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Google just announced that it is finally launching offline access to Gmail, Google Calendar and Docs. Once upon a time, Google allowed users to access their data offline through Gears, but the company shelved this effort in 2010 and never replaced it. Now, Chrome users can install a new pluginfrom
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GMail’s new preview pane now gives users the option to switch to a more tradition, three-pane layout for Google’s web-based email client. Google may be in the process of closing down its company-wide Google Labs site, but the Gmail Labs are still going strong. Today, the company launched
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Google just gave Gmail for mobile a nice little refresh with some small design changes and a few new features. According to Google, the company aims to “produce web apps which look and feel just like installed apps.” This update to the mobile version of Gmail definitely pushes the service
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New plugin for Gmail lets you make sure your emails can’t be easily misinterpreted. Nonverbal communication isn’t easy. Emails, which are often written in haste can sometimes become minefields of easily misinterpreted sentences that can undermine your relationship with friends, clients and prospective customers. To fight this, sentiment
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YouTube, the world’s most popular video streaming site, just launched a new experimental design that brings a fresh look to virtually every part of the YouTube experience, including videos, playlists and channels. The new look, called Cosmic Panda, introduces a darker look, with an emphasis on black backgrounds that
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When Google unexpectedly launched its new social network Google+ earlier this week, many pundits were skeptical about the company’s latest attempt to enter the social arena. Given Google’s dismal track record when it comes to these kinds of products, that kind of skepticism made sense, but after using
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Managing email isn’t just about wading through incoming messages, writing replies, filing messages into different folder, but it’s also about managing the expectations of the people who are writing to you. Courteous.ly, a new research project by Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing professor Eric Gilbert wants
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If you use Google’s mobile website for Gmail on your iOS or Android smartphone, Google just launched an update that will make your life a bit easier. You can now undo a number of actions in mobile Gmail, including whenever you archive, move and delete a message or conversation
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Gmail’s Priority Inbox has been a major hit for Google and, according to the company’s own research, saves its users a lot of time. Until now, though, it was only available in the desktop and Android versions of Google’s email service. Starting today, you can also access
Facebook is launching an email service on Monday. While that’s only a rumor for now, I think it’s a well substantiated one and there is little doubt in my mind that Facebook mail is exactly what we are going to get at Monday’s event in San Francisco.
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Works just as advertised, but here are a few observations: * the new phone icon is inconspicuously placed in the “Chat” box – if Google didn’t point it out so clearly when the feature is activated, you could almost miss it * Gmail doesn’t auto-recognize phone-numbers and so you can’t