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BlackBerry may not be a top priority for Google or one of the other major software vendors, but to kill off a decent app that many of us BlackBerry owners used is just wrong. Effective Nov. 22, Google is ending support for BlackBerry’s native Gmail app. Read More »

GoFileDrop is an app that adds a public mailbox to your Google Docs account, enabling anyone with the appropriate link to upload files to your account. It was previously only available to Google Apps customers, but it can now be installed by regular Gmail users. Read More »

 
 

What apps do mobile workers need to get their jobs done? A new Forrester report has identified eight “must have” categories of mobile collaboration apps. Here’s a run-down of all the categories outlined, together with some of our recommendations for apps to use in each category: Read More »

It’s no surprise that Google is looking to use its new platform, Google+, to add a social layer to the company’s existing services. It seems the company wants to forge ahead with plans to incorporate some of Google+’s social features into its flagship webmail product, Gmail. … Read More »

I make extensive use of smart folders and tags to sort my email into logical groups that I can easily process all at once. The key is to use rules and filters that automatically sort my email without any additional intervention from me. Read More »

One of the problems with conducting so much work communication via email is that a lot of useful information ends up being locked away inside people’s inboxes. GrexIt allows Google Apps users to move specified conversations from their inboxes into a shared, searchable repository. Read More »

Keeping an email address book up-to-date is a fairly labor-intensive task. Kwaga’s WriteThat.Name, which works with Gmail and Google Apps, can automatically scan incoming emails for the contact information that’s typically contained in email signatures, and then update the contact database with that information. Read More »

Looking for a way to access your Gmail inbox from your Mac’s menu bar? Zentertain’s Mailbox is a lightweight app that does just that, adding an envelope icon to your menu bar that, when clicked, pops open a window containing your Gmail inbox. Read More »

I’m a huge fan of anything that can make me more productive, so I’m always looking for ways to accomplish more while not killing myself doing it. It’s easier to excel if you can do more than your peers while still having time to recharge. Read More »

The Yahoo Mail blackout was the source of a lot of headaches Thursday, with some 1.2 million users said to be affected. We’ve scoured the web for the best information on backing up your email or switching your mail provider. Read More »

If you’re anything like me, you probably have several email address books, each with a daunting number of duplicate, conflicting and junk entries. Scrubly is an automated online tool that can help clean up Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail address books. Read More »

We’ve probably all had times when we’ve been so busy we didn’t have time to deal with an important email when we we read it. The danger is that it ends up being forgotten. Snooze Your Email for Gmail may be able to help. Read More »

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Did you know that you can simply copy and paste images into Gmail messages using Chrome? While drag-and-dropping images messages has been available in Gmail for a while now, being able to paste images from the clipboard is arguably an even more useful feature. Read More »

As part of a raft of small changes to Gmail, the app now has the option to disable its automatic saving of contacts. While many people find the ability find auto-saving useful, for some it ends up creating too much clutter in their contacts list. Read More »

If you need to securely share data like a password, bank account or credit card number, Lockify is an easy way to do so. Once your message has been encrypted, you are given a link that can be sent via email, SMS or Facebook private message. Read More »

Some time ago, we put together an official WWD add-ons collection for Firefox, gathering together our favorite add-ons at the time. With the speedy Firefox 4 being released this week, some of you may be giving it a try, so I thought I’d update the list. … Read More »

Xobni, a popular productivity add-on for Outlook, is finally coming to Gmail and Google Apps. It works via a browser plugin that adds a sidebar to Gmail to help you search and manage your contacts while automatically creating profiles for anyone you’ve ever emailed. Read More »

Envision this: A few minutes before a scheduled meeting time, you get an SMS that shows photos of the participants, together with data from their LinkedIn profiles, their last few tweets, and links to your most recent emails with them. That’s the idea behind Noteleaf. Read More »

Google has released a new Gmail Labs feature called Smart Labels that should help to keep your inbox more organized and free of clutter. It automatically labels and filters certain types of email, such as group mailing lists, social network notifications and newsletters. Read More »

In the wake of Google accidentally deleting some Gmail accounts over the weekend, I thought I’d share my Gmail backup method. While Google has apparently nearly restored all of those missing accounts, now’s a good time to review your own backup strategy. Read More »

Over the weekend, Google apparently accidentally deleted some 150,000 Gmail accounts. We’re all growing increasingly reliant on the cloud. If a cloud vendor accidentally deleted your data, locked you out of your account, or shuttered one of your favorite services, what would you do? Read More »

Google Docs Viewer, the handy online document viewer that enables you to view Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF files online without having to download them to your machine, now supports 12 new popular file formats. The list of supported file types now includes: Read More »

One of the fun things about writing here is that I get to experiment with a bunch of apps and devices. Here’s a list of the products I tried in 2010 that have made their way into my everyday work life. Read More »

Some Gmail users are seeing ads below messages. Gmail has long displayed ads in its web interface, to the right of incoming messages. But some are complaining that the new placement makes it more likely that people will click on ads accidentally. Read More »

Most email providers have filtering systems that do a pretty good job of catching spam messages. But every so often, there will be a surge of spam messages that get past the filters to pollute our inboxes. Here’s a tip that may help reduce future messages. Read More »

Gmail’s Priority Inbox feature — a smart feature that learns which of your emails are the most important and displays them in a separate inbox — now provides feedback on why it considers particular emails important and has a tweaked algorithm that should mean it learns … Read More »

It looks like Google’s planning some revisions to its simple to-do list management app, Tasks, because the company is asking for feature suggestions. You can submit new feature ideas and vote on the ideas already submitted in an online poll that will run until November 19. Read More »

After archiving a message in Gmail, you’re taken back to the inbox view. A new Labs feature, Auto-advance, modifies that behavior; it takes you straight to the next message. It should save some time when you’ve got a full inbox that you want to power through. Read More »

Want to make sure that your Gmail account is secure? Google has provided a handy online checklist that contains the steps needed to protect your account against hackers. The list is organized into five sections, and most items have a “read more” link for further explanation. Read More »

Ever wanted to see a graph of how much email you’ve received from particular person, or about a particular topic, over time? Graph Your Inbox is a Chrome extension that plots the results of Gmail search queries. It’s like having Google Analytics for your inbox. Read More »

The basic idea of Gist is to harness information, filtered for relevance, based on your connections. So who you know informs the data that is intelligently presented to you in an email digest, on a dashboard on the Gist website and via iPhone or Android device. Read More »

When the new “make phone calls from Gmail” service was announced, I wasn’t expecting to see it any time soon in Google Apps. However, when I logged into one of my Google Apps accounts last night, the new option to “Call Phone” appeared under Chat. Read More »

It’s now possible to make and receive phone calls to the U.S. and Canada at no charge directly from Gmail’s web interface. I’ve been testing the new service, and so far, I’m very happy with it. As always, Google is rolling out the new service gradually. Read More »

One of the most useful Labs features is called “Undo Send.” Ever hit the send button on a message and then immediately regretted it? Undo Send stops the message from being sent for a few seconds, which enables you to change your mind. Read More »

Shaun Gallagher of the Pressbin Coding Blog got in touch to let us know about a couple of useful Gmail hacks he’s created: A “Mark All As Read” button and a hack that removes the new Mail/Contacts/Tasks menu from the upper-left menu. Read More »

Google Contacts has some useful new features, including sorting contacts by last name, custom labels and keyboard shortcuts. Long-time readers of WebWorkerDaily will know that I’m a big fan of web applications that provide keyboard shortcuts, so it’s great to see them in Contacts, too. Read More »

Open an email with an attachment and hover your mouse pointer over the attachment’s icon — you should see a tooltip that says “Click to view OR drag to your desktop to save”. Simply drag the file to where you’d like to save it. Read More »

It’s always been disappointing that Google Apps accounts (those with custom domains) haven’t had access to as many services as accounts with addresses @gmail.com. That is now changing. Selected Google Apps are now being given the opportunity to transition their users to “enhanced” Google Apps accounts. Read More »

Google’s been busy recently adding HTML5-powered features to Gmail, but they’ve only been offered to users running the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome. Now those features are becoming more widely available, with the news that Google has extended support to Safari 5. Read More »

Google occasionally incorporates Labs features into Gmail, but many of them seem destined to remain stuck in Labs forever, so probably won’t be seen by most Gmail users. With that in mind, which Gmail Labs features you think should “graduate” and become part of Gmail itself? Read More »

Google’s redesigned the chat window in Gmail, making the video and voice chat functions much more prominent via some new buttons. While these features were available previously, they were hidden in a “Video & More” link — now you can access them with a single click. Read More »

Google has added a neat new Labs feature to Gmail that shifts the position of the icon column in your inbox to the left-hand side of the screen, giving the icons more prominence, so it’s easier to see what’s in your inbox. Read More »

Gmail’s getting more like a desktop email client every day. The Gmail team recently added the ability to drag and drop files into emails to add them as attachments, and today they announced that you can now drag and drop images to insert them inline. Read More »

Like a lot of you, I have way too many email and social network accounts. Threadsy, which has now entered public beta, puts them all in one place. I hadn’t tried Threadsy in a while, and was pleasantly surprised at how polished it has become. Read More »

Since 2005, a trademark dispute has caused Gmail to be called Google Mail in the UK, and Brits signing up for accounts have been given addresses at the googlemail.com domain, rather than the snappier gmail.com domain. Google has just announced that the service is reverting back. Read More »

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