Posts Tagged ‘gmail’

The latest entry in the official Google Mobile Blog start off by saying: Sometimes when I’m using Gmail on my phone, I delete a message by mistake or label it incorrectly. Google is obviously watching what we are doing because that is certainly something I do all too often. And, while using Google’s Gmail app for Android, I don’t know how many times I’ve muted an email instead of pressing “Mark unread” or the “More” button next to it.

In Google’s effort to move all of us off of native apps on to their web apps (think Chrome OS), you can undo “archive”, “delete”, “add or remove a label”, or move a messasge/conversation if you use Google’s Gmail mobile web interface (they call it a “mobile web app”).

Undo certain Gmail actions in your mobile browser

This new Gmail mobile web app can be used with the web browsers on Android or iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) devices.

Google launched computer-to-phone calling from Gmail accounts back in August, assuring users that the service would be free until the end of 2010. As a surprise holiday gift, Google is extending the free calling through all of 2011.

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Google announced via a mass email on its Gmail service that it reached a settlement in a class-action suit over privacy concerns with its Google Buzz social component to Gmail. Users of its email service will not receive compensation, but the search-engine giant will commit $8.5 million to an independent fund to support Internet privacy education. The Google Buzz email:

Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz, a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.

Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.

The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users’ concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the Web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.

Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before Dec. 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on Jan.31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com.

This mandatory announcement was sent to all Gmail users in the United States as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Threaded conversations on Gmail: you either loved it or hated it, but now you have a choice. Google has announced it will start letting users choose between the current, threaded “conversation” view, which groups messages with the same subject in a user’s inbox, and a more traditional style in-box which will just display incoming emails in the order they were received. The change is a concession from Google on a distinguishing feature of a trademark service. It also forces the company to do something it’s not known to love, deliver users a “traditional” service, just like everyone else.

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Google announced a new communication service this week – you can dial up your friends and talk to them on their phones through your computer. The service joins Gmail’s other capabilities – like instant chatting, videochatting and of course e-mailing – and is probably not a function that mobile providers are rejoicing over. While many are calling the Gmail phone a competitor to Skype, mobile providers across the board may have cause for jealousy. Here are the big reasons why Gmail’s snazzy new dialing power might alarm mobile providers. Read more

Using Gmail Labs you have a possibility to add gadgets to standard mailbox. Gmail gadgets will enable different usability features that may help you sort/filter/search email and do a bunch of other stuff.

But gadgets on the labs page are just a beginning – if you want to experience more functionality and reach for other possibilities developers can offer, you need to search for gadgets on web yourself. Did I said search? Just read this article!

First you need to enable “Add any gadget by URL” functionality on Gmail Labs. To do so you need to go to Settings > Labs and switch to Enable button next to “Add any gadget by URL” gadget. After that you will be able to add gadgets by submitting the URL in the Settings > Gadgets page.

1) Twitter Gmail Gadget

There are several Twitter gadgets you can use but I found that this one works best for me. You can post instant tweets straight form the Gmail and browse your friend tweets. I would say that this gadget turns Gmail into pretty decent Twitter client.

Gadget URL: http://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml

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Even the most anal retentive writer has made the blunder and sent an e-mail with a typo. Or, worse yet, replied to all when the message was meant for a party of one.

If you’re like me and the tens of millions of others who use Gmail as your primary email, you could get a mulligan.

An experimental feature called “Undo Send” has been launched within Google’s testing ground, Google Labs. The functionality will show an “Undo” pop-up that displays for five seconds. If you catch an error or change your mind, Gmail will retrieve the e-mail in draft form and give you the option to make changes or discard the message altogether.

In my world, the biggest offender is the missing file attachment.

In order to use this and other experimental features, you must have Google Labs activated. This can be done within the “Settings” tab of your Google Account.

Gmail is the third most popular e-mail site at this time, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see it eclipse the Yahoo/Microsoft alternatives in the future.

P.S. – Happy 5th birthday, Gmail. My how you’ve grown.

For those who have been keeping an eye on Google Labs for cool features under beta testing by Google, you must have noticed a new entry into the list of beta features of Gmail simply called Tasks. This new feature as you may have guess immediately would allow Gmail users to keep track of what they need to do. In short, this is a Task Manager or To-Do Manager, or GTD, in what Google calls as a lightweight version. Read more

Recently, Google has just rolled a new feature for Gmail and quite honestly it could either be a good and bad feature depending on a user’s perspective. I’m talking about Gmail’s new Themes, which is similar to what Google did with its startpage product, iGoogle. The new Gmail Themes customization feature could either annoy loyal Gmail users who are so used to the Classic Gmail layout or entice them to use Gmail more often since it gives a new take on the whole Gmail aethetic environment. Read more

There are two not-so-big news coming from Google’s popular Gmail client recently. One has something to do with version 2.0 of Google Mail Mobile while the other one was about a new feature of Gmail. This new feature, hold your breath now are those cutesy little icons we use to use in online forums and chats called emoticons. Yes, you heard it right, Gmail just get some spanking new set of emoticons. It’s kinda late for Gmail to introduce emoticons in its entire functionality, but it still spark some interest and fun to us Gmail users. Read more