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GMail Does Tasks! Why?
So we just found out that GMail now does Tasks or To Do lists . Supposedly, there was much rejoicing.They actually had a very simple reason for doing this as well: People use Gmail to get stuff done, so we’ve added a lightweight way to keep track of what you need to do, right from within Gmail. ...
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks
gmailblog.blogspot.com — Monday, December 08, 2008 3:51 PM Posted by Jonathan Terleski, Michael Lancaster, and Brett Lider, Tasks team... People use Gmail to get stuff done, so we've added a lightweight way to keep track of what you need to do, right from within Gmail. Take ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks
Google takes Chrome out of Beta
techcrunch.com — Google vice president Marissa Mayer announced Google Chrome is coming out of beta in an interview with... Michael Arrington at LeWeb 08. The Google’s open source browser has a number of eager customers, including OEMs who can’t offer the ... (more) Google takes Chrome out of Beta
Official Gmail Blog: Really new in Labs this time: SMS Text Messaging for chat
Official Gmail Blog: Really new in Labs this time: SMS Text Messaging for chat
gmailblog.blogspot.com — Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:32 PM Posted by Leo Dirac, Product Manager How often do you try... to chat with somebody and they don't respond because they just walked away from their computer? Or maybe you're in the middle of chatting with them just as ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: Really new in Labs this time: SMS ...
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Gmail Adds Todo List With Added Cleverness
Cult of Mac — ... Some people are frantically asking “WHY GOOGLE, WHY?” but to me it makes perfect sense. Gmail now has a simple task manager and I love it. It works nicely within my copy of Mailplane, as do the keyboard shortcuts. You can enable it from inside the Labs settings tab (which is where you can mess with keyboard shortcuts too). It made me smile when I looked at the hints. Gmail knew I was using a Mac and showed me the appropriate Command keystrokes to make stuff happen. Move items up and down the list with Command+Up or Command+Down, ...

Never Leave Your E-mail Again
louisgray.com — By Rob Diana of Regular Geek (Twitter/FriendFeed) A lot of bloggers are talking about the new GMail Tasks feature. I even had a mini rant on it as well. My opinion was that Google should have partnered or purchased a leader in the task management space, like Remember The Milk. However, comments in several forums have pointed out that RTM may be a bit heavy for people. In addition to that, the GMail Tasks feature is very simple. In my haste, I forgot about the power of simple. In addition ...

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