Home topics technology Tech Tech Why adding Google+ will improve your apps suite Guest Author February 2, 2012 If you’re a Google Apps user, you should be making use of the added benefits offered to your business by Google+. Here’s what you need to know… If you’re already a Google Apps user then you are well aware of the benefits that come from switching to the cloud service platform. In addition to lowering IT costs, Google Apps improves productivity, communication, and collaboration abilities of all kinds of organisations. And now there’s yet another tool that will benefit your end users. As of October 27, Google made Google+ , its social networking site, available to Google Apps users. In order to gain access to this new tool, administrators need to manually turn it on. Google+ for Google Apps is currently only available for Google Apps for Business users, non-profits, and higher education institutions using Google Apps for Education. But those who do have access to Google+ for Google Apps should definitely begin using this new tool. Google Apps users will have access to the same Google+ features as those who are using personal Google accounts in addition to a few extras. One such unique feature includes the ability to share with everyone in your organisation, regardless of whether they are in one of your circles or not. These extra features aside, the basic tools that drive Google+ make the service a more than worthwhile addition to the Google Apps suite. For