March 10th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Grace Kwak, Product ManagerToday, we’re happy to announce three new features in Calendar Labs. To try them out, just go to the Labs tab under Calendar Settings.1. Event flair by Dave Marmaros Want a little airplane icon next to information ab…
March 8th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Emmanuel Pellereau, Software EngineerMy little sister recently setup her Gmail account to retrieve messages from her school address, so she can check all of her email accounts in one place. She no longer has to constantly log in to two email …
March 1st, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Michael Davidson, Software EngineerOne of the lesser-known features of Gmail is its ability to help with multitasking. Frequently, I find that I need to find an old message while I’m composing an email. When this happens, I click on the “new …
February 24th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Mark Knichel, Software EngineerWe launched Gmail Labs over a year and a half ago as a playground where engineers can come up with new features and let your input help decide which are good ideas and which don’t quite work out. Any engineer at…
February 22nd, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Brian Stoler, Tech Lead, Google Buzz1. Post by email. You can post buzz by emailing [email protected] — super handy for posting photos you take on your phone. Photos that you attach to your email will appear along with the subject line of …
February 18th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by John Costigan, Software EngineerNow that people have been playing with Google Buzz in Gmail for a week and we’ve rolled out the improvements we announced here over the weekend, we wanted to let you know about some tips and tricks to help you…
February 13th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Todd Jackson, Product Manager, Gmail and Google BuzzWe’ve heard your feedback loud and clear, and since we launched Google Buzz four days ago, we’ve been working around the clock to address the concerns you’ve raised. Today, we wanted to let …
February 11th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Todd Jackson, Product Manager, Gmail and Google BuzzIt’s been just two days since we first launched Google Buzz. Since then, tens of millions of people have checked Buzz out, creating over 9 million posts and comments. Plus, we’re seeing over…
February 9th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Edward Ho, Tech Lead, Google BuzzFive years ago, Gmail was just email. Later we added chat and then video chat, both built right in, so people had choices about how to communicate from a single browser window. Today, communication on the we…
February 2nd, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Adam de Boor, Software EngineerHello again. I’ve been taking advantage of my 20% time to make some improvements in the Google Search lab I told you about last April. For starters, I’ve hooked up a bunch of Google’s most popular search feature…
February 1st, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Christos Apartoglou, Product Marketing Manager, Google ChromeThere’s always that email. You know the one I’m talking about: the message we’re waiting for so anxiously that we end up checking our inbox 100 times a minute to see whether it’s ar…
January 20th, 2010 | by Zach Yeskel | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Steve Crossan, Gmail Product ManagerEver since we launched Gmail, we’ve tried to show relevant and unobtrusive ads. We’re always trying to improve our algorithms to show better, more useful ads. When you open a message in Gmail, you often see…
January 13th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Sam Schillace, Gmail Engineering DirectorIn 2008, we rolled out the option to always use https — encrypting your mail as it travels between your web browser and our servers. Using https helps protect data from being snooped by third par…
January 5th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Anna de Paula Hanika, Android Product Marketing ManagerNot only does the just-announced Nexus One have a beautiful display, snappy processor, and five megapixel camera complete with flash and geotagging, but you can also buy it online with or…
December 23rd, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Jason Toff, Associate Product Marketing ManagerAh 2009…turning five, finally shedding that beta label, and adding more than 40 new features. As we wind down after a busy year, here’s a look back at a handful of our favorite additions to Gma…