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Twitter has made a small but important change, the site now uses HTTPS by default for everyone. This means that connections to the site are directed via the secured HTTPS protocol rather than the typical HTTP.
All the data, written tweets, your subscriptions and so on, is sent encrypted making it close to impossible... |
14 February 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Hotmail webmail service is more effective when it comes to blocking spam than rival leading similar services, a recent study has shown. In the past years, Microsoft has been hard at work with upgrading Hotmail so that it would filter spam better than before. Spam that makes it to the inbox has de... |
14 February 2012
08:08 GMT |
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It’s not only about the new privacy policy, Microsoft says. In fact, they continue, Google is not offering you too many choices to keep your stuff to yourself. Emails sent and received from Gmail are no longer personal, as they should be. The Redmond-based software giant claims that emails are no longer priva... |
3 February 2012
04:37 GMT |
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Google has introduced a new account creation page. Hard to believe for some, but, yes, there are still people who don't have a Google account. Until recently, all you needed was an email address, any valid one would do, and a password.That is no longer the case, new users now have a Gmail account automatically c... |
20 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Google+ is not the only Google service growing fast, one of the oldest and most iconic, Gmail, has seen a surge of new users as well. There are now 350 million Gmail users, the company announced during its earnings call, for the fourth quarter financial report.That'sl a lot of growth in a short amount of time. I... |
20 January 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Google has updated the Gmail Offline app, introduced last year for Chrome. The app makes it possible to catch up on emails and even write new ones without an internet connection.
However, the app is not truly an offline version of Gmail, it's an entirely new app with access to your Gmail data. It has several bi... |
13 January 2012
05:45 GMT |
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The list of applications designed to notify you when your Google mail receives a new message is pretty large. And it will keep getting larger since new solutions pop up every week. Chul’s Gmail Notifier is one of the most recent alternatives on the market.
It is extremely easy to use and seems equipped with al... |
11 January 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Last week, Google made it possible to leave a voicemail message to Santa and even to get a call from him. That first stage of the campaign has been very successful, Google says. Now, it's going one step further and is enabling people to create personalized videos for their loved ones as well.
"Anyone in the wor... |
21 December 2011
09:03 GMT |
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The holidays are coming and the playful mood has taken over Google as well. It is debuting a new feature for Gmail, Scribbles, available only in the mobile version of the app.
Scribbles surfaced in the updated version of the iOS Gmail app, but it is now available in the web app as well, as long as you're using ... |
20 December 2011
06:51 GMT |
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Want to send a letter to Santa, but you thing it won't reach him in time? Fear not, he may be old, but Santa is 'down' with the times, you can simply leave him a voice mail and tell him just how naughty you've been.Just open up Gmail, dial 855-34-SANTA (or just click on this link) and you're ... |
17 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Last month Google made history with the launch of the first ever Gmail app for the iPhone and the iPad. Unfortunately, the history it made was because the app was so buggy it was unusable. It had to be pulled and a fixed version was released later.
Now, Google is releasing the first update to the dreaded app. It com... |
15 December 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Ingrid Fielker, Software Engineer at Google, has confirmed that her team has updated the iOS Gmail app with some new features and interface improvements.Users can now set a custom signature for their mobile messages, as well as a vacation responder. You can set these by tapping on the gear icon at the top if the menu... |
15 December 2011
05:54 GMT |
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A couple of years ago, Google introduced phone call support to Gmail and its voice chat service. It was free in the US and later in Canada, but Google said it was a temporary thing.
Then Google extended it a couple of times, keeping the calls free for the entire year of 2011. But this year is approaching its end, s... |
14 December 2011
02:01 GMT |
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Google is making it official, it is now integrating Google+ in a big way in Gmail. If you have Google+ profile, you'll now see a list of your circles in the left sidebar. Selecting it or any of the circles will filter the email messages coming from the people in that circle.
Google+ is now integrated with the G... |
9 December 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Google+ is slowly merging into everything Google is doing. A natural hook up is with Gmail. Already, the contacts in the chat box have been expanded with the addition of people from your Circles.
Now, the contacts manager in Gmail includes the people from your Google+ Circles as well, as Google Operating System noti... |
8 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Google is making a rather interesting addition to Google+ Hangouts, expanding the number of uses for the group video chat feature. Users can now call friends on their phones from inside the hangout and have them join the conversation.
There's nothing really new here, Google is just bringing together technologie... |
2 December 2011
07:45 GMT |
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Google has been rather pushy when it comes to encrypted connections. It was the first major site to use HTTPS by default, for Gmail, and has recently made HTTPS connections default for Google Search in some cases.The company is now announcing that it's deploying a new encryption technology and a new method for e... |
23 November 2011
11:51 GMT |
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Google Talk has been around for quite a while. Most people saw it used in Gmail and it was added to Google+ as well. Even on the new social network, the chat widget has remained unchanged until now.
Google is making a subtle but very important change to the Google chat box, you can now talk to anyone in your Circles... |
21 November 2011
11:11 GMT |
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Google has finally gotten around to re-releasing its Gmail app for iOS since the very poor launch a couple of weeks ago. Google had never offered a native Gmail app for iOS devices, the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, before.
So the excitement was high when Google unveiled it two weeks ago. Unfortunately, the app was c... |
17 November 2011
11:11 GMT |
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The Gmail app released earlier this month for iOS devices is making a comeback, hopefully with better performance than the original installment that got pulled for fixes.Following the releasing the much anticipated Gmail iOS app at the beginning of this month, the Mountain View search giant saw that it was necessary ... |
17 November 2011
03:35 GMT |
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A bit over a week ago, Gmail debuted a brand new look inspired by the new Google design being applied to all sites. The new Gmail certainly looks flashier, but it's a big technical improvement as well.Users don't care about the technical side all that much, they just want a nice looking and useful interface... |
10 November 2011
05:05 GMT |
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Google is set to discontinue the support for their Gmail application for BlackBerry devices, and announced that it will make the move on November 22nd.
The announcement refers to the installed native Gmail App for Blackberry, but do not involve the Gmail service accessible from the browser on mobile devices.
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9 November 2011
16:11 GMT |
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One of the big features of the new Google design, being applied to any and all products, is the ability to control display density, i.e. how much you get to see in a page and how spaced out everything is. This doesn't work for all products, but it's great for things like Gmail or the Google Docs documents l... |
8 November 2011
05:51 GMT |
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Developers attempting to jailbreak the latest iOS beta from Apple will be able to do so using the latest version of redsn0w and a 5.0 IPSW file, according to Musclenerd, of the iPhone Dev Team.Musclenerd tweeted a few hours ago that “Devs trying today's 5.0.1 beta can JB with existing redsn0w.” The h... |
3 November 2011
05:37 GMT |
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Google has confirmed the media’s expectations in releasing a brand new Gmail app for iOS customers but, unfortunately, the app also got pulled because of a bug affecting push notifications. The search giant promises to deliver an updated version ASAP.Confirming the release of the new app on its mobile blog yest... |
3 November 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Google just launched its first Gmail app for iOS, available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. That's the good news. The bad news is that it doesn't work and Google has already pulled it from the iTunes App Store.iOS users have been waiting for a native Gmail app quite literally for years, so you'd expect ... |
2 November 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Google is ready to unveil the redesigned Gmail. It's been working on it for months and the brand new design is finally ready to roll out. The changes go beyond skin deep, there's a revamped search box, a new conversation view and other improvements.Google unveiled a preview of what the new Gmail could look ... |
1 November 2011
12:56 GMT |
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Gmail is finally coming to the iPhone and iPad in the form of a native application almost three years after Apple began approving third-party applications.MG Siegler (of TechCrunch) reveals in a blog entry that a native Gmail client is pending approval in the Apple App Store for iOS devices.His sources say the client... |
1 November 2011
06:07 GMT |
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Google is introducing an interesting new feature which should be of particular use to those concerned about their privacy or just slightly more paranoid than the average person. Google will start adding a link to ads in Gmail and Search indicating why those ads were displayed.Users will be told whether the ad was cho... |
1 November 2011
05:54 GMT |
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Google is getting ready to unveil a brand new Gmail redesign, in tune with the major redesign being deployed across Google sites. A preview version of the redesign has already been in testing and is an optional theme, but it looks like Google is ready to make the switch for everyone, according to a new, leaked video ... |
20 October 2011
11:54 GMT |
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Google is known for its simple ads, in fact, that's a big part of what made it the biggest web company in the world. But it's moving into display ads as well, banner ads already make a big part of its ad revenue.Still, some people may be more than surprised by a test Google is running which ads a huge banne... |
19 October 2011
16:21 GMT |
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With all the hype around HTML5, all the latest web technologies, smartphones, tablets and so on, it's easy to forget that the web, for many, many people, meaning hundreds of millions, is not the same as the web we're most accustomed to.For many, the first contact with the web is via simple phones with simpl... |
4 October 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Google is always working on expanding the reach of its products and, many times, this means translating them into new languages. Google already supports quite a few for many of its products and sites and now it's adding a new one for Gmail, Persian, or Farsi, spoken mostly in Iran.Gmail is now available in 54 la... |
23 September 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Last year, Google made it possible to log into Gmail with several accounts at the same time, in fact it made it possible to sign in to many Google services with multiple accounts. Now, it's finally expanding this to its mobile version of Gmail.
Mobile users will have the ability to log into multiple accounts ... |
22 September 2011
07:31 GMT |
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Gmail for mobile has just got a new set of features, aimed both at offering a better experience to all users, as well as at providing them with increased productivity on the go.
One of the main enhancements that Gmail sports now when accessed from the browser of a mobile phone is support for signing in to multip... |
22 September 2011
02:43 GMT |
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It seems that Google's Data Liberation Front is not done with Gmail and its related products. After 'liberating' Google Voice, the team found another target and has now liberated chat logs in Gmail as well. Granted, it's not a big a move as Google Voice, but it's another small step towards a ... |
19 September 2011
11:51 GMT |
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The fallout from the DigiNotar hack is not over yet, but the worst seems to have passed. While there are still many questions, one thing that's clear is that the forged certificates were used on a large scale in Iran.For those targeted, it may be too little too late, but Google has now issued some instructions a... |
10 September 2011
10:11 GMT |
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Google cares a lot about its green credentials and does a lot to lower its carbon footprint and generally do green business. This drive is not only great for the environment, but it's also great for Google's image too.
Not that anyone's complaining that Google gets a little good will by striving to ... |
8 September 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Google has finally re-enabled offline access for Gmail as well as Docs and Calendar. It's been working on the functionality for more than a year and it said more than three months ago that the features were just about ready and coming 'this summer.'
It waited until the very last day of summer to rol... |
1 September 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Google has announced that phone calls to the US from Gmail for uniformed US military personnel from around the world will be free from now on.
This should make it easier for those abroad to call home, provided they have decent internet access, of course. Until now, Gmail charged these calls at the regular, interna... |
31 August 2011
04:56 GMT |
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Google is now requiring all users that want to sign up for an account to provide their birth date. This was only required in the US until now, and even there only for the past year or so.
The reason for this new requirement is to keep out children who are younger than 13 years.
If you enter a date that indicate... |
27 August 2011
04:16 GMT |
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Google is slowly weaving Google+ into its products, just like it promised. And, just like it promised, it's doing it one very small step at a time. The latest example, in what's becoming an increasingly long string, is integration with the people widget in Gmail.
Recently, Gmail introduced a new feature,... |
23 August 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that spear phishing attacks targeting the personal Gmail accounts of people working for the military, government agencies or contractors, continue."Once compromises happen and are covered in the news, they do not disappear and attackers don't give up or stop. They continue their busines... |
16 August 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Gmail is experimenting with an interesting new layout, there is now a preview pane option in Labs. The feature enables a two-pane view which displays the email list as well as the currently selected message in full.
There are two modes, an iPad-like vertical split and a more familiar horizontal split, used by many... |
5 August 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Google has relented on the fact that native mobile apps aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but it's still pushing its web products, moving on both fronts in parallel.
Its Gmail website for mobile devices is getting a small revamp which should make it more functional and better looking on a small number... |
4 August 2011
08:15 GMT |
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Google has just updated the Gmail Mobile for those mobile phone users who are still not into the Android platform.
Yes, that's right, Android smartphone owners have the pleasure to work with a state of the art Gmail client, but other mobile phone users are not so fortunate.
Well, that is until today, as Go... |
4 August 2011
03:15 GMT |
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Google made quite a splash last year when it introduced voice calls, to any phone, in Gmail. It hasn't really pushed the feature, perhaps Google is afraid of irking the mighty carriers which sell its Android phones too much, but Gmail's size is enough for it to get quite a lot of usage.
Google is now ex... |
3 August 2011
05:41 GMT |
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There’s no denying that Gmail has been a very popular and reliable email service for a long time, and that constantly adding new features is a way to maintain their users happy. Gmail Snooze has been recently implemented.Dealing with a lot of emails means having to solve numerous tasks at once, so postponing s... |
31 July 2011
08:12 GMT |
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In the ongoing Microsoft and Google face-off over their respective Clouds, the two companies have used a diverse arsenal to win over customers, including humorous video jabs. Case in point: the Gmail Man video embedded at the bottom of this article. Microsoft reportedly shared the funny take on Google’s email ... |
29 July 2011
03:07 GMT |
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Voice calls in Gmail were a nice addition to an already feature-packed app. Now Gmail is doing one better and is introducing the ability of placing more than one voice or video call at a time. This will enable you to have more than one conversation at a time and also ensures that you don't miss any calls as they... |
21 July 2011
05:47 GMT |
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