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GMail’s ultimate gift to mankind

GMail’s ultimate gift to mankind

I would bet that just about anyone reading this post still has one or two newsletter, or newslist, types of emails that they are no longer interested in coming into their email inboxes. These ... continue
Google’s secret to taking over the world

Google’s secret to taking over the world

There is no denying the fact that Google is a big believer in cloud computing and web based software. In fact much of their future growth is built on the principal of getting as ... continue
Let’s all get a woodie over removing a beta label

Let’s all get a woodie over removing a beta label

While the rest of the real world is sucking back all the Michael Jackson Memorial news it can those of us in the tech world are falling to our knees to report on how ... continue
GTFO: Five years on, Google finally adds drag and drop to Gmail

GTFO: Five years on, Google finally adds drag and drop to Gmail

Miracles do happen: Google has finally added the ability to drag and drop emails into folders/ labels some five years after launching the service. The drag and drop feature means that Gmail has come into the 21st 20th ... continue
Google Adds Message Translation Into Gmail Labs

Google Adds Message Translation Into Gmail Labs

Google has introduced a new autotranslation feature into its Gmail Labs menu. Gmail Message Translation helps you detect what language a message was sent in, then convert it into your own. Gmail Message Translation Once you enable Message Translation, ... continue
Best Gmail Feature Ever: Forgotten Attachment Detector

Best Gmail Feature Ever: Forgotten Attachment Detector

New features in Gmail seem to be a dime a dozen lately, from drunk email protection through to viewing YouTube videos inline. Some of the features rolled out in Gmail Labs have been useful before, but none ... continue
Gmail (Finally) Adds Inline Image Support

Gmail (Finally) Adds Inline Image Support

Gmail is finally getting more intuitive support for images within e-mails. The Google gang announced the addition of "Insert Image" functionality within Gmail Labs this morning. The feature, quite simply, lets you click on an icon to upload ... continue
Gmail Autopilot: Google’s Getting a Good Laugh Today

Gmail Autopilot: Google’s Getting a Good Laugh Today

Google's getting its annual April Fools' chuckle in more than one way today. The Gmail team's announcement of a new Gmail Autopilot feature has become one of the hottest search terms of the morning. Gmail Autopilot The Gmail Autopilot ... continue
Gmail ‘Undo Send’: Is This Really Useful at All?

Gmail ‘Undo Send’: Is This Really Useful at All?

Gmail unveiled a new "Undo Send" feature in its Labs menu this week. When I saw the announcement about it yesterday, I quickly shrugged and moved on. I've since been surprised to see how much glowing coverage ... continue
Gmail Suffers Another Outage

Gmail Suffers Another Outage

Outages sure do seem to come in ways for Gmail: The Google mail service has confirmed it is dealing with another bout of problems this week. The latest outage, reported by the BBC, is (as usual) said to ... continue
Report: More Than a Third of Yahoo’s Traffic is From Yahoo Mail

Report: More Than a Third of Yahoo’s Traffic is From Yahoo Mail

Yahoo's mail platform sees more traffic than its search site, a new analysis finds. Following a presentation by new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz this week in which Bartz noted that Yahoo Mail was "becoming increasing critical to ... continue
iGoogle Gets Direct Access to Gmail Chat

iGoogle Gets Direct Access to Gmail Chat

Google's Gmail Chat (aka Google Talk) feature is now available within your custom iGoogle homepage. Google added the chat functionality into iGoogle this week, noting that with the recent redesign, Gmail access was available -- but instant messaging ... continue
Google Introduces App Status Dashboard to Deal with Downtime

Google Introduces App Status Dashboard to Deal with Downtime

Google has unveiled a new Apps Status Dashboard following this week's Gmail outage. The new utility lets you monitor the service status of various Google services, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs. Google Apps ... continue
Gmail Adds New Custom Title Bar Labs Feature

Gmail Adds New Custom Title Bar Labs Feature

Following its day of nonstop downtime coverage, Google is releasing some slightly less negative news this Wednesday: a new Gmail Labs feature that lets you customize the browser title bar. The option, now available in the Gmail Labs ... continue
Google Releases Update on Gmail Downtime

Google Releases Update on Gmail Downtime

Google has released an update on the outage that caused a few hours of Gmail downtime overnight. Gmail was completely unavailable from approximately 4:30 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. ET. Gmail Outage: The Latest Google says the Gmail problem is ... continue
Google Now Offering a New Way to Give Up Your Privacy

Google Now Offering a New Way to Give Up Your Privacy

Looking for a new way to throw out another piece of what little personal privacy you have left? Google has it! The Gmail team has unveiled a new Labs feature called "Location in Signature." Just head into the ... continue
Gmail gets multiple inboxes

Gmail gets multiple inboxes

Google has been busy on the Gmail front lately, and the announcements keep on coming with the latest a very hand feature indeed. Gmail now allows users to have multiple "inboxes" open. Given Google continually confuses language between ... continue
Gmail gets email sorting feature upgrade

Gmail gets email sorting feature upgrade

Google has added a new feature to Gmail that makes managing email easier. The new feature, being rolled out today (I've got it already) adds a "move to" menu item, allowing users to both add a label to ... continue
GMail under investigation for killing … Outlook

GMail under investigation for killing … Outlook

Here we go again. Once more some-one in need of a weekend post to make it to Techmeme latches on to the fact that GMail has added ‘offline’ capabilities to its web email client and how ... continue
Google Adds “Tasks” to Gmail

Google Adds “Tasks” to Gmail

Gmail has gotten a little more Outlook-like with a new "Tasks" option built into the Webmail interface. Gmail Tasks, now found under the "Labs" setting tab, lets you click to add any reminder to yourself, then check off ... continue
Why it doesn’t pay to play nice with Google

Why it doesn’t pay to play nice with Google

Everyone is so in love with Google. It seems that 99% of the time they can do no wrong and when they do it's forgotten by the time of the next news cycle. We are always hearing ... continue
Can I cure an addiction of a lifetime with Mailplane?

Can I cure an addiction of a lifetime with Mailplane?

Some people find me strange, but before you start nominating the reasons why that could be the case I'm talking about one specific thing: email. I'm one of the thinning number of people who continue to use ... continue