Aug 08
Google’s going to start showing you relevant information from your Gmail when you perform a regular old Google search soon. But you can try it out now before it’s official. More »
Aug 02
The latest Gmail Android app update brings several new features, but this is a must-have for 7-inch tablets. Google slightly reworked the UI and it now works better with 7-inch tablets. Previously, when in landscape mode, the app would occasionally abruptly cut off messages. That’s now fixed for 7-inch tablets running Android 4.0 or later. But sorry, kids, the app is still missing pinch-to-zoom within messages.
The new version also brings a new label API for 3rd-party developers, a feature likely related to homescreen widgets.
This update comes a few weeks after Google released the Nexus 7 to the retail market. Users quickly discovered that Gmail, one of the Nexus 7′s core apps, wasn’t as polished as shiny as it should have been. The updated version is now available from Google Play, which should apply the appropriate sheen to the app.
Aug 01
This morning Hotmail users are finding themselves in a whole new world of email organization – so new, in fact, that their Hotmail login no longer leads them to Hotmail, it goes to Outlook.com instead. This move by Microsoft has users baffled, in some cases, and furious in others. One thing that’s true amongst all of them is the fact that Hotmail is gone – and Microsoft’s new Metro user interface and total re-formatting of the beloved legacy email service Hotmail is here to stay.
The first thing you may be asking yourself is: where did my Hotmail go? If you asking where the emails go that you had in your Hotmail account went, the answer is simple: they’re still there, it all just has a brand new name over the top of it: Outlook. Your Hotmail account, account information, emails, and logins are all the same – unless you want to change them, of course.
Users wishing now to switch their email address from name@hotmail.com to name@outlook.com have simply to click on “More mail settings” in the menu under the gear in the upper-right of their screen. From there, you’ve only got to click “rename your email address.” Simple as that. You’ve also got the option to keep your old email address if you’ve been working with hotmail.com, msn.com, or live.com of course.
The new Outlook webpage you’re working with allows you integration with Skydrive cloud storage as well as Office Web-based programs immediately or in the near future. You’ve also got Skype video chat options coming up soon, and Facebook and Twitter are part of the show as well. If you’ve not been using a Microsoft webpage for your email in the past, now’s the time to start – Outlook.com is taking new users with no restrictions as we speak. Head to the timeline below for more information on Outlook.com and it’s future as well!
Outlook.com: Hotmail users find themselves rebranded is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 31
Microsoft has made it clear that they’re ready to brush the Hotmail off their shoulders and get back to business with Outlook.com, a direct competitor for Google’s Gmail service. We’ve had a bit of a hands-on look at the public preview they’ve released earlier today and found it to be nothing less than clean, refined, and surprisingly easy to use. What Microsoft has done between the release earlier today and the media blitz that’s happened in the interim is to release their first advertisement video spot, complete with a few pointed cut-downs on Gmail with visual cues.
What you’re going to see in this spot is a rather friendly, “Dear Email, why have our expectations become so low? It’s time for something new.” And with that, they’re off to the races, having a peek at what’s quite obviously a rendering of Gmail with the name “OldMail” attached to it. This chalk drawing is quickly analyzed and tossed out with comments such as:
• Clutter
• Redundant
• Creepy Ads
And replaced with a layout that, with sticky-notes, Microsoft is claiming will contain a list of great abilities and features.
• Connected
• Modern
• Smart & Powerful
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Skype
• Clean UI
• Intuitive
• Modern Devices
• Office
• Skydrive
• Sweep
From here it does a lovely montage of these features with Skype video chat, some easy to use photo galleries, and nothing but lovely looks as its blue and white dominate the screen while photos and video are left to hang nicely in the stark gallery-like environment. This environment is, again, made to rather directly take on Gmail, and Microsoft isn’t shying away from that idea either. You can jump right in with your own email address to sign up, use your Microsoft account to move around, and hook up with Twitter and Facebook while you’re at it.
Windows Phone users will very soon be encouraged to use Outlook.com for their email needs while Microsoft finally makes a great effort to leave Gmail behind. Skydrive and Skype are already onboard here so you can connect with your Windows Phone easily, and we’re going to go ahead and make a wild guess and say that there’s a new Outlook email app on its way for all mobile devices, too. We shall see!
Outlook.com takes on Gmail directly with first ad spot is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 31
If you aren’t all about grabbing a new account for Microsoft’s Outlook email today and do indeed have a Gmail account you use with your iOS device, today is looking up. The iPhone and iPad version of Gmail has been updated to version 1.3 today for the masses, made for not just bug fixes, but a selection of worthwhile upgrades as well. Have a peek at your updates drawer right this minute to make the change, and meanwhile bask in the warming glow of free software boosts.
The first think you will be noticing in Gmail 1.3 for your iPad and/or iPhone is the overall smoothness of the user interface. This version of Gmail for iOS has been updated for smoother animations as well as smoother scrolling for all devices. Next, you’ll find that your ability to download attachments to your photo library now exists. You’ll still be limited to photos for your photo library of course, but all is well!
The bugs that Google has fixed for this release of Gmail have not been listed, but we’re sure they weren’t that wild in the first place – so just chill. Google has let the world know that, “Buttons respond to presses a little more quickly, scrolling is smoother and new views transition faster” as well. These updates come directly after some announced updates that came down just a few weeks ago directly following Google I/O 2012.
You’ll find that using Gmail with your iPhone or iPad is just as easy – or easier – than using it on your PC or Mac at home at the desk. These apps are made to make perfect use of your touch interface and make it beyond-entertaining to do everyday tasks as well. Stay tuned as Google continues to push their own apps on all software, especially in the wake of the competition ramping up!
Gmail iOS app updated to stay smooth is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 31
Gmail app for iOS updated
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It’s been awhile since its last update but it looks like Google has pushed out some new improvements to its iOS app. According to reports online, the updated Gmail features smoother animation and scrolling on the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the ability to save picture attachments to your photo library (yay!). As usual, we get some bug fixes though it wasn’t mentioned what they were and unfortunately there’s still no support for multiple accounts.
Personally I’m not a huge fan of the current iOS app since I’ve been spoiled by Gmail on Android, but there’s not much to complain about since Apple isn’t going to be letting an ICS-optimized app (in terms of aesthetics and functionality) on its iOS devices anytime soon. However for those of you with iOS devices, be sure to grab the latest update from the Apple App Store and let us know if you’ve found anything new that’s not mentioned here.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Code School launches Kickstarter project to teach iOS programming, Facebook for iOS gains a new Save feature,
Jul 31
Google’s Gmail app for iOS has been docked by some potential adopters for feeling like a poor cousin to other native apps. It may be worth revisiting: the 1.3 update has just arrived with a much-requested ability to save common image attachments to an iOS device’s photo collection. Should that not be enough, Google has smoothed out animations and scrolling for iPhone and iPod touch owners. The new version has pushed live for everyone, leaving just a quick download between us and saving our parents’ vacation photos for posterity.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software
Gmail for iOS adds option to save photos, becomes a smoother operator originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jul 31
Gmail for iOS Gets Mercifully Smoother Scrolling and Handy Image Saves [Gmail]
Posted in: Today's Chili
Google has rolled out a minor update to Gmail for iOS. Version 1.3 includes faster scrolling and animation (thankfully) on the iPhone and iPod touch. Additionally, now you can save photo attachments to your library the same way you save images from Facebook on your phone, by simply touching and holding. Google has also mended some bugs, and these aren’t a huge changes, but they’re definitely positive ones. [9to5Mac] More »
Jul 31
Microsoft has launched Outlook.com, a new cloud-based email service to take on Gmail with integrated Skype video calling and social networking integration. Considerably more attractive – not to mention comprehensive – than Hotmail, which it replaces, Outlook.com supports easy access to attachment photo slideshows, integration with Office and SkyDrive, and support for Facebook Chat.
As you might expect, there’s also support to open, edit and share Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, and in fact those files can all be edited directly from the inbox. Facebook and LinkedIn contacts are automatically synchronized with the Outlook contacts.
Skype integration hasn’t been enabled yet – Microsoft describes the current service as a “preview” rather than the final release – but when it’s turned on it will allow for calls to Skype and Outlook users. Best of all, it won’t require Skype be installed on the system itself, working instead in the browser.
Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn content will be pulled into the sidebar, and as for the inbox itself, there’s support for categories, folders, and rules. There’s also ActiveSync support for using Outlook.com with mobile devices.
Outlook.com Introduction:
Hotmail users who want to switch to Outlook.com can do so by clicking “Upgrade” in the options menu, with their existing email address, password, contacts, old email, and rules unchanged; they’ll be able to send/receive email from their @hotmail.com or @msn.com or @live.com address, or indeed set up a new @outlook.com address.
Outlook.com Walkthrough:
Microsoft launches Outlook.com to challenge Gmail is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 30
How many of you out there actually make use of Gmails’s video chat feature in your browser window? I suppose there would be a fair number of users, although if you were to tout it as more than the number of users who perform video chats via Skype, there should be some hard numbers backing up that claim to be believable. The latest improvement made to Gmail would be the availability of Google+ Hangouts – where Hangouts will make full use of Google’s network so that it can offer a higher degree of reliability and enhanced quality, allowing you to chat with all of those whom you have talked to before, reaching them regardless of whether they are on Gmail or on Google+ – and it does not even matter if they are using their desktop browser or “chatting” through their Android or iOS devices.
Imagine being able to video chat with up to nine people simultaneously, now how about that? Since the Olympics is going on at the moment, why not watch YouTube videos together remotely, and you need not even share that tub of popcorn, now how about that? Enjoy the video above that touts the wonders of Google+ Hangouts on Gmail.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google launches Gmail SMS in Africa, lets you forward emails as text messages, Gmail for iOS gets notification center support ,
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