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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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Google is constantly updating its products, usually with small tweaks and simple changes. While they may seem insignificant, they add up little by little and, since they're always added it means that things like Gmail improve all the time.The latest example is a small change to how labels in Gmail are handled. U... |
22 April 2011
03:56 GMT |
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One of the latest enhancements that Google announced for its Gmail service is aimed at those who use it through their mobile phones, specifically to the owners of Android and iPhone devices.When accessing Gmail via the browser on their phones, Android and iOS users would immediately observe that the mail service has... |
19 April 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Google is obsessed with the minute details of websites' design and Gmail is no different. The layout and color scheme underwent a rigorous testing period before being rolled out. Even so, some users will want to change the looks, if only because they get bored with the same theme every day.Gmail offers plenty of... |
15 April 2011
10:40 GMT |
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Google is graduating a couple Gmail Labs features that proved quite useful to the ones that have been trying them out, or, at least, that's what Google is saying. “Don’t forget Bob” and “Got the wrong Bob?” are great if you send emails to multiple recipients often, they make sure th... |
14 April 2011
05:11 GMT |
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The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), successor of the Soviet-era KGB, calls Gmail, Hotmail, and Skype encrypted communications a national security threat, prompting fears that they might get banned."Different software is being distributed allowing the encryption of traffic: that is services including Gmail, Ho... |
9 April 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Google is always launching new products and technologies, but it looks like it saved some of the best for today, April 1st 2011. Touch and voice input are all the rage right now, but what about the future?Well, Google is thinking about that already, in fact, it's got something to show for it, gesture recognition... |
1 April 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Some Gmail users have started to see messages notifying them of an impending change in the service. The message boasts that "better ads" are coming to Gmail and links to a page explaining the changes. Basically, ads are going to become more targeted and hopefully more relevant since they will start looking at other s... |
30 March 2011
13:11 GMT |
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Google has imposed an extremely fast release pace for all new versions of its software and services, from its open source browser to its Cloud offerings, which serves only Google and really nobody else, Microsoft argued. The Redmond software and the Mountain View search giants have been trading jabs over their respe... |
30 March 2011
10:02 GMT |
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Google Labs is full of interesting, quirky tools. The latest addition is a Google Chat bot that can answer questions and even do simple calculations. If you want to find out what's the weather like in some city, or last night's score, the Google Talk Guru can help you. It's not the most advanced tool i... |
30 March 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Gmail hardly needs an introduction and chances are most of your friends are already using Google's email client. But that's probably not true for most of your family. For those still stuck with accounts they may have created a decade ago, Google is expanding the number of supported services enabling users t... |
22 March 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Google is going on the offensive again regarding China, accusing the government of interfering with its Gmail service. Apparently, China is conducting a sophisticated attack making it look like Gmail itself isn't functioning properly rather than being disrupted.Google has said that there are no issues on its par... |
21 March 2011
09:50 GMT |
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Not content with letting mobile users have all the fun, Gmail is now enabling anyone to make calls from the site whenever they stumble upon a phone number. With the click-to-call functionality, any phone number in emails or from your contacts can be dialed with a simple click."With the ability to call phones built ri... |
11 March 2011
12:00 GMT |
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Google is continuing to look for new ways to help users deal with the increasing amount of email they receive every day. On the trails of the Priority Inbox, which has proven quite popular, comes the Smart Labels feature which automatically labels several message types and also removes them from the inbox.While anyon... |
10 March 2011
05:04 GMT |
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Gmail has finally recovered from the software bug that led to a disastrous data loss for tens of thousands of accounts over the weekend. Five days later, most account data has been restored, but for those involved it must have been quite the ordeal. Google believes that all problems have been relieved at this point, ... |
3 March 2011
09:09 GMT |
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While it may not be getting as much attention as at first, Gmail's disastrous failure that affected tens of thousands of users now stretches into its third day or fourth day, depending on which time zone you use, and many users still don't have access to their accounts or emails. However, the problem should... |
2 March 2011
05:27 GMT |
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Google has now rolled out the revamped Contacts interface in Gmail for all Google Apps users. The new interface had been live for several months for regular users. There are also several additions more suited for professional environments, which is what Apps was built for. "It’s important to be able to quickly ... |
1 March 2011
10:07 GMT |
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The Gmail meltdown reported yesterday proved to be less spread that Google initially estimated, but is still ongoing. Google provided a more detailed explanation of the problem and said it is still working on recovering the data of those affected. Some accounts have already been restored, but many still have at least... |
1 March 2011
05:02 GMT |
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Gmail's Priority Inbox feature has proven rather popular and, according to Google as well as anecdotal evidence, rather effective too, or, at the very least, providing an improvement over the regular Inbox. It's no surprise then that Google plans to enable the feature to everyone at some point in the future... |
28 February 2011
10:04 GMT |
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A Gmail issue is affecting a small number of users, preventing them from accessing any of their emails. The users affected are presented with a 'clean' Gmail account, along with the default welcome notification, with no received, sent or saved email messages.Google acknowledged the problem and is working on... |
28 February 2011
06:01 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 has made an interesting tweak for those using Google Chrome. Until now, PDF attachments could be viewed online via Google's HTML viewer, but this worked as a preview and nothing more. Now, if you're using Chrome, clicking on the "view" link in Gmail will open it in the browser's built-in PDF view... |
17 February 2011
15:11 GMT |
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It's been in testing for at least half a year now, but Google it`s finally rolling out the redesigned top navigation bar, common to most of its products. The new navigation bar is mostly a visual revamp though there are a few tweaks as well. However, more important than the toolbar itself is that it's linke... |
17 February 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Gmail's Priority Inbox has been a real time-saver ever since it was introduced. By helping users focus on the emails that are actually important, they are free to get on with their work rather than shift through their messages. This is even more important on the go, where the time constraints are bigger. So you&... |
8 February 2011
06:57 GMT |
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Gmail has just introduced a couple of small features that should make it easier to manage groups and to maintain separate identities while using the same account. They're not huge features, just like most Gmail updates, but anything that simplifies a task is a good update."Organizing your Gmail contacts into gro... |
4 February 2011
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This is probably not going to end well, but Google has now started testing display ads in Gmail. Until now, only text ads were displayed in Gmail, though Google has been adding them to more places on the page. Still, text ads blended in with the text-heavy interface and the nature of most emails. Display ads are real... |
28 January 2011
05:47 GMT |
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Google is not the only one betting on VoIP communications. Facebook is apparently testing a voice call feature from inside the site which would compete directly with Gmail's voice chat feature and the myriad of other web voice call services out there. There aren't any details and all we have for now is a sc... |
27 January 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Web apps are increasingly powerful and fast, but they are still lagging behind desktop apps in many respects. One feature at a time though, that is changing. One example is the built-in desktop notifications feature now available in Gmail. As long as you're using Chrome, you can receive a notification every time... |
27 January 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Facebook has just announced a new feature that should make the security conscious crowd very pleased, users now have the option to enable a permanent, secured HTTPS connection to the site. This will ensure that all communications with Facebook, from any device or browser, will be done over the encrypted HTTPS protoco... |
26 January 2011
10:13 GMT |
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Gmail Labs continues to be a great place for small features that make a lot of difference. The latest addition is a dynamic Gmail favicon which displays the unread messages count. You can already see how many new emails you have in page title, but if you have too many tabs or use the Pin Tab feature in Chrome or the ... |
26 January 2011
03:54 GMT |
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Google made a small but not inconsequential change to the top link menu in Gmail and pretty much every other Google app, except Search, replacing the link to Reader with Photos which leads to Picasa. Reader users that were accustomed to the shortcut were not pleased and quite a few users took to complaining on Twitte... |
24 January 2011
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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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Tasks is an unassuming but very useful feature in Gmail. Though it feels that Tasks should be one of Gmail's core components, it's only been around for a year and a half now. It's also a rather spartan feature and, while that's not always a bad thing, the Gmail team is looking at ways of improving... |
14 January 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Tunisian bloggers continue to report countrywide phishing attacks targeting Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo! and other social media accounts, which appear to be instrumented by the government.Slim Amamou, a Tunisian Web applications developer and Internet freedom activist was arrested after posting an investigation of one suc... |
8 January 2011
03:42 GMT |
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Gmail's Priority Inbox, which tries to determine which emails are important to the user and which can be pushed to the side, has proven quite successful, when considering the scale of the problem. Google already revealed that users with Priority Inbox enabled spent less in Gmail and less time reading unimportant... |
7 January 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Facebook is slowly taking over 'sharing' on the web. In fact, it's getting close to dominating this activity thanks, in no small part, to its ever-increasing size. According to AddThis, a popular sharing widget, 44 percent of the people that shared something on the web did it on Facebook rather than vi... |
30 December 2010
07:32 GMT |
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Google is always testing new features and changes and it's true for its advertising business as well. Ad units are tweaked or introduced from time to time but one ad block Google is testing in Gmail now has the potential to irritate a lot of users. Gmail has always had advertising, but the ad placements have bee... |
29 December 2010
06:53 GMT |
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Google introduced a great new feature, and made a big strategic move, with the addition of phone call support in Gmail. And, in true Google style, the feature was made available for free for users in the US and Canada. At the time, Google said the special offer was to be limited to 2010, but it is now expanding it fo... |
20 December 2010
16:24 GMT |
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Google does not plan to provide the Indian government with the encryption keys necessary to intercept Gmail traffic in a readable format, but will comply with lawful access requests.The Indian government's department of telecommunications considers mandating that all companies offering secure communication servi... |
20 December 2010
03:30 GMT |
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Rome wasn't built in a day, the saying goes, and it's certainly true for Gmail as well. Google's whole philosophy rests on building big things one baby step at a time. So the latest new feature to be introduced in Gmail may not be the biggest, but it all adds up. And for the ones that will have to use ... |
15 December 2010
11:07 GMT |
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Gmail just added a new feature that should come in very handy in a couple of cases. With email delegation, you can enable other Gmail users to access your email account as well as read and respond to messages. This also works great if you have more than one account that you'd want to follow, but don't want ... |
15 December 2010
05:19 GMT |
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While Google is focused on the mobile space as much as anyone else, the fact that it's still an emerging market is pretty obvious. A mobile version of the Gmail web app for touch devices has been available for a year and a half now, yet only for English language users. Not anymore, though, as Google has finally ... |
14 December 2010
06:02 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has just announced that it enhanced the mobile web Gmail with the addition of 44 new languages into the mix. Until now, the mobile web Gmail was available only in English.
Starting with Monday, December 13th, those users who access Gmail via the browser on their mobile p... |
14 December 2010
02:33 GMT |
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Gmail's Priority Inbox feature has been a great hit it seems. So far, the ones that have used have provided mostly positive feedback and, while Google is not done tweaking and improving it, the initial signs look good. It's no surprise then that people wanted to use the priority inbox everywhere, especially... |
10 December 2010
08:23 GMT |
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Google was built by giving stuff away and making money from the advertising, but the company has been increasingly interested in the enterprise market recently. The latest move is a sly one, Google is now offering a cloud back-up system for Microsoft Exchange based on Gmail and other Google products. Essentially... |
10 December 2010
03:50 GMT |
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On Thursday, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced officially the release of an upgrade for its Gmail application for handsets running under the Android operating system.
The same as the previous flavor of the solution, the new Gmail for Android 2.3.2 was made available for download from the Androi... |
10 December 2010
02:40 GMT |
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A couple of months ago Google introduced the Priority Inbox in Gmail. Priority Inbox tries to determine which emails are important and which aren't to make it easier to sift through a large number of messages. It's a first step towards a curated inbox and Google is now introducing a couple of small updates ... |
7 December 2010
04:02 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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True to Google's regular process, Google Calendar has now gotten a simple new feature, but one that brings it closer to a full-fledged solution, one to compete with existing, desktop applications. The online calendar now supports optional attendees making it easier, especially for business meetings, to known whi... |
29 November 2010
13:27 GMT |
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Google is now enabling all Apps users to access many of the company's existing products aimed at regular users. This means that people with a Google Apps account from their school or workplace will get access to services such as Picasa, YouTube, Blogger or AdWords, providing their administrators approve. Google ... |
19 November 2010
07:00 GMT |
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