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Anyone who gets a regular deluge of email knows how tough it is to clear the inbox rather than just hope all those messages will go away. Orchestra thinks its new Mailbox app for the iPhone has a simple solution to the glut: treat email like task management. Along with reducing mail deletion to a single swipe, it lets readers postpone action until the evening, the following day or whenever it’s easier to handle. It may come in handy for a few power users as well when it supports multiple accounts and can send push notifications. There are a number of caveats beyond just the iOS-only nature, however — it supports just Gmail for now, and it doesn’t have ways to assign custom labels or select multiple messages at once, like Google’s app. When Mailbox is free, however, it’s worth a try if your inbox has ever looked more like a monument to neglect than a clean slate.

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Microsoft is back at it, folks. You may remember when they first launched their “Scroogled” campaign in order to get back at Google and attack the company for their supposed anti-privacy ways. It looks like Redmond is at it again, only this time they’re aiming their targets at Gmail and promoting their new Outlook email service in the meantime.

In the rebooted campaign at Scroogled.com, Microsoft talks about how Google goes through your email in order to deliver you ads that cater towards your interest with the headline, “Think Google respects your privacy? Think again!” Then, Microsoft claims that Outlook doesn’t go through your personal email to cater ads toward you, and because that, they think you should start using their email service.

Microsoft mentions that 70% of users don’t know that email providers go through their emails to sell ads, and that 88% of users don’t care for the practice one bit. Microsoft is out to educate email users about how their email can be spied on by Google, and the company wants you to know that Outlook doesn’t do such a thing.

Microsoft even launched a petition to help the company get the message across to Google that “going through personal email messages to sell ads is unacceptable.” We’re not sure how much traction the petition will have, or even if Google will listen, but if the petition actually does get a healthy number of signatures, we might be hearing from Google soon.

Microsoft brings back “Scroogled” campaign to attack Gmail is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A couple of days back, Google released a report showing how many government requests for user data it received in the second half of 2012. Such a report will obviously have some users nervous, but Google‘s giving us less of a reason to worry today, as it says that it won’t give access to Gmail accounts unless the government has a search warrant. We wouldn’t expect anything less, of course, but it’s good to hear Google say it nonetheless.

If Google did received a search warrant, however, there naturally isn’t much it would be able to do. Google has received search warrants demanding that it give up data in the past, as it said in its report for 2012 that 22% of those government requests were accompanied by an ECPA search warrant. Still, this just shows that Google isn’t willing to part with data on its users just because the government wants it to give that information up.

Speaking to Tom’s Hardware, Google spokesperson Chris Gaither said that the company requires an ECPA search warrant before granting access to Gmail accounts. “If they come for registration information, that’s one thing, but if they ask for content of e-mail, that’s another thing,” Gaither said. So, unless the government has probable cause to suspect you of illegal activity, it won’t be able to see the content of the emails you receive and send out.

Between July and December of 2012, Google received 21,389 requests for data on 33,634 users. The company provided data for around 75% of those requests, with nearly 70% of the requests involving subpoenas. Google actually granted fewer requests last year than it has in the past, so things are looking up for user privacy as far as Google is concerned.

Google won’t give up Gmail information without a search warrant is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Google had quite the 2012 on iOS as it released its dedicated Google Maps and YouTube applications onto a competing operating system, and were downloaded a ton of times by grateful iOS users. But would you believe five of their applications were ranked in a top ten list for the most-used applications on iOS? Of course you would.

Even though Apple tried to rid itself of Google-related products from iOS, it looks as though their customers absolutely love Google products. A new report from comScore shows just how much as within the top ten list or applications most used in 2012, Google Maps, Google Play, Google Search, Gmail and YouTube were ranked second to sixth place, with the top spot going to Facebook. Pandora Radio, iTunes, Cooliris and Yahoo! Messenger rounded out the top 10.

2012′s most-used applications list speaks volumes to just how popular Google-related products are, even on a competing mobile operating system. We know Apple wants to break itself away from being dependent on Google products, but after the embarrassing fiasco that occurred with Apple Maps, we’re sure Apple knows just how much it needs Google products on iOS.

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Mailbox for iOS won’t launch for another few weeks, but interest in the email client is already so high that its developers have opened up a reservation system. While that sky-high interest will probably great for the app’s userbase, it’ll probably prove to be quite a headache when Mailbox launches due to the fact that the client relies on servers in the cloud. In an effort to make sure that the client is functioning properly on launch day, developer Orchestra has decided to allow those who have made a reservation in first.

That may seem like pre-release fluff intended to make Mailbox sound more popular than it is, but consumer interest is definitely there. When Orchestra released a video demo of Mailbox in action last month, its popularity took off almost immediately, with 250,000 people viewing the demo in the first 24 hours. Since letting that many people in on launch day could bring the servers down entirely, Orchestra thought it would be better to have users register to be the first to use the client.

Obviously, reservations will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you want in but haven’t put in a reservation yet, it may be a good idea to do that soon. Once you’ve placed your reservation, you’ll be told how many people are in line in front of you and how many are waiting behind you, giving you an idea of when you’ll get to download Mailbox. We’re not sure when Orchestra will be launching Mailbox, but it does say that the client should be available in the coming weeks.

It’s easy to see why Mailbox is so popular too – though it only supports Gmail at this early stage (Orchestra says Mailbox will support additional email services soon), the client allows you to be alerted to emails again at a later date. This in turs lets you handle the urgent emails now, while not having to worry about the emails that need your attention later being forgotten about. That’s just one of the reasons users are so excited about this, so if you’re on iOS and have been looking for a new email client, you might want to put in a reservation for Mailbox.

[via Apple Insider]

Mailbox email client for iOS opens reservation system due to high demand is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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