Google’s New Handy Gmail Tool: Canned Responses
Today @ PC World — ... continues this week with the introduction of Canned Responses . This feature allows you to create a library of short e-mail responses that can be selected in just a few clicks when replying to an e-mail. This feature is handy for anyone who is sick of typing out the identical response to multiple people. I could see this as a handy feature for storing directions to your home or commonly used e-mail responses such as "Unsubscribe: Please remove me from your e-mailing list." You can take Canned Responses a step further, ...

Google’s New Handy Gmail Tool: Canned Responses
PC World Latest Technology News — ... continues this week with the introduction of Canned Responses . This feature allows you to create a library of short e-mail responses that can be selected in just a few clicks when replying to an e-mail. This feature is handy for anyone who is sick of typing out the identical response to multiple people. I could see this as a handy feature for storing directions to your home or commonly used e-mail responses such as "Unsubscribe: Please remove me from your e-mailing list." You can take Canned Responses a step further, ...

Google Adds Colorful (and Animated) Emoticons to Gmail!
GeekSugar — What's with Google rolling-out all the Gmail upgrades lately? First with the Gmail Mobile Enhancements and now Gmail finally has emoticons? Whatever their reasons, I'm just glad they did! To start using these colorful cartoons, just click on the smiley face located in the formatting toolbar when you are composing an email (if you don't see it, make sure you have rich formatting turned on and sign out and sign back in), and start clicking away to add wonderful emoticons to your emails!

Google's Gmail Gets SMS Messaging
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... service: SMS messaging from the Gmail chat window in the left hand navigation pane. The new feature is available through Gmail Labs, which can be accessed from a tab on the Settings page. It may not be immediately available to all Gmail users simultaneously, as is common when Google enables new features. Google expects to post an announcement on its Gmail blog late Thursday or on Friday. To send an SMS message, a Gmail user simply enters an SMS-capable mobile phone number into the chat window and that prompts a "Send SMS" popup menu. Google's implementation of ...

Report: Gmail to Get Free Texting Today
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... . The service — as-of-yet unannounced on the official Gmail Blog — will let you send text messages to cell phones directly from Gmail’s chat interface, the blog says. ...

Google Adds Video And Voice Chat To Gmail
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Nov 11, 2008 03:00 PM [image] Today Google introduced a major new feature to the chatting program that's embedded within Gmail. Gmail users can now expand their chats to include live audio and video of their contacts. Standalone chat programs such as AIM and Yahoo IM have offered voice and video chat for years. None of the major Web mail clients offer video chatting capabilities from within the e-mail program itself, however. Rather, you have to sign in to the standalone clients for video chat. ...

Google Makes Voice and Video Chats Available to Everyone in Gmail
The Mac Lawyer — ... it easier for more attorneys to communicate with each other and also for tech-savvy clients can also utilize this technology to have face-to-face meetings with their attorneys from their homes or offices.  The process is literally as simple as setting up a (free) Gmail account, clicking on the Chat drop-down list, and then selecting who you want to talk to. If you want to learn more about Google's video and voice chats, you can read more in the following articles: "Say Hello to Gmail Voice and Video Chat" ...

Thinks having an Obama/biden sticker on your prius is a redundent statement. I don't think I've ever seen a McCain sticker one one. Ever.
Politweets — ... http://tinyurl.com/6omlek 1:31 PM yesterday from TwitterFox wishes he had a little Tea House Fox that lived him. He's just so darn domestic -- cooking, cleaning, etc. Heck he could even walk the dog! 4:11 PM Nov 19th from TwitterFox @ eriktoth what theme are you rocking? Ninjas? Zoozimps? 4:09 PM Nov 19th from TwitterFox in reply to eriktoth loves the Teahouse Fox theme for his Gmail! You can have one, too, soon! http://gmailblog.blogspot.com 1:12 PM Nov 19th from TwitterFox @ ...

Gmail gets one button dump option
Webware.com — ... Created by Jeremie LE & David K, the new feature, when activated, allows you turn the contents of an email into a Google doc at the click of a button. ...

The Semi-Human Techmeme: A Month Later
CenterNetworks — ... 89 TG Daily off top 100 90 Live Search off top 100 91 Gmail Blog 59 +32 92 Rough Type off top 100 ...

Google as an Example of How to Blog for Business
WebProNews Feed — ... the model for making money online with blogs. But... Looking at how Google uses blogs does make for some excellent examples of how a business can use blogs to bolster their online presence and engage their customers. The Branches Google has individual blogs for many of the company's properties. For example, there is one for AdWords , one for AdSense , one for Google Mobile , one for Google Chrome , one for Google Analytics , one for Gmail , one for YouTube , and so on and so forth. Of course, not all businesses have the ...

Holy Smokes! Gmail Gets Offline Support!
The Next Web — Google have just announced offline support for Gmail. Yes it is still an ‘experimental’ feature via google labs, yes you need to have Google Gears installed and yes it is only available via U.S./U.K. English versions of Gmail - nevertheless, this is great news. Using Google Gear’s functionality, Gmail syncs the cache with Gmail servers when you are online and when you are off, it uses local files to allow you to use Gmail as normal. When offline, you can read, star, label ...

Gmail Is Down: End Of The World, Internet Era Style
Profy — ... There’s no update about the situation on the official Gmail blog for now but there will probably appear an explanation soon as the number of affected users is obviously high enough for the error to get noticed as #gmail is already on the 2nd top positions in the trending topics on Twitter Search and will most certainly climb to the very top position in the next few minutes. ...

Gmail Down, Panic Mode On
Mashable! — ... There’s no official word from Google about the outage yet. As always, I feel uneasy; I rely on Gmail, and any prolonged outage is affecting my work and making me think about Google not being as bulletproof as most people usually think it is. ...

Gmail Down, Panic Mode On (Update: It’s Back Up Again)
Mashable! — ... There’s no official word from Google about the outage yet. As always, I feel uneasy; I rely on Gmail, and any prolonged outage is affecting my work and making me think about Google not being as bulletproof as most people usually think it is. ...

Gmail Outage Highlights Why It's More Enterprise-Ready Than It's Ever Been
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Feb 25, 2009 08:06 AM [image] Barely one month has passed since the folks at Google announced that users of Gmail would be able to access their inboxes even though the Gmail servers themselves were inaccessible. For example, if (a) you have no Internet connectivity or (b) the Gmail service goes down. It was only a matter of time before a Gmail failure put the newly announced offline mode to the test. Although most of us here in the US didn't notice, that test came yesterday, just as Europe's business cycle was getting under way. By the ...

What (if Anything) is the Matter With Gmail?
Technologizer — ... When I hit the sack early this a.m., Gmail was working fine for me. I was one of the lucky ones, apparently: During the wee hours in the U.S., many users of Google’s free e-mail service encountered an outage that lasted for two and a half hours, according to the Official Google Blog. (Why Google acknowledged the glitch on that blog and not at the Official Gmail Blog, I can’t say.) Gmail outages are nothing extraordinary: I wrote about one major one last August, and a hiccup a couple of weeks ago. And it’s pretty darn ...

Google Introduces New Productivity-Boosting Features in Gmail [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... Gmail Labs has been busy lately, it would seem, and has introduced a number of new features for the web-based email service that have me, once again, considering going back to it (I generally use my MobileMe account, because it allows me to sync across my Macs and my iPhone and iPod Touch). These new features are generally useful for anyone, but they can also add to a web worker’s productivity, especially if you use your Gmail account for both private and professional correspondence. ...

Updated Gmail launches for iPhone and Android handsets
T3.com All — ... phone, then replicated on the server in the background when you get a good connection. And it also means you can work offline to some extent, composing mail and opening recently-read messages even if your connection has gone walkabout. And according to Google, this is just the start, with 'faster performance, improved offline operation, new functionality, and interface enhancements' all heading your way very soon. The new version of Gmail for mobile is available right now. Link: Gmail Blog Related links: [image]

Updated Gmail launches for iPhone and Android handsets
T3.com News — ... server in the background when you get a good connection. And it also means you can work offline to some extent, composing mail and opening recently-read messages even if your connection has gone walkabout. And according to Google, this is just the start, with 'faster performance, improved offline operation, new functionality, and interface enhancements' all heading your way very soon. The new version of Gmail for mobile is available right now. Link: Gmail Blog   Video: HTC Magic Android G2 mobile ...

Updated Gmail for mobile launches for iPhone and Android handsets
T3.com All — ... phone, then replicated on the server in the background when you get a good connection. And it also means you can work offline to some extent, composing mail and opening recently-read messages even if your connection has gone walkabout. And according to Google, this is just the start, with 'faster performance, improved offline operation, new functionality, and interface enhancements' all heading your way very soon. The new version of Gmail for mobile is available right now. Link: Gmail Blog Related links: [image]

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Gmail Labs
Mashable! — ... If you’re confused, read Google’s introduction to Gmail Labs and read our ...

Gmail Now Tells You Who You Want To Email
TechCrunch — ... Not sure who else to add to that group email? Gmail Labs now has a useful “suggest more recipients” feature that suggests contacts that you might want to include in a group email based on the people you’ve grouped together as email recipients in the past. ...

Never Leave Home: Gmail Labs Embeds Google Search
The Channel Wire — ... Web search box that allows users to look for information on the Web without leaving their e-mail screen. The idea behind the new feature is to make it easier for users to find and pass along information. The Gmail Labs team talked about the new feature on the Official Gmail Labs Blog after it went live yesterday. "I used to have a problem. People would ask me questions, over chat or e-mail, and I'd have to leave Gmail to search Google for an answer," wrote Adam de Boor, ...

Never Leave Home: Gmail Labs Embeds Google Search
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... Web search box that allows users to look for information on the Web without leaving their e-mail screen. The idea behind the new feature is to make it easier for users to find and pass along information. The Gmail Labs team talked about the new feature on the Official Gmail Labs Blog after it went live yesterday. "I used to have a problem. People would ask me questions, over chat or e-mail, and I'd have to leave Gmail to search Google for an answer," wrote Adam de Boor, ...

Gmail Labs' 5 Best and 5 Worst Features
Today @ PC World — [image] Google's announced a new addition to its list of Gmail Labs offerings: a built-in Google Search feature. The option, once activated, adds a Web search box onto the left side of your inbox, letting you get results without having to do the extra work. Gmail Labs: Integrated Google Search The integrated Google Search option could prove to be pretty handy for regular Gmail users: Click on a result, and it opens in a new window. Go back to your inbox, and you can easily click to insert the link into an e-mail or chat session. [image] The built-in Google Search is ...

It's All Greek To Me: Gmail Gets Message Translation
The Channel Wire — ... language barrier with its latest addition to Gmail: automatic message translation. Writing on the Official Gmail Labs Blog , Darren Lewis, software engineer for Google, points out that email is about effective communication. "Since the heart and soul of Gmail is about helping people communicate, I'm proud to announce the integration of Google's automatic translation technology directly into Gmail," Lewis wrote. The new feature translates e-mail text from one language to another and can be turned on by selecting the "message translation" option on the Gmail Labs setting ...

Gmail Users: Thanks For The Memory
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... limit of 20 GB. The increased size limit on Gmail attachments is another feature that Google is adding to its e-mail offering to make the service more appealing. Gmail Labs continues to roll out new features to enhance the e-mail experience. Some favorite previous enhancements from Gmail Labs include ...

GMail features
PalmAddicts — ... Anyone with Gmail may have noticed the new 'drag and drop' feature which has actually come in handy today. "A few months ago Gmail got some new buttons and keyboard shortcuts to make labeling easier, especially for those of you accustomed to that familiar folder feel. Now we're making some more changes to Gmail's labeling toolkit." More deets. July 02, 2009 in ...

Gmail outage caused by overloaded servers
Macworld — ... on Tuesday was caused by a traffic jam on its servers, according to Google's official Gmail blog . The problem was that some recent changes designed to improve traffic flow on request routers, servers designed to direct Web queries to the appropriate Gmail server, overloaded the system after workers took some Gmail servers offline to perform routine upgrades. “As we now know, we had slightly underestimated the load which some recent changes placed on the request routers,” Ben Treynor, site reliability Czar wrote on the Gmail blog. “At about 12:30 p.m. Pacific a few of the ...

As More People Use Google Services, Is Google Able To Handle The Load?
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — ... online (flexible capacity is one of the advantages of Google’s architecture), distributed the traffic across the request routers, and the Gmail web interface came back online. Though the blog entry goes on to state that Google is going to make sure that this doesn’t happen again, it does make wonder. If we continue to flock to Google services, will this one day bite us all in the butt? What do you think? Comments welcome. Source.

Gmail outage: Microsoft laughs all the way to the bank
Preston Gralla's blog — ... Meanwhile Google said in its official blog that the problem was caused when Google took "a small fraction of Gmail's servers offline to perform routine upgrades." That, in turn, led to a series of events that led to the worldwide outage, because Google underestimated the effects of previous changes they had made to servers --- changes that were ironically designed to improve reliability. Google's blog goes into a lengthy explanation of the outage and how Google tried to solve it. I have to say, though, that the explanation makes me feel as if cloud computing is a more ...

Google Calendar adds holidays, sports calendars, birthdays
Download Squad — ... Google Calendar has just added a few new options to the "add calendars" section. When you select "browse interesting calendars," you'll see the option to add public and religious holidays for dozens of countries. There's also a new Sports section that lets you ...

Look my PalmAddict friends, push GMail for the iPhone and Windows Mobile
PalmAddicts — ... nice. "You can set up push Gmail by itself or choose to sync your Contacts and/or Calendar as well. If you're using an iPhone, make sure you're running iPhone OS version 3.0 or above (on your device, click Settings > General > About and scroll down until you see Version). If your software is out of date, follow Apple's upgrade instructions. Then, visit m.google.com/sync from your computer for set up instructions. If you're already using Google Sync, you can just enable push mail. " Read in full. ...

Yesterday’s Gmail Outage: Google Responds
Technologizer — ... The company doesn’t want to clog up the Gmail blog with information on each and every malfunction, but will post about serious issues that affect a lot of folks. (It hasn’t done so for yesterday’s outage.) ...

Gmail bug – Unread emails marked as read
The Next Web — ... impacting some users of the email application. Whilst there is no official word yet from the Gmail team on the cause of the issue, it has been reported the root of the problem lies in changes made by Google to how Gmail handles IMAP emails. ...