Enforce SSL on the contacts APIs

Google Apps administrators now have the ability to enforce SSL connections on the Contacts APIs through a setting in the control panel. This setting provides added security against session hijacking and user impersonation. It affects these APIs:

– Contacts API
– Domain Shared Contacts API
– Google Apps Profiles API

Note that this setting will be OFF by default because some widely used legacy contacts applications do not support SSL. Early next year, Google will set the Enforce SSL option to ON for all new domains and all existing domains where they do not detect a contacts API request from one of these legacy applications within the previous week.

For more information:
https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2892234

QuickOffice for Google Apps for Business (iPad only)

Starting today, Google Apps for Business users can download QuickOffice for the iPad for free from the App Store. This exclusive version of QuickOffice automatically syncs with Google Drive and supports two factor authentication.

With the app, users can open and edit any Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint file stored in Google Drive right from their iPad. iPhone and Android versions of this app for Google Apps for Business customers will be available in the future.

For more information:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickoffice-exclusively-for/id578386521
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/quickoffice-google-apps-better-document.html