Hasta La Gadget!

Back in April, screenshots of an alleged Gmail redesign were leaked. It seemed to be in line with some of the other redesigns we’ve seen, and also appears to be in line with the design language of Project Hera, a project that Google has been rumored to be working on. However it seems that newly leaked photos of the app seems to suggest otherwise.

The photos come from Yoel Kaseb, the same person who leaked the Google+ redesign which turned out to be true, so perhaps his leak could be pretty credible as well. However like we said, his photos look very different from the ones we saw earlier. We’re not sure why that is – it could be that one of the photos is showing off an older build.

The redesigned Gmail app, however, is in line with the redesigned Google+ app. This means that Google has abandoned the idea of the hamburger menu in favor of a dropdown, and there also appears to be a huge plus sign at the bottom that allows users to compose new messages, which seems to be similar to what we saw before.

In any case perhaps Google is experimenting with different looks, which could explain the discrepancies, but hopefully we will be able to find out more soon as Google I/O will be taking place towards the end of June, so check back with us then for the details.

Redesigned Gmail Interface For Android Leaked

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Major internet companies like Google and Yahoo have tried convincing users about the safety and security of their information. They’ve adopted encryption methods to ensure that users’ private and personal information remains safe. A new report suggests that Google is trying to make complex encryption tools easier to use, particularly with popular services like Gmail. If the report is correct then Google might be working on PGP or Pretty Good Privacy for Gmail, which would basically be much stronger end-to-end encryption for emails.

PGP is an encryption utility that has almost always proven to be difficult to break into. A person “familiar with the matter” at Google tells VentureBeat that Google has “research underway to improve the usability of PGP with Gmail.” Even if this gives users the best defense for message protection, it will come with a considerable cost in functionality.

Concern for online security rose following the NSA revelations last year. Stronger end-to-end encryption will certainly be appreciated by Gmail users, but it does present a problem for Google’s ad business. PGP protected emails would require keys which only the sender and recipient would have. Ideally Google won’t have access to them, meaning that it won’t be able to scan emails to serve targeted advertisements because the text would be encrypted.

Despite the report, Google hasn’t commented on the possibility of PGP in Gmail, so to be absolutely sure we’ll have to wait on official word from Mountain View.

Google Reportedly Working On Stronger End-To-End Encryption For Gmail , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Web, encryption, gmail, Google,

In light of a recent legal spat, Google has updated its Terms of Service to notify Gmail users of automatic email analysis. The purpose is for targeting advertisements to the … Continue reading

If Google announces something new and potentially groundbreaking on April 1st, one might instantly chalk it up as an April Fools’ prank. That’s because the company takes part in this frivolity, cooking up ingenious pranks to catch us all by surprise. But on April 1st 2004 Google wasn’t pulling off a prank. It issued a press release that day announcing the launch of Gmail, its webmail service. Some might have thought of it as a prank, but soon they’d find out that Gmail was in fact very real, and here to stay.

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Gmail Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary Today original content from Ubergizmo.

Gmail has turned ten, with Google’s email service launching on April 1st, 2004, and promptly being dismissed by many as an April Fools’ prank – just as Sergey Brin and … Continue reading