Google accidentally removed any mention of the "Standard Edition" of Google Apps, leaving only reference to a paid edition ( 50 dollars per user per year ). TechCrunch immediately reported on the update with a humorous title "What The Hell Happened To The Free Version Of Google Apps?". Google quickly responded to the article and described the mix-up--stating that they were experimenting with different landing page options for the Google Apps site and the wrong landing page was published. The Standard Edition is not going to be removed from Google's product offering anytime soon.
Google Apps is a web-based collection of online applications like Gmail (Google email), Google calendar, Google Documents, Alerts, etc. that are pre-packaged and designed for business use specifically.