with updates, resources, and of course our stories and insights from the field. Join us in talking to our special guest SADA's Rowan Manson about Google's vision for an integrated hub for collaboration and communication, and discussing our thoughts around this week's updates, and of course, you...

Welcome back! We have a tightened up intro, a well planned out agenda, and some great announcements coming soon, so here we go! This week has some super helpful updates, as well as some fun stories, and our first audience questions which we had a ton of fun answering. You will also hear of course about some of our favorite resources, as well as our analysis and predictions for the future of work....

Wow, week 4 already! This was a light week for Google, and so you get a shorter episode, but we still managed to fit in some awesome resources and of course, this week's updates. There are some amazing updates still to come, and we are working on some top secret projects behind the scenes that we can’t wait to share with you, so stay tuned! To all those who subscribed and are back for more, we app...

What does it take to make an update to Google Workspace and push it out to millions of users? We asked this question and more to our first ever podcast guest, Emre Kanlikilicer, who leads an engineering group at Google focused on Google Workspace. In fact, 3 of this week's new feature updates, Emre and his team were responsible for! We asked, and Emre delivered giving us a peek behind the curtain...