November 3, 2015 - 16:59 AMT
Handle integrates with Google Apps to turn emails into a to-do list

Handle – a tool that helps the general public transform the way they deal with time-sensitive obligations - has produced new apps that’ll make it available across the enterprise, thanks to its integration with Google Apps for Work, Engadget reports.

Workers will now have an opportunity to manage their daily tasks and meetings from across their Gmail accounts, calendar, and even to-do lists from within a single system.

Menlo Ventures' founded Handle, a workflow companion app designed to bring order to your personal and professional lives.

While the concept of to-do lists isn’t unique, as there are plenty of similar services within the Google App marketplace, the way that Handle is going about it may be compelling for employees, especially because there is a mobile app available, as well. The company’s goal is to change people’s behavior so that they’re trained to be more focused on what they need to do.

“We launched in February as a consumer iOS app and quickly got hundreds of thousands of downloads from people who were excited to have a system that could replace their bad habits,” said Menlo Ventures' managing director Shawn Carolan. “Those consumers then started bringing Handle to work and we found ourselves in thousands of top enterprises and universities. Since soft launching our Google apps desktop app less than a month ago, we have gotten nearly 100,000 organic downloads from the Chrome Web Store.”