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Google announced today that it has supercharged the Gmail “quick action” buttons. These buttons appear in your inbox alongside the emails, and they have now gained one-click access to a host of services such as Dropbox, OpenTable, Google Offers, Seamless and more. So users can now rate and review restaurants they ordered from through Seamless and even modify OpenTable reservations straight from their Gmail inbox, without actually having to open an email. The quick action buttons can also be used to view YouTube and Vimeo videos, open Dropbox folders and save promotions from Google Offers.

The buttons can also be used to open Google Docs, Sheets and Slides that have been shared with a user. Checking real-time flight status, double checking flight details and even RSVP’ing to events is made possible by quick action buttons. The list of services supported by quick action buttons will continue to grow, and Google says that it will continue to add more buttons to make it easier for users to accomplish various tasks from within the inbox itself. Not only will the buttons make relevant emails stand out, particularly in inboxes that are crowded, they’ll also drive interaction for the services they’re linked to. Sounds like a win-win, doesn’t it?

Gmail ‘Quick Action’ Buttons Now Support Dropbox, OpenTable And More original content from Ubergizmo.

Purchasing goods online is a great way to get your hands on items that your local retailers might not stock, especially if you’re looking for books where Amazon’s online store is probably one of the best places to do so. Unfortunately one of the drawbacks to online delivery is that we have to put up with the operating hours of delivery services which are usually on weekdays, but wouldn’t it be awesome if our goods could get delivered on the weekends as well? Well the good news for Amazon Prime customers is that the answer is a resounding YES.

This was announced by Amazon as the company has revealed that they have teamed up with the United States Postal Service (USPS) where Prime customers will have their orders delivered to them on Sundays. This service is expected to kick off in New York and Los Angeles and will see an expansion to other cities such as Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Phoenix, and more over the course of the next year. It is unclear as to whether Amazon will extend this service to customers purchasing from overseas, although we reckon it might get pretty complicated given that they might have a lot of different mail services to negotiate, but one can hope, right? [Press Release]

Amazon To Offer Sunday Deliveries For Prime Customers original content from Ubergizmo.

Microsoft announced a few months ago their current CEO, Steve Ballmer, will be retiring within a year. That means the company is currently scrambling to find a new leader, and one such person that is in the running is Nokia’s former CEO, Stephen Elop. If you enjoy any of Microsoft’s Xbox-related products and services or Bing, then you might want to pray to whatever you believe in Elop doesn’t get picked as he has admitted to some big plans for both Microsoft-owned products. (more…)

Microsoft CEO Candidate Stephen Elop Reportedly Considering Selling Xbox, Killing Bing original content from Ubergizmo.

Instagram is an extremely popular photo-sharing social media service that allows its users around the world to share both photos and videos to any of their followers, as well as strangers if they’d like. Hashtags help a user find content they’re interested in by filtering user’s posts to show only a specific topic. It looks like some Instagram users were using the service and hashtags to sell illegal drugs online. (more…)

Instagram Shutting Down Hashtags Related To Selling Illegal Drugs original content from Ubergizmo.

Back in September, Google launched a new design for its YouTube comments while also promising the company would start implementing users’ Google+ profile, making it a little bit more difficult for the everyday Joe to be an everyday troll. It’s been over a month since Google said they’d be making that drastic change in the future, and it looks like all is ready as the company has pulled the trigger to make the update go live.

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Google Rolls Out New YouTube Commenting System With Google+ Integration original content from Ubergizmo.