You can’t stop the mighty deluge of e-mail. You can only hope to contain it. In that spirit, Google Chrome add-on Inbox Pause lets you add a big blue PAUSE button to your Gmail inbox.
It works pretty much like you’d expect: …
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Must…Have…Sparrow…For…iPad
I never warmed up to Sparrow on the Mac. But like my colleague Keith Wagstaff, I’m mighty impressed by the new version of the email client for the iPhone. It’s not the ultimate mail wrangler — it can’t push mail in the …
Internet Supergroup Formed to Defeat Email Scams
Sick of dealing with — or worse, falling for — spam emails that claim to come from companies like Facebook, Yahoo, Google or the like? Hope is at hand, as those companies (and many others) have joined together to create a new …
The Man Who Invented Email
If you’re reading this, you’re online and, as such, you probably have an email account. But have you ever wondered about the origins of email? It’s not exactly a cut-and-dried case, as various forms of electronic messaging have …
Gmail App for iPad and iPhone Now Available [UPDATE]
The rumors were true, and it’s finally here: a native Gmail app for your Apple device. You’ll get push notifications, inbox searching, autocompleting e-mail addresses, photo uploads and—if you’re an iPad user—a split view with your inbox on the left and your messages on the right.
You’ll also have access to Gmail’s “Priority Inbox”
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Google Officially Starts Rolling Out New Gmail Design
We got an official early peek at it this summer, an accidentally leaked (or was it?) demo video less than two weeks ago, and today, official word from Google that the newly redesigned Gmail will begin rolling out shortly.
Among the highlights, there will be a simpler conversation view—it looks sort of like a text messaging …
Whoops, Apple’s iCloud Mail Service Goes Kaboom
I’m pretty sure iCloud mail was working when I logged in early this morning, but at some point over the past couple hours, it went belly up. As I’m writing this, I have the jagged lightning bolt symbol eyeballing me next to the “Inbox” view in my Apple Mail client. If I click it, I’m prompted for my iCloud account password, which was …
Apple Accidentally Launches iCloud Early (in Email), Next iPhone Looms
“Welcome to iCloud! Here’s your iCloud account ID and that’s all you’ll need to get your iOS device, Mac, or PC up and running. Just follow these instructions and you’re in business!”
I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of an email someone—first name “Sam,” last name redacted—received on Friday, you could say prematurely. That’s …
New U.S. Post Office Ads Warn Us About the Dangers of Email
The U.S. Postal Service, near bankruptcy and losing billions of dollars every quarter pushing a product no one wants, unveiled today its new strategy to regain some relevance. That strategy involves scaring consumers about the dangers of email and online bill payment in several new 30-second TV commercials.
The ads tell consumers that …
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Well It’s About Time: Gmail Finally Gets a Preview Pane
This might be the best Google-related news of 2011, so far: Gmail just added an optional feature in its Labs section that gives you a preview pane that puts the content of messages on the same screen as your inbox, letting you bop efficiently between messages without having to leave the inbox.
It finally gives Gmail a capability …
Google ‘Email Intervention’: Make Your Luddite Friends Feel Bad
Now why in the world would Google spend time putting together a marketing campaign in the hopes of getting Gmail users to recruit non-Gmail users? The wildly popular service doesn’t really need advertising. Hmmm.
Perhaps it’s because when you sign up for a Gmail account, you actually open a Google account that can be used for the …
Google Is Adding New Inbox Sorting Styles to Gmail
If you can’t get enough of Gmail’s Priority Inbox feature, or if you’ve got an OCD-like predisposition to managing your inbox, rejoice. Google is adding several additional inboxes to Gmail. Staving off boredom by organizing your e-mail while your girlfriend tunes into Grey’s Anatomy? Yeah, I know.
The changes won’t be …