We already knew Google's got big plans to become your default money manager, killing the other contenders in the process. But now we're starting to find out just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Over the next few months, Google will be rolling out a Gmail option to attach money just like you would with any ol' file. Read More >>
Featured comment by alienvariety:
"Great. Except I doubt we'll see anything even vaguely resembling this in the UK any time soon. Google need to go global with this shit. Case in point:..." More »
One of the smaller — but nonetheless incredibly useful — new updates from Google is a series of actions buttons in Gmail, which will help you handle tasks without having to send more messages or leave your inbox. Read More >>
It used to be that you'd have 10GB of storage for your Gmail account, and 5GB to share between your Google Drive and your Google+ pictures. Not anymore: Google just unified all three into a shared pool of 15GB. Read More >>
Unless you happen to work for the search giant that created it, Google+ is probably not your social network of choice. Nevertheless, there's a ton of functionality hidden behind its walls, covering everything from photos to local searches as the influence of Google+ stretches across the company's multitude of other products. Here's how to get the most out of it. Read More >>
If like millions of people you use Gmail to schedule meetings, and Google Calendar to keep track of them, this little interface improvement in Gmail is going to save you a bucket of time and headaches. Read More >>
Featured comment by Sabashe_to_the_MAX:
"So I could've sworn they had this functionality ages ago, but it's annoying that it won't be coming out for UK English as well :( I think I'd rather w..." More »
Do you use Gmail a lot? Then you need to see this graphic with all the keyboard shortcuts that can make like a million times easier. It comes complete with visualisations of each action, for some reference of what you're actually accomplishing. Read More >>
On April Fools Day 2004, Google launched Gmail, and it wasn't long before @gmail.com email addresses usurped the kingdom of Hotmail. Google just posted a nice visualisation of the service's evolution from a humble beta to a Google Goliath. Read More >>
Supposed images of a reworked Gmail interface give us a look at part of Google's new messaging system at the desktop end of the chain -- and confirm the Babel name -- if you are the trusting sort and believe their authenticity. Read More >>
There are a couple of new features in today's update for the Gmail iOS app. First off, you can now swipe right or left between messages. And second, when you select a message, it goes into edit mode, from which you can tap to file an email into a different folder. Not a huge update, but it adds a couple of useful organisational tools. [App Store via Google] Read More >>
Featured comment by coastwalker:
"Snobbery drives me to using only software interfaces that have no swipe interfaces - leave them to the plebs." More »
Google Now, arguably the best thing about owning an Android phone right now, has just gotten a boost in the war with Apple's Passbook. It'll now search your email for flight confirmations and grab your boarding passes, plus fire flight notifications at you. Currently it only supports certain airlines, but it's expanding rapidly. Awesome. [Google via Android Community] Read More >>
Featured comment by Cnr_22:
"Call me old-fashioned (I'm 21 btw) but I'm still amazed at the fact I search for a postcode on my computer, head out and Google now has a card ready a..." More »
Featured comment by alienvariety:
"No, I managed to get one now Darrell. Well...I say "now"...in 5 weeks probably. I am relieved to have an order in though!" More »
There's a Google Mail feature you have to use. Seriously. You must. Because copying an entire chain of messages after your reply doesn't make any sense when people can scroll down to see all the messages, chained one after the other. What makes sense is to only provide the snippet that you are actually replying to. And that's why you need to do this: Read More >>
Massive email attachments are the scourge of Exchange users everywhere, but not so for Gmail users. You can now send attachments directly from your Google Drive, meaning files up to an inbox-exploding 10GB in size are now go. That's a heck of a lot of, err, porn work in your mail. [Google via LifeHacker] Read More >>
Back in 2004, Gmail rewrote the rules for Web-based email. It had a fast, clean interface, and a jaw-dropping 1GB of free storage. Today, it comes with ten times the amount of space, and boasts many millions of users across the globe. Read More >>
Featured comment by mhatti3000:
"Configure Gmail to check hotmail. Although after Hotmail became outlook it is considerably better than bevore." More »
Not everyone loves Google; some think it's got way too much data on us all, and they may be right. But Google is still one of the most awesome tech companies in the industry, because it does cool, totally unnecessary things like this. The latest language addition to Gmail is Cherokee. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"I'd personally prefer having to keep separate languages if we could just rid of all of the tossers on this planet. Now that would make for a much bett..." More »