The following legacy aliases for @lists.berkeley.edu will be discontinued on April 17, 2017:
We have already communicated with list managers whose lists have received mail to these legacy list/listlink aliases within the past 90 days. However, these legacy addresses may be stored in your contacts. Please double-check you are emailing the proper [name]@lists.berkeley.edu address rather than these alias addresses.
Capitalizing a large portion of text or an especially long title can be a pain. Doing the opposite—converting capital letters to lowercase—is equally a waste of time. With this launch, Google is making those tasks quick and easy in Google Docs on the web.
Now you can simply choose “Capitalization” from the Format menu in Docs, and select one of the following:
Box discontinued support for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) & 10 (IE10)(link is external) last fall due to security vulnerabilities with these browsers. Please remember to access Box using a
Stop by the Academic Innovation Studio for this exciting drop-in event with technology demonstrations and mini-sessions on topics ranging from active learning to research data privacy to working with the media...and much more! Discover new ideas and information, connect with colleagues, and meet with more than 20 academic support and IT groups from across campus. Scheduled for April 18, 2017 from 11:00am-1:00pm.
The following legacy aliases for @lists.berkeley.edu will be discontinued on April 17, 2017:
We have communicated with all list managers whose lists have received mail to these legacy list/listlink aliases within the past 90 days. However, these legacy addresses may be stored in your contacts. Please double-check you are emailing the proper [name]@lists.berkeley.edu address rather than these alias addresses.
Learn about the new features Box has recently added— including the all new Box Notes, Box Zones, and more.
Thursday, March 30th at 10 a.m. PST. Register now.
Google Hangouts Meet is available to bConnected users starting Tuesday, March 28, 2017! With Meet, you can hold impromptu video meetings on the go, virtual training classes around the world, remote interviews, and much more. Learn how to use Google’s new video conferencing solution: Get Started with Hangouts Meet
Google has made the Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office more secure and easier to use. In particular, the plug-in authentication flow has been updated as part of Google's effort to modernize OAuth interactions in native applications. The new authentication flow requires users to authenticate via the default browser on their system, and not through embedded browsers known as "web-views".
Communications have been sent directly to anyone impacted by this change. All unclaimed addresses will be retired on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
Submit the Legacy Email Retention Form by Wednesday, March 22, 2017 if you need to retain an address contained within the following legacy domains:
Google has begun rolling out a new improvement to Gmail desktop users that makes previewing video attachments in Gmail much smoother and quicker. Previously, in order to view a video attachment in Gmail, you would have to download it to your computer and open it with a media player. When opening an email with video attachments, you will now see a thumbnail of the video and have the ability to stream it, right from inside Gmail.
Note: this release may take up to 15 days for feature visibility.
On April 3, 2017, Google will shut down older versions of the following Android and iOS applications:
The problem with Google Drive should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.
The Windows client will automatically update with this fixed version within the next 10 hours. Alternatively, affected users can download the updated version of the client from https://www.google.com/drive/download/. Affected Windows 10 users may be required to sign in to their Google account within the client.
Google is investigating a problem with Google Drive affecting a significant subset of users. The affected users are able to access Google Drive, but are seeing error messages and/or other unexpected behavior. Some users of the Google Drive Sync client will be receiving the error message "Sorry, Backup and Sync needs to quit." We will provide an update as soon as possible.
Check G Suite Status Dashboard for up-to-date information.
Communications will be sent directly to anyone impacted by this change. All unclaimed addresses will be retired on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
Submit the Legacy Email Retention Form by Wednesday, March 22, 2017 if you need to retain an address contained within the following legacy domains:
Sending and receiving attachments is an important part of email exchanges. While Google Drive offers a convenient way to share files of any size, sometimes you need to receive large files as direct email attachments. Starting today, you will be able to receive emails of up to 50MB directly in your bMail account.
Note: Sending size limits will remain the same at 25MB; however, just as before, you can use Google Drive to send larger attachments.
Google Keep is now available to bConnected users as a core G Suite app. Keep allows you to capture your thoughts anytime, anywhere—with smart tools to help you easily organize your notes, ideas and to dos. Manage your ideas and notes in Keep, and easily add them to Docs for easier brainstorming.
Box Engineers have confirmed View API and Crodococ functionality have been restored, and Box installers are available for download. Amazon S3 services have also been declared stable by Amazon. If you're still experiencing issues with the View API, Crocodoc, or installer downloads, please contact the Box User Services team via https://community.box.com/help
There is a widespread Amazon Web Services outage that is impacting certain cloud service providers. Users may receive errors when uploading/viewing content with Box View API and Crocodoc. Box engineers are continuing to track the status of Amazon S3 services. Customers can monitor Amazon S3 status via https://status.aws.amazon.com/
It is now possible to preview password-protected Microsoft Office documents, presentations, and spreadsheets in bDrive. If you attempt to open one of these file types in Drive on the web, you will be prompted to enter the password and, upon doing so successfully, you’ll see a read-only preview of that document.
Google has been making it easier to focus on your content—not your formatting—with templates in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms.