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Google Apps launches shared address book

Google has published the description of a new feature to their "What's New" page for Google Apps admins. Your shared address book pulls together the complete list of accounts in your domain into an easily searchable list of contacts. The update isn't quite available for all the users...

Tags: Google Apps, Gmail

Blog posts 2007-06-25

Live in Germany? You might want to create backups of your Gmail

It looks like Google is preparing for the worst case scenario -- shutting down Gmail due to German laws standing in the way. Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on a ruling that prevents Google, in an attempt to combat terrorism, from storing user data unless there is sufficient personal...

Tags: Privacy, Gmail

Blog posts 2007-06-23

Google services still have many security holes

The Register reports that there have been several security vulnerabilities discovered by determined attackers over the past week -- these range from a hole in Google Desktop that lets a malicious attacker execute any file on a users computer to an XSS vulnerability in Gmail letting an attacker access or...

Tags: Google Webmasters, Gmail

Blog posts 2007-06-03

Google Presentation application peeks around the corner

Dirson, a spanish Google blogger, found an interesting link in his Gmail when he opened an email message with a PowerPoint attachment. The link reads "View as slideshow" which opens up a new window with the slideshow that works through your browser. The feature, unfortunately, isn't widely available...

Tags: Gmail, Google Docs

Blog posts 2007-05-16

Google Talk preparing for multi-user chat

Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on evidence that points directly to multi-user chat -- one of the several features that is noticeably missing from Google Talk, but available in the competition.Martin volunteers his time translating English text into his language for Google products. Some text he was asked to...

Tags: Google Talk, Gmail

Blog posts 2007-04-28

Gmail Paper, and other features, may become reality

When you have a suggestion for Gmail, you will most likely find yourself on the "Suggest a Feature For Gmail" page. Several of the options on this page in the past have become reality -- now is the time to make bets as to which ones from the new...

Tags: Gmail

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Gmail Paper lets you get physical

Its been in the making for several months, but now after finalizing their output and distribution techniques, they are finally going live with a new service on Gmails birthday. Its called "Gmail Paper". It lets you receive physical copies of important or even spam messages without the need for...

Tags: Gmail

Blog posts 2007-03-31

Gmail storage counter disappearing for some?

As it gets closer to April 1st, Gmails birthday, its certainly interesting that some people have noticed their Gmail storage counter disappear. Also keep in mind that this counter is actually scheduled to stop counting on April 1st too.I wouldnt be surprised if Gmail finally left beta this year...

Tags: E-mail providers, Google Gmail, Gmail Storage, storage

Blog posts 2007-03-12

Gmail tips to enhance productivity

Matt Cutts, Googles best spam fighter and all around smart guy, tells us about a few things he does in Gmail to make sure he wastes as little time as possible. Since email is a necessary evil for many people who find themselves drowning in their inbox, these three...

Tags: Gmail, Google, Productivity

Blog posts 2007-03-05

Google spreads the love on Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Google has been celebrating Valentines Day this year by giving a couple of its services Gmail and Webmaster Central a little something extra. As for Gmail, users can now sign up for the service without being invited -- even though this was falsely reported...

Tags: Gmail, Google, Google Checkout, Google Webmasters

Blog posts 2007-02-14

Use HTML signatures in Gmail

There have almost certainly been times when either you, or someone you know has asked the question: "How do I use my HTML signature in Gmail?". You arent alone -- there are over 2,000 posts asking that same question on Gmails discussion board, with no good answer.So I got...

Tags: Gmail, Google Gmail, HTML

Blog posts 2007-02-09

Gmail preparing to remove the invitation system

Ionut was so far ahead of this news that it hasnt even happened yet. He tells us that everyone in the world is now available to sign up for Gmail, but thats clearly not the case yet. Even if I use the direct link to the signup page,...

Tags: Gmail, Google Gmail

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Gmail information added to personalization engine?

David Utter of WebProNews pointed me to a bright yellow box on the Gmail login page. The box reads "New! Google services will now be more personalized with Google Accounts. Learn More" -- naturally leading me to wonder what they are talking about. The information found in the page...

Tags: Gmail, Google Speculation, Google Inc., Google Gmail

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Gmail lets you open Word attachments in Google Docs

Instead of downloading that attached Word document, especially if its "a keeper", you should try opening it with the brand new Gmail feature available today. It lets you import any attached Microsoft Word document directly into Google Docs with a single click. The "View as HTML" option still...

Tags: Gmail, Google Speculation, Google Docs, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Word

Blog posts 2007-01-27

More security problems at Google

Philipp Lenssen writes about a new vulnerability that gives a malicious attacker the ability to basically hijack a users Google account by stealing cookies. That means any "bad guy" who knows how this works could theoretically do all of the following by impersonating you:Read and modify any document in...

Tags: Gmail, Privacy, Google, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2007-01-12

Gmail starts counting again

Only three days after it stopped counting at 2800MB, Gmail decided to started moving again -- unfortunately it will stop again on April 1st, 2007. April Fools? No, Gmails birthday. There are several possible reasons for this:They are going to take Gmail out of beta for its birthday...

Tags: Google Gmail, Gmail

Blog posts 2007-01-03

Rough times for Gmail in the new year

It seems the bug I referred to in my last post is only partially fixed -- but I am confident it will be closed up soon. In the mean time, I recommend you log out of Gmail when you are not using it until the problems are solved.Even though...

Tags: Gmail, Privacy, Google Gmail, new year

Blog posts 2007-01-01

Serious Gmail vulnerability fixed

After posting my last article about the contacts "JSON API", Haochi Chen discovered that by simply appending a "callback" variable in the URL, the creators of a malicious site could gain access to a visitors entire Gmail contact list without warning. function getContactsresponse{ ...

Tags: Gmail, Privacy, Google, Google security, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-31

New JSON API for contacts?

Some hidden code in Google Video points to a new contact picker -- something I have always thought would make sense in Gmail when you are deciding where to send an email when you want to choose from a list. That is currently a little tough to do when...

Tags: Gmail, Google APIs, JSON API

Blog posts 2006-12-30

Some Gmail accounts were cleaned out

Several users (around 60 according to Google) experienced something that could damage the trust some users have in Gmail. The affected users report that all email and contacts in their Gmail accounts were permanently deleted by no action of their own. Michael Arrington wrote about the problem earlier...

Tags: Google Gmail, Gmail

Blog posts 2006-12-28