Items tagged with 'Gmail'
For All The Hype, Cloud Storage May Be Mostly Vapor
It's impossible, these days, to swing a dead cat more than about six inches without running into "the cloud" in one form or another. Whether we're discussing cloud computing as a storage concept, server provisioning, or consumer appliance, moving data into or out of the cloud has been a major topic over the past year. For... Read More
Google Adds Push Gmail Support To Google Sync
Google Sync has enabled many users to synchronize their Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar with their iPhone, Windows Mobile, and S60 devices. Although many people are pleased with Google Sync, there's one thing that has been missing until now: support for Gmail. Today, Google added Gmail support to Google Sync. As a result... Read More
T-Mobile Expands Android Lineup With Motorola CLIQ
Touted as “the first phone with social skills,” Motorola's new CLIQ smartphone is the company’s first Android handset. The CLIQ is headed to T-Mobile in the fourth quarter, so it should be here in time for the holidays. The CLIQ will utilize MOTOBLUR, which was also announced today. MOTOBLUR is designed to sync contacts,... Read More
Gmail Integrates Google Voice Voicemail Playback
Google continues to try to make Gmail its centralized location for all things Google. The latest addition to Gmail, via Google Labs, is Google Voice integration into Gmail.Google Voice, nee GrandCentral and purchased by Google, is a service that allows users to give out one number and have it ring another, "real" number,... Read More
Gmail Goes Down, Yet The World Survives
There was an extended Gmail outage on Tuesday. The outage, although over in approximately two hours, showed, in its own way, how popular the email service is, despite its current 3rd place ranking. At the peak of the outage, more than Google Trends was full of "why is Gmail down," "Gmail down," etc. etc. We're talking about... Read More
Gmail Moves to #3 Among Email Services
As we move more and more toward "all things Google," it might surprise people to learn that Google's Gmail was, until recently, mired in 4th place among email vendors. That's where it was until new comScore estimates for July 2009. Yes, despite the way Gmail and Google Docs, and Google Reader, and the rest all work together,... Read More
Survey Highlights the Biggest Emailing Errors
One of the causes of erroneously sent emails is the human at the end of the Send button. This is why Gmail Labs' Undo Send feature is helpful. Of course, that's Gmail. What about the mistakes we humans make in the workplace?Most commonly, the biggest mistake is usually just sending an email to the wrong people. In... Read More
Google Apps Exit Beta. Seriously!
Have you picked yourself off the floor yet? It's no lie, Google Apps, which includes Gmail, is finally out of beta. Gmail had been in beta for five years. In fact, Gmail had been in beta for so long we wondered if Google simply forgot it was in beta. Here's what the company said on the official Google blog:Ever since we... Read More
Gmail Adds Automatic Message Translation
Leveraging its Google Translate service, Gmail Labs has added yet another feature: automatic translation of incoming email. You can turn the feature on by going to Settings, Labs, Message Translation. Remember, this is a Labs feature, so consider it "beta." Unfortunately, the only messages we have readily on hand... Read More
Google's Service Outage IPv6 Related
Google's services outage today was apparently Google mucking with something on the backend, in a sort of "don't touch if it ain't broke" mistake. Admittedly, we're being snarky, as Google was working on something that definitely needs addressing, but it still made a major impact on systems around the world. It's the old... Read More
Google Search Directly in Gmail, Finally
What took so long, Google? On Thursday, Gmail got another Gmail Labs feature, Google Search right inside your inbox. It's described as follows: Displays Google search results inside your mail window, letting you quickly find things and use them when you're writing an email.To enable it, go to Settings, Labs, find Google... Read More
Gmail Now Tells You Who You Should Email
Gmail continues to get better and better. Within the last month, we’ve seen additions such as an Undo Send feature and YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, Yelp Preview capabilities as well as many other previous additions. Today, Gmail added a “suggest more recipients” feature which is useful but also a tad creepy. You see, the suggest... Read More
Google Improves Gmail for iPhone & Android
Google released a new Web-based version of Gmail that will provide iPhone and Android phone users with faster access to messages and offline access. "You'll notice that it's a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching. And if the data network drops out on you, rest assured that Gmail... Read More
Gmail Adds an "Undo Send" Feature
How many times have you hit "Send" on an email, only to realize you goofed. More often than you want to admit, right? Outllok has a recall feature that works on Exchange ... some of the time. But basically emails sent via the Internet, once you hit "Send," they're gone. Until Gmail's "Undo Send" feature, that is. It's another... Read More
Gmail adds YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, Yelp Preview
It's always a pain in the rear when a friend sends you a link to a photo or video when you're in the middle of doing something and you don't want to take the time out to open the link in a new tab.Google decided the pain was too great to force those using Gmail to have to do that one moment longer, and users now can get... Read More
Google voice: Like Gmail for your phone
Google Voice, which some are calling Gmail for phones, is being rolled out.For now, it will be available only to users of GrandCentral, which Google acquired all the way back in 2007.GrandCentral basically consolidates all your phones, giving you a single number to ring on your home, work and mobile phones and a voicemail... Read More
Phishing Scam Targets Google Talk
It seems Google can’t catch a break. Just hours after Google’s Gmail service was hit by an outage that lasted several hours, Google Talk became the victim of a phishing scam. Users of the instant messaging service received a TinyURL link that appeared to be from friends on their buddy lists. When a user clicked the link,... Read More
Oops! Gmail Goes Down For Extended Period
When's the last time you remember your Gmail being down for longer than one or two seconds? And who's to say that glitch wasn't just your router acting up? Today, Google experienced a Gmail outage that was remarkably widespread and lengthy for its standards. It was so "severe," in fact, that the company actually made the... Read More
Google Adds Full Gmail Color Customization
Google added themes to Gmail in November, but for some, that wasn't enough. They wanted full customization of their color scheme, and now they have it. On Thursday Google added a new option to the Themes settings section of Gmail (as shown above), "Choose your own colors." To find it, go into Settings, Themes, and it's... Read More
Google Adds Location Info to Gmail Signatures
Time stamping is a standard feature in all email systems. With a time stamp, we know exactly when an email was sent, but we don’t know where it was sent from. Marco Bonechi, a Software Engineer with Google, loves to travel and is often asked via email, “Where are you?” This got Bonechi thinking, so he utilized his 20% time... Read More
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