Gmail Labs Gets SMS in Chat Again--For Real This Time [Gmail]

lifehacker.com - 12/11/2008

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After a pulled-back launch back in late October, Google has re-released SMS capabilities in Gmail Chat. It's still an "experimental feature" in Gmail Labs, but presumably after the false start it'll...

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Official Gmail Blog: Get your Gmail stickers

— gmailblog.blogspot.com — Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:27 PM Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Gmail Product Marketing Manager Not too long ago, one of the Gmail engineers broke out her vinyl cutter and made some Gmail m-velope stickers. Pretty soon, they were pasted to our desks, ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: Get your Gmail stickers

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Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks

— gmailblog.blogspot.com — Monday, December 08, 2008 3:51 PM Posted by Jonathan Terleski, Michael Lancaster, and Brett Lider, Tasks team People use Gmail to get stuff done, so we've added a lightweight way to keep track of what you need to do, right from within Gmail. Take ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks

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Official Gmail Blog: Really new in Labs this time: SMS Text Messaging for chat

— gmailblog.blogspot.com — Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:32 PM Posted by Leo Dirac, Product Manager How often do you try to chat with somebody and they don't respond because they just walked away from their computer? Or maybe you're in the middle of chatting with them just as ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: Really new in Labs this time: SMS ...

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How To Send SMS Text Messages With Gmail's Chat [Gmail]
Gizmodo — ... they leave their computer. Just go to the Labs area in preferences to turn it on—you can just enter any number in the Chat contacts bar, or add numbers to your existing contacts. Messages show up being sent from your own unique 406 area code number, and replies will be router back into the Gchat window. You've been able to do this with other IM services for a while, but if you're like me and everyone I know and rarely leave your Gmail pane, this is handy. [Gmail Blog via Lifehacker] ...

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