Gmail Finally Gets A To-Do List

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techcrunch.com - 12/9/2008

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Someone at Google finally realized how helpful it would be to add a to-do list to Gmail. It is called “Tasks” and is now available in Gmail Labs (click on the beaker icon next to “Settings” on the upper right hand corner of Gmail). When you enable Tasks, it appears as ...

gmailblog.blogspot.com - 12/9/2008

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

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gmailblog.blogspot.com - 12/11/2008

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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gmailblog.blogspot.com - 12/5/2008

Official Gmail Blog: Get your Gmail stickers

— gmailblog.blogspot.com — Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:27 PM Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Gmail Product Marketing Manager Not too long... ago, one of the Gmail engineers broke out her vinyl cutter and made some Gmail m-velope stickers. Pretty soon, they were pasted to our desks, ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: Get your Gmail stickers

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The Next Web — ... left. After you’ve clicked “tasks”, you’ll notice a task list appear to the bottom right of your window. To add a task simply start typing, pressing enter whenever you need to add another one. To add tasks via email you can either click “more actions” above the email and “add to tasks” OR enable shortcuts in your “general settings” and simply type “shift-t”. More to come. via TC ...

Gmail gets a task list
Download Squad — ... using keyboard shortcuts or by hitting the plus button. Or you can mark off completed items, rearrange your list, or perform all sorts of other functions. You can also bring up the to do list by hitting the Tasks link that shows up below Contacts in Gmail's left hand navigation. If you're looking for a way to add a task list to Gmail that's always visible from the sidebar, you can also add a widget from third party task manager Remember the Milk. [via TechCrunch] Gmail gets a task list originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 08 ...

Google Adds Task Manager to Gmail
Google Watch — ... Very cool, though like TechCrunch's Erik Schonfeld, I'm not much of a list guy. For work, I send a daily news budget to editors and that's it. For play, I keep a mental list each day. I'll have to play around with it some more to see if my opinion on to-do lists changes. ...

Around the Web 12.9.08: Sony slashes jobs, Atari buys Cryptic and rumors of DRM-free iTunes
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