Gmail finally lets you have text on buttons instead of icons!
Gmail redesign caused major headaches for some users who simply did not like the icons on action buttons. Buttons did show their names on mouse hover but it still remained confusing for a lot of people especially with weaker eye…
Sparrow for iPhone nearing launch
The Verge has posted a detailed review of Sparrow for iPhone. The app is not available for download right now but should be here in a couple of hours/days. Sparrow is already available as a mail client on Mac OS…
Gmail allows you to label/star messages before sending them
Google has rolled out a new update on their Gmail platform. Users now get the ability to label/star messages before sending them. This comes handy if you are saving drafts for sending them on a future date. This also saves…
Google Apps users getting a bunch of new updates related to Gmail and Docs
Google has revealed a bunch of updates that are being rolled out to the users of their Google Apps platform. These updates are mostly related to Gmail and Google Docs component: - Gmail: G+ users can now hide their G+…
Google Apps get Circles in Contacts and Connected Profiles
Google has released a bunch of updates on their Google Apps platform. A couple of features that have been available to regular Google Account users are now available on Google Apps: - Connected profiles. If your contact has a Google…
Gmail can now become default email client through Google Chrome
Google has announced that Google Chrome is going to use a HTML5 technology to confirm if you want to make Gmail your default email client. This has been possible using manual tinkering for a while now. Chrome would now process…
Google scanning Gmail accounts for copyrighted files and deleting them?
There is an interesting thread on the pp.int.general mailing list. A user claims that some emails in his Gmail account containing MP3 files were removed. He admits that the removed files were copyrighted material. He also confirms that there was…
Indian Government: All webmail services would be asked to route all emails from Indian servers
Indian government has reportedly asked operators of popular webmail services to route all mails accessed within India through local servers so that they can be monitored as per requirement. Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Gmail are the primary targets of this…
Google service logos are no longer clickable!
A reddit user has a genuine complaint. Google seems to have removed links from the logos of their various services. The Google logo on search result pages and the Gmail logo in Gmail are no longer clickable. These logos were…
Setting up Gmail as your default email client in your browser
Google enabled you to use Gmail as your default email client while clicking on email addresses using their desktop notifier app. You can actually set it up for your browser itself by adding a new protocol handler. This seems to…