MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 11 (UPI) -- In order to promote its business apps, Google is offering users $15 for every referral of its Google Apps for Business, a move that signals it is ready to take on Microsoft's Office 365.
Google Apps for Business is a cloud-based suite that comes with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs, Slides and Sheets -- similar to Microsoft's Powerpoint and Excel, respectively. The service costs $5 a month or $50 a year. The service can be paired with Vault, an email archiving application, for $10 a month.