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Google Relaunches Gmail iOS App Two Weeks After Disastrous First Attempt

Google Relaunches Gmail iOS App Two Weeks After Disastrous First Attempt

Google on Wednesday re-released their native Gmail app for  iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices just two weeks after pulling the program as reviewers panned the program's interface (basically a web wrapper) and constant notification problems. While the new ... continue
Google Pulls Gmail Support For Blackberry App

Google Pulls Gmail Support For Blackberry App

Google on Wednesday announced that they will stop supporting their Gmail app for Blackberry Smartphones and will pull the application from the Blackberry App World mobile marketplace as of November 22. According to Google users of the native ... continue
GMail Now Lets You Paste Pics From the Clipboard

GMail Now Lets You Paste Pics From the Clipboard

  This is pretty handy. If you need to send a lot of pics via email but have no need to save then trash them, a new functionality in GMail will probably make your life a lot easier. A ... continue
GMail adds custom backgrounds, recipient check failsafes

GMail adds custom backgrounds, recipient check failsafes

GMail announced the addition today of the ability within the service to change the background image to a custom theme. Many users select themes for the email service's main page from the available standards, but I always feel ... continue
No Gmail or Skype for Russians says country’s security service

No Gmail or Skype for Russians says country’s security service

Using words like "uncontrolled use" and "security threat" the Russian security service is proposing that the country ban the use of web services like Skype, Hotmail and Gmail. Due to the use of foreign made encryption technology the ... continue
‘Hackers’ bring GMail Motion to life with Kinect sensor

‘Hackers’ bring GMail Motion to life with Kinect sensor

It's been about three days since Google's GMail Motion prank for April Fools Day, and someone has already created a working version of the joke product. If you missed it, Googlers demonstrated a GMail function that allowed for ... continue
GMail Motion: Like Kinect for your inbox…

GMail Motion: Like Kinect for your inbox…

...if it existed. Google has always celebrated April Fools Day with either pranks or nearly implausible product launches- GMail was thought, at the time it was announced, to be an elaborate prank because back then, the storage offered ... continue
Study says email domain stereotypes really do bear out

Study says email domain stereotypes really do bear out

I'll admit it- I have a strong prejudice against certain email address domains and even occasionally try to convert people still using undesirable domains. I don't know what this says about me (I'm sure it's not entirely positive), ... continue
Google says data restored for all GMail accounts

Google says data restored for all GMail accounts

Were you among the unlucky .8% of GMail users whose accounts were affected by a recent spate of chat and email deletions? If so, you should have access to all the previously unavailable data thought to have possibly ... continue
Worst fears confirmed- 150K lose all saved GMails, chats

Worst fears confirmed- 150K lose all saved GMails, chats

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and all your saved GMail information was gone? That is not the plot of a new scary movie- it actually happened to almost 1% of GMail users, users who ... continue
A screenshot of your GMail inbox

A screenshot of your GMail inbox

Missing: six copies of Apple news you've already unwilling read from ten other sources. [Source] continue
Man faces prison hacking into wife’s Gmail account

Man faces prison hacking into wife’s Gmail account

A Michigan man is facing five years in prison after police say he logged into his wife's Gmail account without her permission with the intention of spying on her. 33-year-old Leon Walker is charged with a felony 'hacking' ... continue
Gmail Now Lets You Undelete Your Past Contact Deletion Mistakes

Gmail Now Lets You Undelete Your Past Contact Deletion Mistakes

Google wants you to get rid of your contacts at will, then revive them as you see fit with a new contacts restoration option that allows users to restore Gmail contacts for up to 30 days after ... continue
GMail puts a phone in your email

GMail puts a phone in your email

Move over, Skype, you fat ass. Google's taken its already largely superior email service and added one more pretty amazing feature that is likely to piss off some pay to play companies. As of today, you can now ... continue
GMail adds rich text signatures, without plugins

GMail adds rich text signatures, without plugins

Not enough pale purple Comic Sans text on a white background in your email inbox? Google announced today that they're enabling colors, fonts, hyperlinks and- sigh- images for email signatures. The feature will undoubtedly come in handy for ... continue
What Your Email Adress Says About Your Computer Skills

What Your Email Adress Says About Your Computer Skills

TheOatMeal.com has made this brilliant, true and funny drawing. (I use gmail and my own domain, but I have a hotmail too. Used only for registering and spam). continue
Gmail Gets A Nice New Security Feature

Gmail Gets A Nice New Security Feature

Google has announced a new security measure for Gmail that should assist users in the never ending battle against hackers and phishing. Building on its previous warnings showing where the account was last accessed from at the ... continue
Google set to “make GMail social” with announcement tomorrow

Google set to “make GMail social” with announcement tomorrow

In the dearth of tech ambiguity following the iPad announcement last month, Google has stepped forward to provide us with a day of speculation. Since we've only got until 10am PDT tomorrow (1pm Eastern) we'd better cram it ... continue
Not so fast with the Hotmail jokes- additional 20K addresses compromised on GMail, AOL, Earthlink

Not so fast with the Hotmail jokes- additional 20K addresses compromised on GMail, AOL, Earthlink

Yesterday, when it was revealed that tens of thousands of Hotmail addresses and passwords were posted on a code-sharing site, everyone had a bit of a go at the remaining Hotmail users who haven't abandoned the service ... continue
Yes, really: Judge orders GMail account closed because user received unsolicited e-mail

Yes, really: Judge orders GMail account closed because user received unsolicited e-mail

Use your GMail account for everything? If you do, this story will make you seriously uneasy. (And it's not GMail's fault.) This is a scary and dangerous precedent, and it could happen to any of us that use ... continue
Just in: GMail is down, for now

Just in: GMail is down, for now

You can quit hitting refresh, GMail is definitely down or spotty for many users right now. Mashable reported that many frustrated tweeters are complaining about the outage (on Twitter, natch) and Google has acknowledged the intermittent access issues: “We’re ... continue
How to Make Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center

How to Make Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center

These days there are a proliferation of digital tools we use for productivity, for time management, for communication, for social networking, for keeping track of our lives, online and off. It can be a nightmare to keep track ... continue