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If you spend much time on Google+ for Android, then we hope you follow the app’s Tech Lead, Virgil Dobjanschi. He’s just shared that version 4.1 will be available on the Play Store today, and brings — he claims — five big hitting updates with it. First on the list, account and page switching gets even easier, much like it did in Android’s Gmail app. There’s also full support for Google Apps for Business, which brings public sharing when enabled. For regular users, the ability to access files from Google Drive, and additional location controls will be welcome additions, with the last update being a bit of house keeping — Messenger is out, Hangouts remain. Beyond the “big five,” there’s a tease of other updates for you to “discover.” Or you could just read the “What’s new” tab when it rolls out starting today.

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Source: Google Play

It was not too long ago when we brought you word that Gmail would be on the receiving end of a full-screen option where composing an email is concerned. Now that this particular full screen compose window is now available, Google has decided that everyone should jump aboard the new compose window, bidding adieu to the old compose. If you have yet to experience the new compose window, do not worry or fret over it too much, since it ought to roll out in the coming few days.

Just what kind of features or new additions will greet you as you start to type emails to those on your contact list? For starters, it will open drafts as a minimizable window, allowing you to compose multiple drafts simultaneously, all the while enabling you to keep a keen eye out on incoming email, you busy bee you! It will also include support for inline images among others. For those who have a preference for a full-screen compose experience, you are then able to click on the expand button that is located in the top right of the new compose window so that the full-screen switch will happen. Here’s hoping that the new compose screen will not end up as compost!

Gmail Gets New Compose Screen original content from Ubergizmo.

An updated version of the Google Play app began rolling out to handsets a few days ago without much fanfare, but now it’s getting more attention for unpleasant reasons: a glaring bug. Some users wielding the latest version of the marketplace have reported seeing a “Package File Invalid” error when downloading or updating select apps, and now Google has acknowledged the software hiccup in a freshly-created support page. Mountain View says there aren’t any workarounds for the glitch as of now, but it’s “currently investigating a permanent solution.” There’s no ETA for a fix just yet, but Page and Co. promise they’ll update the listing with developments.

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Via: Android Community

Source: Google Support

In the middle of May, Microsoft received a nastygram from Google demanding that it pull its YouTube for Windows Phone app within one week due to certain issues with the app, namely the lack of advertisements and ability to download certain videos. Late that month, an agreement was struck betwixt the two companies, and today […]

Since not many of us own private email servers sitting in our basements, we tend to turn to alternatives from providers such as Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and etc., and while we don’t really think too much about it, technically these companies could always intercept and read our emails if they choose to but unfortunately that’s what made the Consumer Watchdog a little unhappy, especially with a statement Google made back on the 13^th of July 2013 with regards to privacy concerns. According to Google, “a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.”

This was what riled up the Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project director, John M. Simpson, who in a statement said, “…when I send an email, I expect it to be delivered to the intended recipient with a Gmail account based on the email address; why would I expect its content will be intercepted by Google and read?” However according to Google who defends their privacy policy, “In practice, plaintiffs’ theory would prevent ECS providers from providing a host of normal services that Congress could not possibly have intended to criminalize as an illegal interception.”

Technically Google does make a point, although the way they worded it does make one a little concerned, but what do you guys think? Was this something you’ve always known and accepted, albeit begrudgingly, or did this come as a complete surprise?

Google Taking Heat Over Gmail Privacy Policy Statement original content from Ubergizmo.