Google Apps Education Edition picked up by five U.S. Universities

Search engine giant Google has said in a release that as many as five US universities have now taken up their Google Apps Education Edition.

These universities have now signed up with the company to use their e-mail and instant messaging services in addition to other applications.

This would widen the reach of Google’s web based applications as they compete with Microsoft powered products and technologies.

Google confirmed in a release that the universities include University of North Carolina Greensboro, Clemson University, University of Texas San Antonio, Kennesaw State University and Arkansas State University.

They are already working with Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Trinity College in Dublin and Nihon University in Tokyo to provide their web based services.

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