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Posted by Adam Dawes, Product ManagerEmail phishing, in which someone tries to trick you into revealing personal information by sending fake emails that look legitimate, remains one of the biggest online threats. One of the most popular methods that sc…

Posted by Dave Stewart, Senior Software EngineerWhen we first announced Gmail offline last August, we told you that it was only the beginning of our HTML5-powered offline journey. Since then, we’ve been listening to your feedback and today, we want t…

Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Product Marketing ManagerLast Friday Santa opened up the Ho Ho Hotline and teamed up with Gmail to send personalized holiday phone calls to anyone you know who has been nice (or naughty, for that matter) in the U.S. or Canad…

Posted by Donna Dupuis, Software EngineerFrom prehistoric humans etching in caves to the modern-day thinker sketching a stroke of genius on a napkin, scribbling is a natural form of human expression. Not constrained by formatting or font styles, scribb…

Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Product Marketing ManagerLast year, Santa got his very own Google Voice number, and people around the U.S. received a special personalized holiday phone call from Santa Claus.This year, Santa wants you to reach out to him (a…

Posted by Ingrid Fielker, Software EngineerWhen we launched the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, we said we were just getting started and would continue to release updates regularly. Today we updated the app with some new features and interfa…

Posted by Vincent Paquet, Group Product Manager As the holiday season approaches, we’re happy to announce that we’ve extended free domestic calls within the US and Canada for 2012.This is our way of helping you connect with friends and family across t…

Posted by Mark Striebeck, Engineering DirectorWe want to bring you a great experience across all Google products which, for Gmail and Contacts, means understanding what you care about and delivering it instantly. With that in mind, we’re introducing…

Posted by Mark Striebeck, Engineering DirectorEditor’s note: This post, like yesterday’s, is more technical than most posts here, but we thought some of you might find it interesting to look inside how Gmail works.Yesterday, we talked about how we make…

Posted by Mark Striebeck, Engineering DirectorEditor’s note: This post is more technical than most posts here, but we thought some of you might find it interesting to look inside how development on the Gmail team works.Developing the new look for Gmail…

Posted by Jason Cornwell, User Experience DesignerOne of our goals for Gmail’s new look was to make Gmail feel more like a native application with independently scrolling panels rather than a website that scrolls as a single page. This design approach…

Posted by Oleksandr Kyreiev, Software EngineerHow often do you have something scheduled at 3am? What about 10pm? If the answer is almost never, you might want to try out the Hide morning and night lab in Google Calendar.With a simple drag of a slider y…

Posted by Matthew Izatt, Product ManagerTwo weeks ago, we introduced our Gmail app for iOS. Unfortunately it contained a bug which broke notifications and displayed an error message, so we removed it from the App Store. We’ve fixed the bug and noti…

Posted by David Choi, User Experience ResearcherWhen building Gmail’s new look, our goal was to make the most engaging, accessible, and most of all, easy to use email experience possible. To accomplish that, we had many real Gmail users try out chang…

Posted by Jason Cornwell, User Experience Designer One of the most visible improvements in last week’s Gmail update is the entirely new theme system and the new high definition themes that it supports. This refresh to themes both simplifies them and…