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Gmail’s Mic Drop April Fools’ Joke Has Been Removed

Yesterday, I noticed something unexpected in my Gmail. I was intending to send a work-related email. There was the usual blue “Send” button at the bottom of the email, and a bright orange “Send” button that had an image of a microphone on it. What the heck was that? To test it out, I decided to send an email to

Get Ready for Gmail Revamp – New Inbox on Desktop and Mobile Gmail Coming

Google has been doing some major updating as of late to try and make it all work together. Gmail is one of those items that is getting a revamp. Today on the Official Gmail Blog, Product Manager Itamar Gilad announced the new features of this version to Gmail. From the Gmail Blog: We get a lot of different types of

Quick tip: Back out of the new Gmail Compose

Last week Google began rolling out its brand new Compose feature, a version that had been a part of Labs for testing over the past few months. Originally, it appeared that the roll out of that feature to all users was irrevocable, but now we have learned that is not actually the case....yet. As it turns out, Google has built

Gmail rolls out a new Compose interface

This week Google began rolling out a new Compose interface for Gmail. If you have not yet received then you soon will -- it is spreading to users gradually. The new look is based on a version that has been tested as a Labs feature for some time now, and Google spent that time looking for input from those brave

Major Gmail update rolls out to Android

Google may be the company we love to hate lately, but there is no denying that it dominates many markets, like search, advertising and mobile. The company also has one of the most popular web-based email services on the internet. Today it finally rolled out an anticipated update to its Gmail app for Android and it brings the features we

Gmail 4.2 for Android Still Available

A few days ago Android Police posted an exclusive video showing the next version of the Gmail app.  Version 4.2 includes several new features that users have wanted for some time now, like pinch to zoom in emails, swiping away emails to archive them, reporting emails as phishing scams and a lot more.  At the time, they also posted links to

Google Expands Gmail Search, Is It Too Much?

Google today announced better search integration for Gmail, their popular web-based email service.  The new and improved version will have a more thorough auto-complete feature thanks to better crawling of the messages in your email.  Better search sounds great, but is it really better or is it just a more complete privacy invasion? While I don't have any real problem