Maybe it got the idea from Latitude, but those folks at Gmail Labs have revealed a feature that will add your location to any email that you send. While IT administrators and geeks will argue that you can always look at email headers and do some magic with IP addresses to get that information, having [...]
Google’s on a roll. First there was the improved labels for Gmail, then came Latitude for mobile tracking. Now, it’s announcing that multiple inboxes are available for Gmail. It sounds great, but what would you need that for, right? Before you get excited, it’s not what you think. You won’t be importing your Yahoo mail [...]
Google has updated Gmail again. This time, it jazzed up labeling to make them more useful. First, labels are now more obvious. The buttons on top of your email are going to look differently. Second, you should be able to label and archive email at the same time, removing that extra step needed in the [...]
Google is experimenting with a Gmail feature that you’re unlikely to see in other webmail services: an offline mode. As always, you can sign up for it if you like. Here’s how it works: Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you’re [...]
If you’ve got a Gmail account, chances are you’re not only using it purely for what it was intended for (which is email, if I have to spell it out). There’s chat, links to other Google services and the like. Its large storage capacity also makes it perfect as an online hard drive, if you [...]
Document writers will tell you that PDFs are very handy. It’s a widely-recognized format that has become the de facto standard for written technical solutions, manuals and even promotional material. Unfortunately, they’re quite a hassle to open. Every time you click on a PDF link online there’s a delay before the document opens in Adobe [...]
Regardless of what software or service you use, turning email into a document isn’t a straightforward thing. The process usually involves using multiple software, a lot of copying and pasting, then reformatting it to make it more presentable. While the length of the email ultimately determines the difficulty of the task, I’m sure you’re looking [...]
Google has added a new feature to Gmail to keep you posted on things you need to do. It’s called “Tasks”, which is the same word that Outlook uses for exactly the same feature, so there’s no hiding who or what Google is gunning for here. As the name implies, it’s basically a reminder tool, [...]
Gmail’s marketing machine is stepping out of the usual confines of the Internet and is moving to the real world with Gmail stickers. Now, not only will people know that you’re a Gmail user, they’ll also know that you’re proud of being one. Here’s a summary of the available designs, which includes a unicorn. There’s [...]
If you’ve got your Gmail integrated in your life so much it’s hard to imagine how to live without it, then make it a part of your desktop. Google has finally made it official: the Gmail gadget is here. If you’ve got Google Desktop for Windows, then you can add Gmail to it and make [...]
