Category: Gmail

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[Gmail] Two new changes to Contacts groups

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Gmail in its yet another update has made two changes to the highly used Contacts section. Using groups in Gmail Contacts can be highly beneficial specially if you frequently email few people. In the Compose section, you can insert all the contacts under a particular group by just typing the name of that group.

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[Gmail Update] Desktop Notifications for new Emails & Chat

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Google in its yet another approach to make Gmail more friendly has introduced Desktop Notifications for Chats and any new Email messages. Desktop Notifications are possible under the pretext of HTML5 and available only for Chrome users as of now. This is clearly another attempt to attract users to Google Chrome browser which already has a market segment of more than 10% worldwide.

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[Gmail Update] Unread Message Icon with Gmail Labs

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I was not much surprised to see this Lab update from Gmail as my expectations from Google has always been high. A new feature called “Unread Message Icon” has been introduced in Gmail Labs. If you have always been that neat and clean with your Gmail inbox, then keeping a close watch on the number of Unread emails must be crucial for you. This is even easy if you just see the title of your Gmail tab, however just turns difficult when there are a lot of tabs opened simultaneously in your browser window.

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[Gmail Update] Gmail Labs has new search feature

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In a recent update, Google has added a Search feature for its Labs section at Google Mail. Till now, users had to either scroll through the Labs page in the Gmail settings or look for a Lab through Google search but this also has been made easy by adding a small search box at the top of the Gmail Labs page.

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Google releases list of changes it will make with Gmail Tasks

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Google has conducted a survey for Gmail users. The survey was one about one of the most underrated features of Gmail. That is the “Tasks” features. Tasks was highlighted in the latest Gmail layout upgrade. Now Google has revealed a list of the features they will add to Gmail Tasks.

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[Gmail] Schedule an email to be sent later with Boomerang

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At work my email is managed thanks to Google Apps and my personal email account is on Gmail. Gmail has many fantastic features but lacks an email scheduler. Most times we do not need an email to be sent out at a later date but there are special occasions when I wish we could just schedule some emails out to people.

This happens many times during birthday’s and also occasions like Diwali, Christmas and New Year.

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Enable Email Delegation on your Gmail account

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Now a days, almost everyone I know has two email accounts. Most times it is an email for work and another one which is personal. I know many people (that includes me ), who have more than a few email …

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Enable Smart Mute to keep Gmail Inbox clean

Enable Smart Mute to keep Gmail Inbox clean

Gmail has this knack of being really useful. The choices are so many with filters and lab features that it difficult to know which one you want. Threaded conversation make it really neat for users to actually look up new …

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Steps recommended by Google to secure Gmail

Steps recommended by Google to secure Gmail

This Sunday, I am writing a slightly non-techie post but important one. Most of our readers are pretty much careful and aware of internet security. Recently on reading a post about keeping Gmail secure I thought it would be important to share some important aspects of keeping your Gmail account safe.

The nightmare scenario is having your Gmail account compromised. I mean most people use their email to subscribe to other services, store passwords and when it comes to Google use it for Google Reader, YouTube, Orkut etc…

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Gmail offers unthreaded conversations!

Gmail offers unthreaded conversations!

Gmail gave us Priority Inbox and also a redesign which more prominence to Mails, Contacts and Tasks. It was probably used to make Yahoo Mail and Hotmail users to feel more familiar with the layout. I understood the logic of Gmail but did not the changes wholeheartedly. I mean many of us do use Gmail because it is different from other services.
Gmail offers unthreaded conversation with a opt-out option which makes it look a lot more like Hotmail and Yahoo Mail.

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