Aug 05

Gmail’s Preview Pane brings ‘tablet-like’ layout to your browser, but kills Multiple Inboxes

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Google’s still doing a fine job of ignoring Gcal’s inability to routinely provide alerts and notifications to select users (nah, we’re not bitter), but at least the Gmail team seems to be firing on all cylinders. Just this week, the outfit revealed its newest Labs feature — Preview Pane. As you’ve probably gleaned from the title, it provides a “tablet-like” layout that’s actually similar to standalone mail clients from yesteryear, and for those with more vertical space than horizontal, there’s even an option to split the divider in that manner. In practice, we found it drop-dead simple to use, and it’s largely an improvement over the stock Gmail layout. The only issue? It nukes Multiple Inboxes, so those accustomed to scrolling down and easily clicking into their Starred emails (for example) will likely be reverting back with dreams dashed. See if it’s in your Settings pane and give it a go — who knows, it might be love.

Gmail’s Preview Pane brings ‘tablet-like’ layout to your browser, but kills Multiple Inboxes originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 04

Gmail for Mobile gets a facelift, now ready for its Retina Display close-up

Posted in: app, Apple, blackberry playbook, BlackberryPlaybook, Gmail, Google, ios, mobile, playbook, Today's Chili, twitter

Gmail for mobile was looking a little tired around the eyes, so Google went ahead and gave the ol’ web app a cosmetic lift. The update, announced on the Gmail blog, packs a hat trick’s worth of tweaks aimed squarely at iOS and QNX (read: BB PlayBook) users. Email messages can now be manually refreshed with a top-down pull and release — a feature similar to Twitter’s own drag-down approach. The team also added a bit of finesse to inbox navigation with new sliding transitions, and even beefed up the graphical interface, taking full advantage of that Retina Display. Curious to see these tune-ups in action? Then head to the source for your own hands-on.

Gmail for Mobile gets a facelift, now ready for its Retina Display close-up originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 02

Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and cheaper calls

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili, VoIP
Kon’nichiwa, hola, and bonjour says Google, as it expands Gmail calling to support a total of 38 languages and four currencies including Euros, British pounds and Canadian / US dolla dolla bills y’all. The calling feature allows Gmail users to call landlines and mobile phones from within their Gmail browser for next to nothing, making the email center a one-stop shop for IMs, emails, video and voice calls. The year-old service is lowering its call rates to $0.10 per minute to mobile phones in the UK, France, and Germany, $0.15 per minute to Mexico, and $0.02 per minute to any number in China and India. Calling landlines is even cheaper — which would be fantastic if you actually knew someone that still used one. The expanded language support and cheaper calls adds another piece of ammo to Google’s arsenal as it goes head-to-head with Skype (which charges $0.18 – $0.25 per minute for calls to UK mobile numbers), after the company conveniently partnered with Google+’s arch nemesis for calls from within the social network. But hey, at least those late-night arguments won’t cost the former nearly as much as it once did.

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Move over Skype, calling from Gmail now supports 38 languages and cheaper calls originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 01

Keyboard Shortcut Pop-up Menu Now in Gmail

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on December 06, 2007 by CyberNet.

Keyboard shortcuts are considered by some to be the next best thing since sliced bread. It can increase productivity and save you time by keeping you from reaching for the mouse anytime you need to do something. I don’t know about you, but I can’t imagine not having shortcuts for things like copying and pasting, or undoing something. Originally keyboard shortcuts were only offered in desktop applications, but they’ve made their way into online applications and services as well like Gmail.

While Gmail has offered keyboard shortcuts, it’s been difficult to remember what all of the shortcuts do.  Sure, it’s easy to remember that pressing “c” is for composing a message, but it’s not as easy to remember that pressing “g” then “d” will take you to your drafts. A Greasemonkey script that some of you may be familiar with called Gmail Macros reference pop-up helped solve that issue by showing a nice pop-up with all of the shortcuts listed. The Gmail team must have realized that this is something they should incorporate into Gmail if they want people to make the most out of shortcuts because now there’s a handy keyboard shortcut guide.

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Displayed above, the shortcut guide is accessed by pressing the question mark key (on most keyboards in the U.S., remember to press shift+question mark key). Considering that the person who created the Greasemonkey script works for Google, it’s no surprise that the interface between the built-in guide and the one offered with the script are nearly identical. This will certainly come in handy for those of us who are shortcut junkies, especially because the menu pops-up fast. Keep in mind though, if you’re using The Google Apps version of Gmail, this feature along with the colored labels which were introduced this week are not available yet.

Source: Lifehacker

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Jul 29

Microsoft’s Office 365 video takes a jab at Google with “Gmail Man”

Posted in: ad, Gmail, Google, Microsoft, Today's Chili, video

All’s fair in love and war as Microsoft and Google are well aware of. It looks like Microsoft has taken a jab at Google in a video shown at its annual Microsoft Global Exchange sales conference. The conference is held to help the company’s sales representatives sell more Microsoft products. The latest product Microsoft is […]

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Jul 28

Gmail v2.3.5 for Android adds label-specific ringtones and sync priority mail only options

Posted in: Android, android market, AndroidMarket, app, Gmail, Google, sync, Today's Chili, update

If you love Gmail and need to access it on the go, you probably already know that Google’s Android platform is the best way to do so, and with the new v2.3.5 it’s getting even better. The top two new features this time around include the ability to sync only priority messages (saving battery life and keeping unimportant messages at bay) and the ability to individually set notifications and ringtones for any of the labels in your inbox. The Android Market website is still showing version 2.3.4.1, but we successfully upgraded via the Market on our devices. Also new are features like remembering “Show Pictures” for specific senders, a toggle for sticky message actions in all orientations as well as improved overall performance and TalkBack screen reader support.

Update: The website is now showing all the details for 2.3.5, hit the source link to update or just check the official list after the break.

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Gmail v2.3.5 for Android adds label-specific ringtones and sync priority mail only options originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 21

Google ‘winding down’ Labs, likely due to meddling older sister

Posted in: Android, android market, AndroidMarket, Gmail, Google, Today's Chili
Google Labs, that breeding ground for the wacky, sublime, and sometimes useful experiments that Mountain View’s scooter-loving employees are so fond of, is getting ready to “wind down.” The software giant announced today that the experimental forum for testing out potential features is being sidelined, in order for the company to focus on bigger picture ideas. Some of the more useful experimentation for properties like Calendar and Gmail will stick around, as will the Labs experiments that eventually made their way into the Android market. Google has promised to keep us all in the loop during the transition, so perhaps we can pick up a few secondhand test tubes for our own collections.

Google ‘winding down’ Labs, likely due to meddling older sister originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 15

Google Uses Theater to Promote Gmail?

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on February 14, 2007 by CyberNet.

Seeing that Google just opened their doors to new registrations it was a sure thing that they would really start to promote the service. In classic Google fashion they thought outside the box in order to include humor in discussing Gmail’s biggest features. Don’t understand? Let me present to you Gmail Theater (yes, this was really created by Google):

Gmail Chat Heart Gmail also has a Valentine’s Day related emoticon that you can take advantage of if you use Gmail Chat. It is the heart which can be sent by using the character combination “<3″ in your chat message. If you didn’t already know, Gmail Chat has a bunch of emoticons available for you to use that are actually “animated.” They aren’t anything overly special, but ironically they do a lot more than the Google Talk emoticons…which really boggles my mind.

It will also be interesting to see if opening Gmail up to new registrations (without the hassle of using a cellphone) will help Google’s traffic. According to Alexa it is the third most visited site right now only behind Yahoo and MSN, who are number 1 and 2 respectively. I pulled up the Alexa graph for Google.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, and Live.com to show you where their traffic has been at over the last several months:

Google Yahoo MSN Live Alexa Ranks

As you can see, Google took the reigns for a little while, but it didn’t last very long. What was very surprising to me is the growth that MSN has been seeing, which appears to be at a more rapid pace than what Live.com is even seeing. One thing that is important though is that Microsoft has both MSN and Live.com in the top ten sites on the Internet while Google has itself, YouTube, and Orkut all in the top ten.

It will be fun to see the three biggest Web portals compete to win over the consumers, and it is all going to ride on who can be the most innovative. While I’m a huge fan of Google it wouldn’t surprise me if Microsoft or Yahoo had a trick up their sleeve, but maybe Google’s GDrive storage solution will give them more users?

Source: Google Blog

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Jul 12

Google Voice adds spam filter, lets solicitors get caught in the web

Posted in: app, Gmail, Google, security, Today's Chili

Remember when your legitimate emails were flanked by dozens of grammatically nightmarish blurbs, peddling pills, x-rated services, and Nigerian scams? If you use Gmail, most of that garbage no longer arrives in your inbox, instead making its way to a spam folder, where it’s held for a month before ending its journey at the Google graveyard. Now, Mountain View is applying that same concept to your Google Voice calls, flagging unsolicited calls, texts, and voicemails, then booting them to a spam folder. The company’s servers use collected data from other users marking similar messages as spam, as well as propriety identification tools, to help ensure that those generic creditor or vacation sweepstakes calls never make it to your phone. And like GMail messages, misdirected calls can be marked as “Not Spam” from within the Spam folder, letting them slip through the fence the next time around. GV users can simply check the box next to “Global Spam filtering” on the Calls tab to activate the feature, or hit up the source link for the full scoop.

Google Voice adds spam filter, lets solicitors get caught in the web originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 05

Gmail’s Drafts Folder: Where All Our Dreams Go to Die

Posted in: Email, Gmail, Today's Chili, top

I’ve stacked up 14,279 emails in my Gmail inbox since I joined in Summer ’04. Most of them are pretty mundane. Forgettable. But the drafts folder? A haunting archive of unsent feelings, deflated wishes, and sadness. Our email’s id. More »

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