Devices today and in the future | Chrome, Android

Insights on Google’s strategy on devices. Drea leads an interview with Rajen Sheth, Director of Product Management for Chrome and Android for Work/EDU. 
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it's official - Android M morphs to Marshmallow

The official Android 6.0 SDK - the final Android 6.0 SDK is now available to download via the SDK Manager in Android Studio. Thankfully Google did not adopt a legacy name :-)

Read the Official announcement

New APIs in M for Android for Work

"Android M extends Android for Work functionality with a new set of APIs for Enterprise Mobility Management providers to offer new features and policy controls to IT Departments."

Android for Work

Android for Work - Security, Management, Choice

"Over a billion people today carry Android smartphones—devices that are more powerful than the computers we used just a few years ago."

..If you use Google Apps you already have a Mobile Management provider..  for more info Ask Us

Android for Work features four key technology components:

• Work profiles
• Android for Work app 
• Google Play for Work 
• Built-in productivity tools 

Read the post on the Google for Work blog
http://googleforwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/android-is-ready-for-work.html

Visit the Android for Work site
https://www.google.com/work/android/

In the context of Google for Work - Administrators have access to mobile device management for both Android and iOS.  Mobile Device Management (MDM) allows admins to see what devices are connected, require device passwords and remotely wipe data when necessary.

Many companies are passively accepting BYOD (Bring your Own Device) - this could be the fault of a tired old CEO, a tired old CTO or more usually a tired old CFO... :-)

Regardless where blame lies this is a disaster from a corporate security perspective, lost / hacked devices can compromise an entire network and the data thereon.

Get Android at Work !

http://googleforwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/bring-Android-to-work-on-your-terms-with-Google-Apps.html

Best Android Apps 2014 by Google

Google has published a list of the best Android apps of 2014

See the list on Google Play;-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3000f13_best_of_2014




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Cast your Android screen from the Chromecast App

Casting your Android screen allows you to mirror your Android device to the TV screen.

Read more..

Also see Google Play

Quickoffice App Free Offer Android and iOS users

Google Apps is dedicated to ensuring you can access your documents, files, and apps anytime, anywhere, and from any mobile device. With the free Quickoffice app for both Android and iOS users you can do just that. As an added bonus, if you sign in to your Google Account from the Quickoffice app by September 26th, you get 10 GB of extra storage space for 2 years. 

Get the App;-


On Google Play  |  On Apple

Author: Des Donnelly

Freshbooks App for Android

FreshBooks provide a robust, secure online invoicing solution for your small business. 

Try Freshbooks Free for a month

We are Freshbooks aficionados and work with clients on deployments and customisations so we are delighted to see the new Freshbooks App for Android just released this week

With the new Android App run your business from anywhere!

Read the full article here  |  Get the App here  |  Contact us to set up Freshbooks for you

Invoicing at your fingertips

Track time on the go

Author: Des Donnelly

Android Offline Translation

This is an old story (March 2013) but in mentioning offline translation to clients (who are on holiday) it is surprising how many do not know about offline translation for Android;-

Get the App here on Google Play 

At the time Google said;-

"Today we're launching offline language packages for Google Translate on Android (2.3 and above) with support for fifty languages, from French and Spanish to Chinese and Arabic."

Read the full article here

..taitneamh a bhaint as do laethanta saoire  :-)

Author: Des Donnelly