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Gmail Labs have always been a source of interesting features and tools. Many of the experiments were destined to live their lives part of Labs as few of them graduate. But Google has chosen three which have now become a part of Gmail proper. However, it also killed off many of the less popular experiments.
The bigge... |
2 May 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Some of the best and most innovative Gmail features are not available in the default app, you have to start digging through Labs to find them. For power users, there's plenty to like through the tweaks, small features and enhancements found in Labs. Proving that point, Google has just graduated three Labs featur... |
1 June 2011
08:46 GMT |
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Email overload is as much of a problem today as it has always been in recent years. Those depending on Gmail to get through their work day, while receiving hundreds of messages, have to learn a few tricks and optimizations to ensure they do it efficiently. There are plenty of tips and advices out there, but Google ha... |
3 May 2011
11:20 GMT |
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Gmail is introducing quite a useful feature for those sending big amounts of email or spending a lot of time in the app, the ability to send email messages in the background. The feature, which has been launched in Gmail Labs, enables users to get right back to what they were doing and get more work done while the em... |
26 April 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Gmail Labs can be a life-saver if you're looking for a quirky, but maybe just right-for-the-job feature. While the Labs section was created for testing features before they roll out, most remain in Labs since they don't see much adoption or don't cater to a large audience. Every once in a while though,... |
25 February 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Gmail Labs has been a treasure trove of small or quirky features that sometimes make a huge difference and prove very useful. But the success of the feature has also proven a drawback since there are quite a few Labs features now and no way to search for a particular one. Finally, a couple of Google engineers figured... |
20 January 2011
14:07 GMT |
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Gmail is introducing a couple of changes to the way the Mute feature works, hopefully making it more useful and better at discerning between the emails you want and the ones you don't want to see. The new Smart Mute Gmail Labs experiment aims to ensure that important messages get though even if you muted a conve... |
2 December 2010
06:40 GMT |
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Gmail Labs has proven a treasure trove of little features and small tweaks that, in some cases, make a huge difference. A brand new addition could prove a real time-saver for those weeding through a lot of emails, auto-advance to the next conversation. Gmail is also asking users for suggestions to improve the Tasks f... |
27 October 2010
05:24 GMT |
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Sometimes, great things come from the smallest of changes. If you believe that, then you might like to try out the latest addition to the Gmail Labs repository. A small interface tweak that may come a long way in terms of usability, this new Labs gadget moves the icon bar in the inbox to the left of the message title... |
26 May 2010
05:57 GMT |
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Gmail is once again using the Labs proving grounds to test a couple of features that might or might not make it into the regular site at some point. Due to popular request, Google has now introduced "Nested Labels" and "Message Sneak Peek" in Gmail Labs. The features are pretty self explanatory, with Nested Labels, ... |
9 April 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Google introduced Gmail Labs as a way to test out the more experimental or niche features before deciding if they were to be a part of the regular product. Some of the Labs experiments are very important for the people that use them, but most users don't need them, so they're stuck in Labs. Every once in a ... |
25 February 2010
04:47 GMT |
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Google products may be known for their design simplicity but don't let that fool you for lack of depth. Gmail is already one of the most powerful email clients out there and you can extend the functionality further by enabling add-ons from Gmail Labs. One such add-on which can prove quite handy at times is the ... |
3 February 2010
04:11 GMT |
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Google doesn't really like big product and feature launches. It's about to have one very, very soon as it unleashes Google Chrome OS into the world, but for the most part its products and services evolve slowly with small but regular updates. Sometimes though, these small features may be a lot more importa... |
19 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Google has a wide set of products and keeping them working together can become somewhat of a problem. But, seeing as integration has always been one of the search giant's biggest draw, it's good to know that it is still working on this. The company has just introduced a new feature in Gmail Labs which, desp... |
16 October 2009
05:18 GMT |
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Email has been around longer than the Internet so maybe we're reaching a point where there's not that much left to do to improve it. Web mail clients like Gmail are brimming with features catering to everyone from the novice users to the most advanced ones. The email client from Google was also one of the f... |
14 October 2009
04:34 GMT |
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Gmail has just unveiled a new interesting feature in its Gmail Labs program called "Hide read labels," which is just a small tweak but can prove very useful in some circumstances as it allows users to hide the left sidebar labels for the emails that they have read already. This makes for a less cluttered interface bu... |
26 September 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Just as Google Calendar is getting its own Labs section, Gmail Labs is setting “Tasks” free to make its way into the regular version. Introduced in Labs last December, Tasks was intended to be a lightweight task scheduler, more of a “to do” list than a calendar. Now a full blown feature in Gma... |
15 July 2009
03:18 GMT |
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The start of April 2009 was synonymous with the first five years since Google introduced its email service to the public. Dubbed Gmail, the service was offering at that time no less than 1 GB of storage space for emails. In time, storage space for accounts has grown continually, and users are now enjoying in excess o... |
3 April 2009
12:06 GMT |
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A new feature debuted for Gmail is designed to increase the content management capabilities of the service. Users who are dealing with a flood of emails now have a new option, designed to organize content more efficiently compared to the traditional options already available. The new feature takes Gmail to the next l... |
6 February 2009
09:35 GMT |
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Back in December, Gmail Labs made available a Task list for Gmail, a feature that rapidly appealed to users and became a rather popular functionality. Now, the team has unveiled a mobile version of the feature, in the form of Gmail Tasks. Any user who already has installed the Task list on Gmail will be able to conne... |
4 February 2009
03:15 GMT |
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