Have you seen or tried the new Gmail interface? The new look was officially announced and launched last week so I’m sure some of you have already seen it, tried it or even already using it. The new Gmail interface features a cleaner and more modern look, an elastic density design and gives users more [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Gmail team is constantly working on making improvements and adding new features to the service. Earlier today, they announced a new feature in Gmail Labs called Preview Pane which enables the user to quickly and conveniently preview email messages. In the past, users relied on the short snippets to find out what the email [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 1, 2011
While checking my Gmail inbox last week, I noticed a link on the upper right corner of the screen which says – “Switch friends to Gmail“. I got curious so I clicked on it and discovered that it was a campaign that encourages Gmail users to do an “email intervention” and save their family and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 18, 2011
Last week, Google added ZIP and RAR support to the current list of fifteen supported file types. With ZIP and RAR support, you no longer have to download these types of attachments just to access a single file or view/check the contents of the document. When you receive a ZIP or RAR attachment on Gmail, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Late last month, Google gave Gmail users a preview of the new Gmail user interface. The interface redesign is part of a series of updates for the purpose of making Gmail better – look clean, removing unnecessary clutter and at the same time provide an easy and smooth user experience not only for Gmail but [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 15, 2011
Two years ago, Gmail introduced the colors and themes feature allowing users to customize the look and feel of their Gmail inbox by choosing from a preselected set of colors or themes. Yesterday, Gmail introduced a new feature that enabled users to personalize the inbox background by using an uploaded photo or creating their own [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 10, 2011
The Gmail team added a new feature on Gmail Labs yesterday called Smart Labels. This new feature was created to compliment the Priority Inbox and works exactly like the regular labels – filter emails into different sub-folders within your Gmail inbox. The only difference is that once it’s enabled via the Labs tab settings, Smart [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 17, 2011
Hello everyone! Pardon the late edition of the Weekend Roundup. I wasn’t able to publish it early because I woke up late yesterday (had to take someone to the airport at 4 AM) and spent time with the family the rest of the day. Anyways, hope you still enjoy reading this edition of the Weekend [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 7, 2011
Since 2004, Gmail has supported e-mail signing standards like DomainKeys and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) to validate mail with digital signatures and help users identify that the emails they receive are from verified senders like eBay and PayPal. Email authentication doesn’t only verify the identity of the sender but also helps in recognizing potential spam [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Social bookmarking buttons make life easy for users to share content (videos, photos, links, etc.) to popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. However, not all websites or blogs have social bookmarking buttons installed on them so if you want to share a funny video, a cool photo or a link to a news [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 23, 2010
I barely login to the web-based version of Gmail because like some of you already know, I use an email client called Mozilla Thunderbird to access my Gmail account. Because of that, I didn’t notice Gmail’s recent homepage makeover. I only found out about it recently, when I visited the official Gmail Blog and read [...]
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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