Gmail

Gmail is Google's entry into the webmail industry.

Officially known as Google Mail, Gmail was born on April 1st, 2004. Gmail was first just an invitation-only application, but was finally released to the general public in February of 2007, a little less than three years later. Initially only giving users 1 GB storage, Google quickly upped the number to 7200 MB to help combat Yahoo! Mail's change to offering its basic users free unlimited storage.

In 2008, Google introduced Google Labs to Gmail's interface, allowing users to add a series of tools to their accounts. One of the more noteworthy applications added in October 2008 was Mail Goggles. This application forces users to solve simple math problems before sending email while potentially intoxicating, preventing a user from "drunk emailing" someone that they could possibly regret later on.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “Gmail”

• in Blogging
  Getting the 'Gist' of Social Media
  Gist - A new aggregator that ties social media, email and CRM
  by conradhall / on Dec 1, 2009
• in Technology
  Gmail Lets You Get Attached While Offline
  Now Gmail lets you get your attachment on while offline
  by aniruddh / on Nov 24, 2009
• in Android
  Gmail "Green Robot" Displays Contacts Currently Using Android
  Gmail adds up a new feature which shows which contacts are currently using chat using the Android phones.
  by aniruddh / on Nov 18, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Gmail”

• Merge Duplicate contacts in Gmail

  
  Technospot.net — Authority: 476
  Gmail Contacts now allows you to merge duplicate contacts which are generally identified on basis of names. This feature must has introduced a bit back by seems to have noticed by few of Gmail users. I had like 30 contacts which has 2 email id which is now merged into one. Pretty awesome. Now all I need is to edit ...
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• Gmail Adds New Features

  
  HTMLCenter Web Development Blog — Authority: 120
  The Gmail team has been busy working on new features for the Web-based e-mail service. Over the last two days, two major new features have been added. First of all, a feature to mark part of a conversation unread has been added to the “labs” (the beta test version of Gmail). This new feature will allow you to ...
  7 hours ago

• Find & Merge duplicate Gmail contacts automatically

  
  Techno Life @ tothepc.com — Authority: 509
  Contacts listing grow as we send and receive emails in Gmail. It is important to keep contacts organized and tidy for easy navigation to required contact at specific time. We have already seen how to merge duplicate contacts one by one in Gmail contact manager. Now you can automate this task of finding and merging ...
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• Gmail Introduces Duplicate Contact Cleaner for Merging Contacts

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 497
  Quite sometime back we had told you how to remove duplicate contacts in Windows Live Hotmail and removing duplicate contacts in Yahoo Mail , back then Gmail did not have the ability to remove duplicate contacts. However, there was an announcement at the Gmail Blog today, where they introduced a new feature to ...
  10 hours ago

• SWEET: Merge All of Your Duplicate Gmail Contacts With One Click

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 856
  Gmail has an array of useful and unique features that have really made e-mail a slightly more pleasurable experience (or more aptly, a less painful one). We love the fact that you can undo sent messages , stop yourself from e-mailing the wrong person , and customize your navigation bar . While those are great ...
  10 hours ago

• Geek Tip: Work in Gmail Without an Internet Connection

  
  GeekSugar — Authority: 638
  I wrote about offline Gmail nearly a year ago when it was a brand-new feature in Labs, but last week the program graduated, and is now a regular Gmail feature . If youre not familiar with the concept, offline Gmail allows you to use the regular Gmail interface to read, write, edit, search, and organize email ...
  16 hours ago

• Make Thunderbird 3 Your Ultimate Online/Offline Message Hub [Messaging]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 805
  You may be a diehard Gmail user, prone to declaring desktop email clients dead. Thats fine. We still think youll find Thunderbird 3 to be a better offline email solution, and a really convenient aggregator for all your inboxes. What follows is a guide for getting Thunderbird 3 set up as a dedicated offline email ...
  17 hours ago

• Google Own URL Shortner – Goog.gl

  
  Tweaking Windows — Authority: 124
  Google has launched its own URL shortner i.e Goog.gl, earlier to this facebook has already launched its own URL Shortner. With this service you can takes long URLs and squeezes into fewer characters to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or email to friends. The Main aims of this service are as [...]
  20 hours ago

• Cant creat gmail account ;(

  
  iLUVcontest — Authority: 434
  My mobile phone cannot use to login blogs or email :( I am using K700i SE. Below is the one shown at the site after I tried sign up. Sorry, youre going to need a Gmail account. You cannot log into Google Page Creator using your Google Account username and password. Google Page Creator is in a limited test period ...
  20 hours ago

• Dashboard you see this?

  
  iLUVcontest — Authority: 434
  Let me know if you see this at your blogger account, I saw it and not understand at all. What is this about? Update your templates Your templates include links to files hosted on Google Page Creator , a service that is soon migrating to Google Sites . Do you want Blogger to update those links now? Learn ...
  21 hours ago

• How To Recover Google Account Password From Picasa, GTalk, Chrome, Gmail Notifier ?

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 142
  If you have a Google account, it is valid for all of the accesses from Google like Gmail, Picasa, YouTube etc. If you login any of these services, you can access others simultaneously. But the trouble is password missing. If you miss the password, you cant access any of the services. At the same time, you can recover ...
  1 day ago

• How to hack your friends’ passwords for facebook, myspace, runescape, twitter, gmail, etc

  
  Windows Operation System — Authority: 169
  i showed you, then have them log in on your computer. voila! that’s it, you now have their username and password to anything they logged into, weither it was on firefox, internet explorer, or a program such as outlook or a game. here is the link to the program: generator.cctfiles.com TAGS /! Microsoft, Internet ...
  1 day ago

• How to mark Email message as UnRead in Gmail

  
  Techno Life @ tothepc.com — Authority: 509
  Sometimes we open an email message but do not have time to read it. We mark the message “unread” to make it appear in unread messages for easy identification to read that message next time you open Gmail inbox. If you happen to receive lot of emails, then “mark unread” option can come ready handy to track ...
  1 day ago

• New Gmail Labs Feature “Mark Unread from Here”

  
  Technofriends — Authority: 436
  Gmail has released a new labs feature called “Mark Unread from here”. This labs feature is very useful if you have email threads which run into many replies back and forth. For such emails, if you mark the email as “Unread”, it will return to its previously read state without updating to show what you just ...
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• Mozilla Launches Thunderbird 3 – Firefox’s Free Email Twin [groovyReview]

  
  groovyPost.com Community — Authority: 130
  After being in development for over 2 years from the last release, Mozilla has unveiled Thunderbird version 3.0.  This FREE open-source bird has grown quite a bit and is a new force to be reckoned within the email domain.  The number one thing to talk about with Thunderbird is speed! This thing is fast!  The new ...
  1 day ago

• How to Control Your Inbox

  
  Books-And-Writing.Com — Authority: 140
  Getting too many emails, especially unwanted ones can be an annoying business for someone leading an extremely busy work life. But emails are actually a medium of communication many organizations use to promote their product range. These emails can be sent in bulk form to the recipients. The sad thing to note is that ...
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• Walking in the Hills of Transylvania

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 158
  I am an American filmmaker who traveled to Transylvania to gather stories of vampires, werewolves and forest spirits for a yet unreleased independent documentary. I collected over 42 hours of interviews with subjects who believe in creatures that are generally only found in fiction. A five minute video of some of the ...
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• Can I change a senders display name in Gmail?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 618
  I would like Gmail to display a senders name as I have entered it in my contacts, not as the sender has specified it. Is this possible? I have a contact who uses a made-up name on his email account -- so lets say email from him shows up in my inbox as being from "Bill Watson" even though his actual name is "Warren ...
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• Los Angeles adopts Google for IT services

  
  TECH.BLORGE.com — Authority: 626
  The world takeover by Internet powerhouse Google continues with the city of Los Angeles adopting Google for its cloud-based technology needs.Google announced today via its official blog that the city of Los Angeles is adopting Google Apps for its e-mail and document needs.  According to Randi Levin, Chief Technology ...
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• Mail2Web Hosted Exchange Brings in webOS

  
  PreCentral.net — Authority: 669
  Do you want Microsoft Exchange for all that magical calendar, email, and contacts syncing and pushing onto your webOS phone, but don’t feel like paying for a server all your own? Mail2Web may be the solution you’ve been looking for. The service hooks into your current email accounts, including Gmail and Hotmail, ...
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