Gmail

Google on Thursday announced a change to how Gmail handles images: on the desktop, the email service will show images in your messages automatically starting immediately. The change will be rolling out to Gmail for Android and iOS “in early 2014.” Currently, Gmail asks you before showing images in emails. Google, like other companies that Continue Reading →

Google announced on Thursday that it is adding a feature to Gmail and Google Calendar that will let users download their data from the services. Users will be able to download all of their messages or appointments, or choose select labels and calendars. Google also offers the option to download a single archive of all Continue Reading →

Google has fixed a bug in its Gmail account retrieval and password reset process that could have allowed an attacker to fool a user into handing over their details. The bug, discovered by white-hat hacker Oren Hafif, has since been fixed and was confirmed as a ‘high impact’ vulnerability by Googler Sebastian Roschke on Google Continue Reading →

Google is releasing yet another update to Gmail on Tuesday, which sees deeper Google Drive integration coming to the company’s email platform. Now users will be able to skip the whole process involved with downloading email attachments, and instead view and save their files directly to Google Drive – without leaving their inbox. This change Continue Reading →

Google has quietly rolled out a new design for Gmail’s main log-in page on the Web. Chances are, you may not have noticed this given that, well, you probably remain logged-in to Gmail for the most part. But the good folks at Zinx observed this refresh earlier today, and we’re seeing a few whispers of Continue Reading →

If you had problems receiving emails or opening attachments with Gmail on Monday, you weren’t the only one. Google says that Monday’s Gmail outage delayed 29 percent of all emails sent from 8:54AM to roughly 7:00PM ET, with an average delay time of 2.6 seconds. But one and a half percent of emails saw a Continue Reading →

Google recently announced it was getting rid of its “20% policy,” which has given us products like Gmail, Google Talk and more. This policy let Google employees work on their own side projects one day a week, whatever they may be. The policy was so popular that many other Silicon Valley companies followed suit and Continue Reading →

It’s time to bid the old Gmail compose farewell, now that the service is sunsetting the antiquated interface completely. We can’t say we didn’t see it coming when pop-up compose became the default option, but we’ll bet that doesn’t make things easier for those who’ve been dreading this moment. If you’ve been holding on to Continue Reading →

Google has announced plans to begin pulling information from your Gmail, Google Calendar and Google+ accounts to serve up personalized results like flight times, reservations and plans. The company says the personalized data will be provided via an encrypted connection, and, of course, the service will only operate when logged in to an account. Those Continue Reading →

If you use Gmail, you probably noticed that your Inbox looks a little different lately. Google recently rolled out a new interface that sorts your inbox’s messages into different tabs. You can still keep all of your important e-mail in your main inbox, but relegate newsletters and sales promotions to their own place, and e-mails Continue Reading →