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Official Gmail Blog
Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:08 PM Posted by Darren Lewis, Gmail engineer Here on the Gmail team, we're always thinking of ways to help you communicate. Back in the day, we put chat right inside Gmail. Then along came group chat and more emoticons . And when we realized that late night ...
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Official Google Mobile Blog: Introducing Gmail for mobile 2.0
googlemobile.blogspot.com — Overall performance improvement : You should experience significant raw speed improvement, smoother scrolling, and no freezing. Multiple... accounts management : If you have both a Gmail and Google Apps email account, you can easily switch between them ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Introducing Gmail for ...
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Calendar and Docs gadgets
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Calendar and Docs gadgets
gmailblog.blogspot.com — Monday, October 27, 2008 6:57 PM Posted by Dan Pupius, Gmail engineer Gmail Labs has been a... really fun way to easily try out new ideas and get some of our pet feature requests implemented quickly. We wanted to take this to the next level and let you ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Calendar and Docs gadgets
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Google’s New Handy Gmail Tool: Canned Responses
Today @ PC World — ... continues this week with the introduction of Canned Responses . This feature allows you to create a library of short e-mail responses that can be selected in just a few clicks when replying to an e-mail. This feature is handy for anyone who is sick of typing out the identical response to multiple people. I could see this as a handy feature for storing directions to your home or commonly used e-mail responses such as "Unsubscribe: Please remove me from your e-mailing list." You can take Canned Responses a step further, ...

Google Adds Colorful (and Animated) Emoticons to Gmail!
GeekSugar — What's with Google rolling-out all the Gmail upgrades lately? First with the Gmail Mobile Enhancements and now Gmail finally has emoticons? Whatever their reasons, I'm just glad they did! To start using these colorful cartoons, just click on the smiley face located in the formatting toolbar when you are composing an email (if you don't see it, make sure you have rich formatting turned on and sign out and sign back in), and start clicking away to add wonderful emoticons to your emails!

Updated Gmail launches for iPhone and Android handsets
T3.com News — ... server in the background when you get a good connection. And it also means you can work offline to some extent, composing mail and opening recently-read messages even if your connection has gone walkabout. And according to Google, this is just the start, with 'faster performance, improved offline operation, new functionality, and interface enhancements' all heading your way very soon. The new version of Gmail for mobile is available right now. Link: Gmail Blog   Video: HTC Magic Android G2 mobile ...

Updated Gmail for mobile launches for iPhone and Android handsets
T3.com All — ... phone, then replicated on the server in the background when you get a good connection. And it also means you can work offline to some extent, composing mail and opening recently-read messages even if your connection has gone walkabout. And according to Google, this is just the start, with 'faster performance, improved offline operation, new functionality, and interface enhancements' all heading your way very soon. The new version of Gmail for mobile is available right now. Link: Gmail Blog Related links: [image]

Updated Gmail launches for iPhone and Android handsets
T3.com All — ... phone, then replicated on the server in the background when you get a good connection. And it also means you can work offline to some extent, composing mail and opening recently-read messages even if your connection has gone walkabout. And according to Google, this is just the start, with 'faster performance, improved offline operation, new functionality, and interface enhancements' all heading your way very soon. The new version of Gmail for mobile is available right now. Link: Gmail Blog Related links: [image]

Gmail Labs' 5 Best and 5 Worst Features
Today @ PC World — [image] Google's announced a new addition to its list of Gmail Labs offerings: a built-in Google Search feature. The option, once activated, adds a Web search box onto the left side of your inbox, letting you get results without having to do the extra work. Gmail Labs: Integrated Google Search The integrated Google Search option could prove to be pretty handy for regular Gmail users: Click on a result, and it opens in a new window. Go back to your inbox, and you can easily click to insert the link into an e-mail or chat session. [image] The built-in Google Search is ...

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