The elves got an early jump on the holidays this year by leaving us some surprises in Google Apps over the last few weeks. Sharing from Gmail got a whole lot easier, and Google Calendar can make better use of precious screen space. We also have 10 new Google Apps customer stories to share from the tens of thousands that have gone Google in recent weeks.Gmail gets more social Google+ into Gmail , making it easier to connect and share with people from your inbox. You can add people to circles right from an email thread through Gmail’s people widget, share photo attachments with friends and family on Google+ without leaving Gmail, and view a filtered version of your inbox only showing messages from people in your circles. We also improved Gmail’s address book by incorporating contact information shared by your friends, family and colleagues in their Google+ profiles.New features in the Gmail iOS app Gmail app for iOS 4+ . Now you can set up a custom email signature for mobile messages, manage your vacation responder, and view nested labels from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. We also added scribbles, a fun way to spice up messages by adding a quick hand-drawn sketch. You can create scribbles using a range of colors, brush sizes, lines, erasers and spray paints from your touchscreen device.More free calls right from Gmail the whole year of 2012 . We’re happy to help you keep in touch with those special people in your life, for free.Hide morning and night hours in Calendar hide morning and night hours , leaving more screen real estate for the times of day when most of your events take place. Give it a try in Calendar Labs.
Who’s gone Google?TripIt , IPSEN , Ebby Halliday , Ticket River , VigLink , HeyZap , The Great Books Foundation , Utah K-12 schools , the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and UC Santa Cruz . Welcome one and all!Google Apps Blog , and keep an eye out for this series here after the holidays. We launched more than 150 improvements to Google Apps in 2011, and we have a ton more in store for 2012!Posted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Team
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