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Apr. 16, 2008 at 4:00pm by Barry Schwartz
Google Drops IMAP Support? Gmail & Google Apps Stop Functioning
It appears that Google is having major issues with their email server. In the past 15 minutes, I received a few phones, tons of twits, and found a fast growing Google Groups thread about Google removing IMAP from their email settings options. This seems to be a major issue, where...
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Feb. 26, 2008 at 10:06am by Barry Schwartz
Google Talk / Gmail Adds Live Chat & Invisible Mode Features
Google Talk has announced a couple new features, including Google Talk Chatback and invisible mode. The first feature is similar to a live chat box that you can add to any web page and chat with anyone via your Google Talk or Gmail account. Google calls the feature "chatback," and...
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Feb. 21, 2008 at 9:02am by Barry Schwartz
Gmail User Gains Access To 30 Other Gmail Accounts Due To ISP Caching Glitch
Google says ISP glitch exposes Gmail data in Kuwait from News.com has confirmed reports that a Gmail user in Kuwait has inadvertently accessed about 30 Gmail accounts that were not his. Supposedly, he also accessed an email that had "keycodes for some embassy gate." Whose fault is this? Not Google!...
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Dec. 30, 2007 at 10:46am by Danny Sullivan
Google The Stealth Social Network?
Google's plan to socialize its various applications continues. Google Operating System has spotted code in Gmail that may lead to a Facebook-style news feed of status updates from your Gmail contacts. More about this and Google's continued "stealth social network" moves below....
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Dec. 19, 2007 at 9:00am by Barry Schwartz
Communication Breakdown? Try Google Talk's Interpreter
The Google Talkabout Blog announced the launch of an instant messenger bot that is an interpreter. An instant messenger bot is a little computer program that accepts instant messages and automatically replies to them. AOL has the AIM Bot program for years, allowing developers to create these bots as they...
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Dec. 10, 2007 at 11:33am by Greg Sterling
Some GMail Accounts Wrongly Disabled As Spammers
IDG News and Search Engine Roundtable discuss the "inappropriate disabling" of an unknown number of GMail accounts late last week. Google was apparently going after spammers and got a little overzealous. The company said that the outage affected less than 1 percent of all users and reportedly all the accounts...
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Dec. 5, 2007 at 12:18pm by Barry Schwartz
Google Talk Meets AOL Instant Messager: Time Warner & Google Complete AIM Integration Deal
Yesterday, Google announced that you can now login and talk to AOL Instant Messenger users via Google Talk, through Google Talk's Gmail interface. Making the two instant messaging tools work together is a feature promised way back when AOL and Google formed a strategic alliance in December 2005. If you...
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Dec. 4, 2007 at 9:28am by Barry Schwartz
Google Adds Color To Gmail Labels
The Google Blog announced that Gmail has added colors to labels. Labels in Gmail are basically virtual folders. Assigning labels by actions can really streamline how you use email. Google has decided to add colors to labels in order to make the labels you defined more visual. If you want...
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Nov. 14, 2007 at 9:23am by Greg Sterling
Inbox 2.0: Vision And Perhaps Confusion At Google And Yahoo
A much discussed blog posting this morning comes from Saul Hansell at the New York Times, who spoke to both Google and Yahoo about their plans to turn their email products into social networks, in a manner of speaking: "Inbox 2.0." The plans discussed in the post suggest some clever...
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Oct. 30, 2007 at 8:41am by Barry Schwartz
I Have The New Version Of Gmail, Do You?
The Gmail Blog has announced they have been making structural changes to the Gmail code base to make Gmail iterate faster and share components with other Google applications such as Google Groups, Page Creator, and Contact Manager. How do you know if you have the new Gmail? If you login...
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Oct. 24, 2007 at 8:29am by Barry Schwartz
Gmail Now Supporting IMAP Protocol
It appears that Gmail is now supporting the IMAP protocol as of today. Download Squad was one of the first to report the new functionality found under the Gmail settings section. There is now a ton of coverage on the new Gmail feature. On the Gmail What's New page, we...
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Oct. 12, 2007 at 8:19am by Barry Schwartz
Gmail To Increase Email Capacity With New Counter Algorithm
The Gmail Blog announced that in an effort to continue to gradually increase the storage space for their Gmail users, they have updated their counter algorithm. The new formula will speed up the rate at which they increase the capacity for email storage in Gmail. Googlified documents how this new...
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Oct. 3, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google Adds Security & Space To Corporate Gmail Users
Google boosts corporate e-mail service from the AP reports that Google is adding security and more email storage space to Gmail for their corporate users. Google purchased Postini, a software security for electronic communications company, back in July. They will be utilizing the Postini technology to add security software to...
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Oct. 3, 2007 at 9:06am by Barry Schwartz
Google Ordered To Pay $14,000 In Germany Over Gmail Trademark
Google fined in German Gmail trademark case from News.com reports Google was ordered by a German court to pay $14,000 over using m.gmail.com for their mobile Gmail users. As we know, Google lost the Gmail trademark case in Germany and was ordered to stop using Gmail.com. It appears that Google...
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Aug. 10, 2007 at 8:34am by Barry Schwartz
Google Selling Extra Storage For Gmail, Picasa & More; Microsoft Launches Own SkyDrive Solution
The Google Blog announced they are allowing users to pay for additional storage for Gmail and Picasa. Currently Google gives you 1GB of free space for Picasa and 2.8GB of free space for Gmail. You can now buy additional space, and Google hopes to expand this service to their other...
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Jun. 25, 2007 at 8:49am by Barry Schwartz
Germany Rules Against Google On Gmail Trademark, Gmail In Germany To Shut Down?
Google loses Gmail trademark case in Germany from News.com reports that Google has lost the Gmail trademark case in a German appellate court. Google will not be allowed to use Gmail in Germany, like they can't in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Google Threatens to Close German Gmail Due to...
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Mar. 28, 2007 at 8:11am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo Mail To Offer Free Unlimited Email Storage
Yahoo announced that they will be offering "unlimited email storage starting in May 2007" to everyone. The announcement also gives a wonderful historical roundup of Yahoo Mail's almost 10 year history....
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Feb. 19, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google Sues Group Of Polish Poets Over Gmail.pl Name
Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl via the AFP reports that Google is now going after a group of Polish poets for the domain name gmail.pl. Gmail.pl is the domain name for "Grupa Młodych Artystów i Literatów" (GMAiL), but Google claims they poets have no rights to the name. Krawczyk...
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Feb. 14, 2007 at 3:24pm by Barry Schwartz
Google Officially Opens Gmail To World
Google finally makes it official. Gmail is open to all. An announcement on the Official Google Blog confirms what everyone already discovered last week, that Gmail restrictions have been dropped. You still can invite friends and family to use Gmail, like you did before. However, invitations are no longer necessary...
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Feb. 7, 2007 at 8:53am by Barry Schwartz
Gmail Now Public Beta, Open To All
Google Operating System reports that Google has opened up Gmail for anyone to sign up for a Gmail account. Some history of how getting into Gmail has evolved, below:...
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Jan. 31, 2007 at 10:24am by Barry Schwartz
Google Can't Use "Gmail" Name In Europe
Google loses European GMail trademark battle by The Register reports that Google is not allowed to use the trademarked term "GMail" in Europe. The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) held that Daniel Giersch's trademark of the term was valid and that Google could not use it....
