As expected, Google has started pushing out ads in the latest version of its Gmail app for Android. Dutch site AndroidWorld has posted a few pictures showing what the new ads look like. The ad units are clearly marked as ads, and they’re a different color than your regular email messages. But because of the […]
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Ads coming to Gmail app for Android
Google Android may be installed on more smartphones than any other mobile operating system, but since Google offers the software for free, the company doesn’t actually make money from Android. Instead, Google figures that the more time people spend interacting with its services such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google Maps, the more money the […]
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Lilbits (9-25-2013): Google Voice shows (small) signs of life
Google Voice has been on a lot of people’s short-lists for a Google spring cleaning for the past few years. It’s a pretty awesome service which can transcribe your voicemail, assigns you a single phone number that you can give people to ring some or all of your phones, screen and automatically block calls from […]
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Gmail for mobile and web gets automatic labels, new tabbed UI
Google has unveiled a new design for its Gmail apps for web, Android, and iOS. The update will roll out over the next few weeks, and it brings a new design with an emphasis on tags and tabs. Gmail will automatically detect different types of messages and apply tags or labels to them. The auto-generated […]
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Lilbits (5-24-2013): Gmail app redesign, Galaxy S4 bootloader bypass, Pinguy 13.04
The developers of Pinguy Linux have released version 13.04, which is based on Ubuntu 13.04. But it includes a number of features that you don’t get from a standard Ubuntu installation. Meanwhile, a hacker has figured out a way to bypass the bootloader and install custom firmware on the AT&T and Verizon models of the […]
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Google combines Gmail, Drive, Google+ storage: Everyone gets 15GB for free
Google is changing the way it provides free online storage to users of some of its services. Yesterday all Gmail users got about 10GB of free space for their email messages, while Google Drive and Google+ Photos users got 5GB to share between those services. Starting today Google is offering a single pool of storage, […]
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Now you can archive Gmail messages from the Android notification bar
Google has rolled out an updated Gmail app for Android which lets you archive new messages without even opening the app. If you’re running Android 4.1 or later you can do it from the notification. Here’s how it works — when a new message arrives you’ll see an icon in your system tray at the […]
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Gmail app for Android gets auto-resize, swipe-to-archive
Google has released a new version of the Gmail app for Android that basically brings features from Android 4.2 to any phone running Android 4.0 or later. That includes pinch-to-zoom, auto-fit, and more. The update is available from the Play Store. The new Gmail app has an option that lets you swipe a message in […]
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Gmail lets you email attachments up to 10GB with Google Drive integration
Google is adding a new feature to Gmail that lets you use Google Drive to send large files as attachments. How large? Up to 10GB. That’s about 400 times larger than the 25MB limit on traditional Gmail attachments. When you’re composing an email, you’ll now have the choice of hitting the paperclip icon to attach […]
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Outlook.com launches, works well on small screens
Microsoft took the wraps off Outlook.com today, and there are plenty of reasons to be excited. It’s a massive improvement over Hotmail in many ways, not the least of which is how well it’s suited to smaller screens. As you’d expect from anything Microsoft has designed recently, the Metro design language has been liberally applied […]