Android users on Ice Cream Sandwich have benefitted from a better Gmail app, but Google isn’t leaving users on previous Android versions behind. A new update is now available for the app via Google Play, and it brings many goodies. Honeycomb users benefit the most, receiving the same UI as the Ice Cream Sandwich version. Here’s the full rundown: Android… Read more
You may have seen our previous review of a free app from the same developer: GTasks. GNotes is a similar note-taking application that allows you to synchronize with your Gmail account instead of with Google Tasks itself. This allows you to attach audio clips, photos and other files much like you can with the ubiquitous Evernote app on most platforms. If… Read more
Google Labs may be phasing out, but that doesn’t mean new features have to stop rolling out right this minute. If you are longing for the new Mail app in OS X Lion, but are waiting for some bugs to be ironed out, or, if you just happen to like a dual-pane message view, open Gmail and go to Settings, Labs. Under that heading, you’ll find an option for… Read more
Have you tried calling someone’s phone from within Gmail yet? Maybe you weren’t aware of the feature, which is accessible via the little green phone icon in the left pane chat list, amongst the camera video call and circular chat icons. Perhaps you haven’t seen one of those little phones because calling hasn’t been available for most of your friends… Read more
Whether you use Gmail’s forwarding and delegation (account access for other users) for business or personal reasons, forgetting that one or both are enabled can result in some unfortunate circumstances. Changing of jobs, changing of relationships, and other life events that alter with whom and how you communicate happen. Unfortunately, remembering every… Read more
Gmail’s Priority Inbox feature changed the way I read mail. Instead of simply starring messages or going through the hassle of tagging and storing my email somewhere in a long list of folders, I was suddenly able to chose those communications that were most important, have them displayed at the top of my inbox list, and even have Gmail learn from my choices… Read more
If you’ve been using Google+, you already know that the black bar now found at the top of most Google properties is designed to draw you back into the social service, whether by enticing you to go back to the Stream page or simply via clean notifications that you can interact with, in place. Those of you not using + are probably wondering what the heck… Read more
One of the best things about using GMail on the web is how customizable it is. Aside from technical options galore, you’ve been able to change the colors of different elements, or apply predesigned themes found in the settings, for quite some time now. Starting today, Google is adding yet another personalization option to GMail: custom… Read more
0.08% of the Gmail population doesn’t seem like much, but it’s an estimated 150,000 accounts. According to Google, that’s the amount of people affected by an “issue” in Gmail deleting stored content. Essentially, some Gmail accounts have been emptied of all their messages, chats, etc. Google engineers have been working around the clock to sort the… Read more
When it gets to a point where thirty to fifty e-mails a day are normal, Gmail labels can become a life-saver. Today, Google is giving the long time Gmail feature a small makeover in the form of a new drop down menu and some new filters. The new look is indeed “spiffed up,” as Google says, but the new filters are what’s really important. Along with… Read more
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