Official Gmail Blog: 2 hidden ways to get more from your Gmail address (8)
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Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerI recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can give you greater control over your inbox and save you some time and headache. When you choose a Gmail address, you actually get more than just "yourusername@gmail.com." Here are two different ways you can modify your Gmail address and still get your mail: Append a plus ("+") sign and any combination of words or numbers ...
See what Obama, McCain and leading political pundits are reading (14)
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Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerToday we announced that both the Obama and McCain campaigns as well as political contributors from Newsweek to POLITICO are sharing news with Google Reader this election season. You can see their most recently shared items at google.com/powerreaders, or add the feeds from your favorite campaign or journalist to Reader to keep up with newly posted items and comments.P.S. If you want to follow these political shared news ...
Remote sign out and info to help you protect your Gmail account (31)
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Posted by Erwin D'Souza, Gmail Engineer Your email account can contain a lot of personal information, from bank alerts to love letters. Email that, I'm sure, you don't always want other people to see. We understand how important your Gmail accounts are to you, so we're adding a new layer of information and control. With this new feature, you can now track your recent sessions and you can also sign yourself out remotely.If you are ...
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Cameron said:
i like this!
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Andrey said:
Should be pretty interesting for control freaks like me
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Antoine said:
This is a really outstanding feature.
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Kavinda said:
Its features like this that make Gmail stand out from the crowd.PS: I'm seeing this feature in my Google Apps email account as well.
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emacsian said:
Nice feature from google. I believe they are the first to role this out
Gmail blog turns 1: Looking back at our 10 most read tips (6)
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Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager When we launched the Gmail blog exactly one year ago, our goal was to provide you with new feature announcements, insight into how the Gmail team works, and tips on how to become a Gmail ninja. We hope you've enjoyed reading our posts, and to celebrate our birthday, here's a look back at the past year and a recap of our 10 most read tips:10) Have Gmail ...
Tip: Set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3 (33)
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Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager For those of you using newly released Firefox 3, or willing to give it a try, you can take advantage of a new feature that lets you set Gmail as the default for all email links -- those that contain "mailto:" in them. If you're like me and don't have a default email client set up, then clicking these links typically launches an installation wizard for a ...
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brad said:
Sweet! Always wanted this to work....
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Philip said:
this is helpful. you may want to do this gmail users!
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Matthom said:
If nothing else, this save a step.
Evolution of Gmail chat (1)
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Nika Smith, User ExperienceOften, the features we launch seem so simple that you might think they're the result of blatantly obvious design decisions. In fact, every feature is subjected to a healthy dose of scrutiny within the Gmail team, and usually that includes rapidly iterating on designs by collecting user feedback, learning what works and what doesn't, and improving on our work based on this knowledge.Gmail chat is a great example of this: we went ...
Introducing Gmail Labs (2)
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Posted by Keith Coleman, Product ManagerWe have a lot of ideas for Gmail -- many come as suggestions from Gmail users, many come from people here at Google. But there's only so much we can do at any one time.People often ask how we decide what to build next. It's usually a mix of factors, like how many users are asking for it (think delete button, vacation responder, and IMAP, among others), how useful we ...
9 reasons to archive (1)
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Posted by Kathryn McGarr, Online Operations AssociateWe hear reports that many users don't archive their email. If you don't regularly click on the "archive" button or never even thought about it, here are some reasons you might want to get in the habit. Archiving just means moving mail out of your inbox and storing it for safekeeping. Your messages will be waiting for you when you click All Mail or search for them.9. Phone numbers ...
Tips for importing old email to Gmail (1)
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Posted by Olivier Beyssac, Site Reliability EngineerWhen I switched to Gmail more than a year ago, I still had a significant amount of old email stored with my old address. Because I keep messages for a long time and like to frequently search them, I wanted to move my old email to Gmail so it would all be in one place and I could access it on any device, including my mobile phone.In the end, ...
'?' answers your shortcut questions (1)
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Posted by Anatol Pomazau, Software EngineerGmail shortcuts can save you a lot time, and recently we've added even more. But with so many shortcuts it can be a challenge to remember them all. For example, did you know that "s" applies a star, "!" reports spam, and "#" moves a message to the trash? For this reason, we added a shortcut reference menu you can call up by holding "shift" and hitting the "?" key ...
