Vying for Enterprise and Developer Love

That Google wants a very large piece of the enterprise pie is widely known, so the Internet giant's last 2010 attempt at romancing a portion of Microsoft's fan base comes as no surprise. On the whole, updates are handy. In the meantime, Google gave cloud computing another boost with the release of Shared Spaces, a collaboration environment made possible by Wave innovation. And, speaking of spaces, Big G has a new one. 2.9 million square feet of Manhattan, to be exact.

The updates truly fall inline with Google'

The updates truly fall inline with Google's endless attempts to become the only stop on the Internet, now we can't help yet wonder: How effective are they?

According to the Internet giant's official announcement, this year alone clients have migrated over 3.5 billion e-mails to Google Apps, over 100 million calendar events and 25 million contacts.

Google Labs quietly kicked out Shared Spaces this week. The offering features Google Wave innovation, allowing users to create a space with collaborative gadgets and chat functionality.

We've covered the Internet giant a lot this year, now it looks like we're going to have to work double time in the months to come. Google confirmed the purchase of an 18-storey building in Chelsea, New York.

The tech scene is different here

"The tech scene is different here," added Alan Warren, a Google engineering director in New York. "We are a lot more connected to business users, as opposed to consumer business."