Remember when Google launched Gmail and promised you’d never have to delete an old email message again? The company offered 1GB of free storage space at a time when few competitors in the web-based email business were offering more than 10MB. And Google has added a little more space for Gmail users every day since […]
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Google Chrome adds offline support for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs
Google Chromebooks such as the Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700 just got a little more useful. Google is introducing offline support for some of its most popular web apps when you’re using Chrome OS or the Chrome web browser on a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. Today you can already install Gmail Offline beta, a web […]
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Google removes offline Gmail from Chrome… for now
Google is killing off support for Google Gears in the Chrome web browser today. The tool was the company’s first attempt at bridging the gap between desktop and web apps by offering offline access for some web applications. But the company plans to make the switch to HTML5 for offline access to Gmail, Google Docs, […]
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Google begins rolling out 2-step account verification for added security
You can use a Google account to login to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and dozens of other Google services — but you can also use it to login to third party apps such as online office suites, news readers, and more. That means if someone manages to obtain your Google account info, not only […]
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Google offers free phone calls from Gmail throughout 2011 (US & Canada only)
A few months ago Google added the ability to make phone calls from your computer to a telephone number from within Gmail. Just install the voice and video chat plugin, hit the Call phone button in your chat sidebar, and dial the number you want to call (and make sure you have a mic and/or […]
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Gmail labels tweak for netbooks and other small screens
One of the defining characteristics of netbooks is that they’re smaller than full sized laptops. And most of the time, that means you have smaller, lower resolution displays. It turns out, some web sites that were designed for 1280 x 1024 pixel displays don’t look so good on screens that max out at 1024 x […]