Having learned a very important lesson from the great Gmail redesign disaster of 2011, Google isn't forcing its users to switch over to the new tabbed design the company announced Wednesday. But it might be asking you on a date with its introductory video.
Among the many adventures that Google has announced at its annual developer conference this week is a multi-pronged plan to integrate Google Wallet into every aspect of your shopping life.
After a disruption this morning, the Google App Status Dashboard has everything running again:
Google's new "digital afterlife" feature feels creepy and morbid, but it's the kind of responsible data control we should embrace for the rest of our Internet selves.
In its latest attempt to take down Google with a negative fervor unseen since, well, November, Microsoft has begun a three-month ad campaign for Outlook that will cost between $30 and $90 million — and focus almost entirely on how terrible Gmail is.
There's a new iPhone mail-app that has people excited because, like many email clients before it, it has potential to make longform Internet communication less painful.
The pursuit of Zero Dark Inbox is a diligent movement to eliminate all unread messages, but what about the rest of us?
Google has yet to offer an official explanation for the widespread outages that hit Gmail, Drive, Chrome, and more of its products late this morning, but explanations are beginning to surface for a minor Internet plague that continues into the afternoon.
After the first two versions didn't go so well, Google released a third edition of its email app today — and it seems to be a serious upgrade. (We think.)
For a few minutes, the already deprived masses thought that the 21st century comfort gods had taken away Google's services, in addition to the electricity, cell service, and WiFi that Sandy had left them without.
After Iranians were enraged over the government's decision to block Gmail last week, Iran thinks it has found a way to keep everyone happy. Iran will introduce their own domestic version of Gmail that will totally be just as good.
If it feels like there have been a lot of password hacks this year, it's because there have been more than usual, and Ars Technica's Dan Goodin explains why that is.
Microsoft just revamped its Hotmail email client, which is now called Outlook.com, and while a lot of people abandoned the free mail service, it's especially worth considering in light of Gmail's not-so-well-received redesign from late last year.
This morning we felt isolated from the world, cut off from communication, and suffering from a lack of morning gossip--yes folks, Google Talk (or more commonly known as Gchat) is officially down.
Old Gmail is (finally) dead. It's time to finally accept that the redesign is here to stay.
Maybe Gmail's stronger in Google headquarters and that's why it came late to the news that the service went down for some users.
You can tweak the settings; you can educate yourself about the settings; but you cannot opt out of Google's data collection. That is, unless you stop using Google altogether. Let us show you how.
It's easy to get upset about Google's newly announced changes to its privacy policy, because as many have now pointed out, despite Google's mission to not be "evil," the changes have some pretty evil implications.
Instead of just sitting around and complaining on Twitter about the new Gmail, do something about it.
If at first you don't succeed, try again in a couple of weeks.
Alongside Google's Reader and Gmail renovations, Google has finally introduced a native iPhone App.
Colombian blogger Carlos Andres Jimenez got ahold of an released video tour of Gmail's redesign, and it looks awesome.
Despite a few power users, there's still a stigma around using aol.com addresses
The move offline means Google's free programs are more like the software giant's
The virtual workshop will soon be no more
Chinese officials push back against Google assigning blame to China
Congressman wants a better way to police White House staffer's Gmails
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