Google Apps

Google Apps is a service from Google providing independently customizable versions of several Google products under a custom domain name. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including Gmail, Google Groups, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites. It was the vision of Rajen Sheth, a Google employee who later developed Chromebooks.

Google Apps for business is free for 30 days, US$5 per user account and month thereafter or $50 per year. Google Apps for Education is free and offers the same amount of storage as Google Apps for Business accounts.

In addition to shared apps (calendar, docs, etc.), there is Google Apps Marketplace, an App "store" for Google Apps users. It contains various apps, both free and for a fee, which can be installed to customize the Google Apps experience for the user.