Hewlett-Packard announces its entry into the Google Apps Reseller program as it cozies up to Google in business. Hewlett-Packard is now a Google Apps reseller, as it continues to lean more on Google-related products and tries to make itself more relevant in the age of the mobile device. Those mobile devices now include the Google-software-based HP SlateBook x2, HP Chromebook, and HP Slate 7.

Google confirmed that it has ported part of QuickOffice, a popular iOS and Android app substitute for Microsoft Office, to a technology baked into Chrome OS and the company's Chrome browser.

Hewlett-Packard has announced the availability of its latest Pavilion laptop with Google's Chrome OS as the PC maker tries to improve laptop sales by offering an alternative to the Windows OS.

Google has launched a free iPad app to allow its paying business customers to edit Microsoft Office documents.

The new offering from Google, a free version of the Quickoffice iPad app, is the latest development in an ongoing battle for mobile users of office software. Google acquired the makers of Quickoffice in June as part of its efforts to challenge Microsoft on the emerging tablet and smartphone platform.

Google will start charging small businesses to use its Google Apps productivity suite as the company mines previously free services for new revenue streams. Businesses with 10 or fewer employees will now be charged $50 a year -- the same rate paid by larger businesses to use the Web-based tools, which include e-mail, word processor, spreadsheet and presentation graphics tools.

The move will allow the Web giant to focus on the quality of the business user's experience, Google explained today in a company blog post.

Private app store lacks features but is a step in the right direction to attract even more business users. Google has finally allowed businesses to create a private app store for employees. Businesses can set up a store that is only accessible by employees. Once apps are in the private store, employees can log into it with their company email address to view and download the apps.

Google announced a significant ramp-up of its IaaS (infrastructure as a service) cloud offering, upping the number of virtual machine sizes available on its platform across the United States and Europe from four to 40.

Le service français de livraison de colis express Chronopost International a choisi de faire appel aux solutions collaboratives en ligne Google Apps for Business. Ces services cloud de la firme de Mountain View sont aujourd’hui utilisés par plus de 5 millions d’entreprises dans le monde.

Google has released a new version of its Search Appliance with new and improved features intended to make the enterprise search device more useful in large enterprises.

The Search Appliance, which is sold as a hardware device loaded with Google search software that is installed on customer premises, has historically been considered a good fit mostly for medium-size businesses that lack the money and in-house expertise needed for high-end enterprise search systems.

Motorola Mobility is cutting 4,000 employees as the company shifts its emphasis from feature phones to focus on high-end devices, the company said late Sunday.

About two-thirds of the staff reduction is set to occur outside the United States, the company said in a statement.