googlewatch.eweek.com - 10/31/2008
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Because we can't get enough new Gmail features , Google today rolled out a Gmail Labs feature that lets you send text messages from your Gmail chat window. I got a hands-on demo of this simple, but useful feature from Gmail Product Manager Keith Coleman a half hour ago, when he had me send a ...
gmailblog.blogspot.com - 10/28/2008
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:40 PM Posted by
Keith Coleman, Product Manager We 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 ...
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Official Gmail Blog: Introducing Gmail Labs
google.com - 10/28/2008
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Stay connected and be more productive For personal
use Keep in touch and share with friends and
family. Free, intuitive tools you can access anywhere with a single account. Gmail Fast, searchable email with less spam Google Talk IM and call your ...
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Welcome to Google Apps
gmailblog.blogspot.com - 10/31/2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008 3:52 PM Posted by
Leo Dirac, Product Manager Oh snap. Last night, we
started rolling out a new feature to Gmail Labs that lets you send SMS text messages right from Gmail. It combines the best parts of IM and texting: you chat ...
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Official Gmail Blog: Almost new in Labs: SMS Text ...
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New Gmail Labs Feature Lets You Send SMS Messages to Friends
Profy —
Today Google is rolling out an interesting functionality to Gmail Labs - sending SMS to your contacts and new phones instead of simple text messages in a chat. Quite predictably, the functionality only works in the US and ignores international users as it must involve certain agreements with carriers.
For some reason the official Gmail blog does not have any posts describing this new functionality but some reporters (including those from Webmonkey and eWeek) were briefed on the functionality so we will probably see it officially announced later.
The ...
GMail adds yet more functionality - this time it's SMS
Tech Digest —
... got phone numbers stored with your contacts then if they go offline when you're talking to them, your messages will be sent as SMS instead. Best of all, it'll give the person you SMS a number that they can email in the future to get messages to your GMail account. The functionality hasn't arrived over this side of the pond yet, but it's a lovely little bonus feature, so I hope it shows up soon. It's yet another reason why you should use GMail over Yahoo or Hotmail. GMail (via GoogleWatch) ...
Google Gmail Becoming More Enterprise Friendly
eWeek - RSS Feeds —
... Live Hotmail Web mail applications. Here's another example of how Gmail is going wide, albeit on the communications front. Users have long been able to send instant messages from Gmail with the chat feature, but two weeks ago the Gmail team attempted to open this up a little more by allowing users to send text messages from their Gmail accounts to contacts mobile phones. This is a prime example of how Gmail is also becoming and uber-communications tool, where users can do more than just send and receive e-mail messages. Of course, Gmail is not without its hiccups. This ...
Google Brings Voice, Video Chat to Gmail
eWeek - RSS Feeds —
... , the Gmail chat via SMS feature , and now this new video and voice chat tool indicate that Gmail is becoming a UCC platform that could help Google Apps prove more viable for businesses down the road. eWEEK profiled this ...
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Gmail Gets SMS Chat —
Today @ PC World 10/31/2008
Google is expected to introduce a Gmail feature that lets you use Gmail Chat to swap instant messages with any cellphone users. Google isn't charging for the service, but standard TXT messaging rates apply.
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