Tag archive: Gmail

The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a lawsuit in Federal court against the FTC yesterday, hoping to compel the government to enforce a privacy agreement it reached last year with Google. EPIC alleges that Google’s brand new privacy policy, which will allow the search giant to share user data across all of its services, including YouTube, Picasa, Gmail, and even Search, violates its previous agreement to allow users to opt-out of… Read More

Google has taken quite a beating for its privacy policy change. After combining its myriad of terms of service into a single sign-on, more-unified system, users and advocates cried foul. The changes, while simplifying things when it comes to what and how much users are agreeing to, also opened up some new possibilities for predictive advertising. Whenever a company as big and far-reaching as Google makes such a core switch, there’s bound to be… Read More

Internet giant Google has disappointed investors a bit, reporting net revenues of $8.13 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011. The figure is lower than the consensus estimate of nearly $8.4 billion expected by many market watchers, and even lower than the pessimistic $8.31 billion forecast by Wells Fargo. Google's results had an immediate impact on the company's stock price, which dropped sharply in after-hours trading immediately… Read More

Discovered this weekend, search giant Google added a holiday-themed Easter Egg to the search engine similar to the Barrel Roll Easter Egg added during November. When a user types “Let It Snow” into the search engine, the search results include links to YouTube to hear Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Michael Buble sing the popular holiday song as well as links to lyrics for the song. However, users will notice snowflakes to start… Read More

According to a recent study conducted by Nielsen and published on the official company blog, Facebook is the most popular application on Android-powered smartphones besides the Android Market. The social networking app beat out Google applications such as Gmail, Google Search, YouTube and Google Maps. The Facebook application is most popular with people between the ages of 25 to 34 and over 75 percent of people between the ages of 35 to 44 use… Read More

Mentioned on the official Gmail blog this week, Google announced plans to integrate Google+ Circles into the Gmail interface and has already started rolling out this new feature on Gmail accounts. On the left side of the interface, Gmail users will find a new link that brings up all Circles connected to their Google+ account. Users have the ability to add someone to a Circle through the Gmail interface. When clicking on an email from any… Read More

After a very public screw-up, Google has re-released the Gmail app for iOS devices into Apple's App Store. The app is currently available for download. (Though, for some reason, it's not showing up in the iOS App Store app, as of 3:30pm ET.) Users who managed to snag the earlier version of the app, which contained a number of bugs that rendered it inoperable, will have to either log out, or completely uninstall the app, before… Read More

Although Google is working on launching a native Gmail application for iOS devices—an app got posted then pulled—now Google has announced its existing Gmail app for BlackBerry will be no more: Google will end support on November 22—and at that point the app will no longer be available for download. Folks who already have the app will be able to continue using it, but Google won't offer any help or any way to obtain the… Read More

Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week. Apple battles with iPhone 4S battery life issues We learned last Saturday that Apple had begun an investigation into the battery life of the new iPhone 4S based on complaints from users that the smartphone's battery was draining much more rapidly than it should. The… Read More

The rumored native Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is real, but anyone who hasn't already downloaded the app will have to wait just a little bit longer to get it. Google released the long-awaited Gmail app into the iTunes App Store (iTunes link) today, only to have to take it down after a bug was discovered that the left users faced with error messages. “Earlier today we launched a new Gmail app for iOS,” writes… Read More

In what was possibly the worst kept secret, Google has redesigned Gmail. Google officially confirmed today that the newly redesigned Gmail is now available to all users. If you want to update to the new look there should be a green “Switch to the new look” button on the bottom right of your Gmail screen. Most of the key new features were leaked in October, so this might not be a surprise for you, but we included the video tour below to refresh… Read More

We recently got a sneak peak at the Gmail redesign, which has begun rolling out to users. And in addition to sleek new features like improved search and customization options, we also noticed a new ad format popping up below your messages. Google is no stranger to user discontent over its privacy and ad policies, and that’s why these marketing campaigns will include a “Why these ads?” link. In the name of transparency, Google explained in a blog… Read More

Google plans to finally release a native Gmail app for iOS, reports MG Siegler on his personal blog, Paris Lemon. The news is not official, as it comes from “multiple sources”, all unnamed, so this helping of news must be taken well salted. Still, such a move would be far from surprising, so it's certainly a tidbit worth keeping on the radar. A native GMail app for Apple's iOS devices, which includes iPhone, iPod touch… Read More

The Gmail team unwittingly leaked a video showing off an update due for the email client in the near future. “We’ve been hard at work to update Gmail with a new look,” says Google user experience designer Jason Cornwell in the video YouTube user “crlsndrsjmnz” managed to capture. “We’ve completely redesigned the look and feel of Gmail to make it as clean, simple and intuitive as possible.” For the most part, the adjustments seem… Read More

Microsoft has chosen an interesting day to make announcements. Either it’s using the incessant iPhone coverage as a cover-up, or thinking it might be able to steal some of the spotlight. We're uncertain either tactic will be entirely successful. Despite the poor timing, Microsoft has unveiled a new Hotmail. The email client is still the most popular on the Web but is quickly losing market share to Google’s Gmail. In an attempt to keep a… Read More