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Gmail accounts wiped for more than 100,000 users
- Google is investigating a problem with its e-mail service following complaints from some Gmail users that all their messages, attachments, and Google Chat logs have disappeared. The company began investigating the issue at 3:09PM and issued a warning via its…
Gmail gets desktop notifications for new email and chats
- Google has announced a handy new feature for Gmail: HTML5-based desktop notifications for new mail and chats. At the moment it only works on Chrome, but the company says it’s working to make notifications standard on all browsers.
Google launches Cloud Print beta for Google Docs, Gmail
- Google Cloud Print allows printing from any app on any device, operating system, or browser without the need to install any software, or so Google claims (see below). The service, which just launched as a beta, lets you send documents…
Gmail creator: Google just can't compete with Facebook
- Google has been working on a Facebook killer for many months now. Many have criticized Google's approach, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying the search giant simply does not understand social. Now, former Google employee, Gmail creator, and FriendFeed founder…
Google extends free Gmail calling until end of 2011
- Google has announced that it is extending free calling to all of the US and Canada until December 31, 11:59PM 2011. When Google launched Gmail calling back in August 2010, the service was originally intended to become pay-for at the…
Gmail creator: Chrome OS is as good as dead
- Former Google employee, Gmail creator, and FriendFeed founder Paul Buchheit has come right out and said what many people are thinking (or hoping for). On his FriendFeed page, Buchheit made a post titled "Prediction: ChromeOS will be killed next year…
Facebook completely removes Gmail contact importing
- It appears that the Facebook-Google data reciprocity war has come to a close. Facebook has removed Gmail from its list of third party e-mail providers on the "Find Friends" page, meaning that the Friends section of your Facebook account will…
Google fixes flaw that let hacker harvest Gmail e-mails
- Google has patched a vulnerability in Gmail that allowed a hacker to harvest their e-mail address by simply having them navigate to a specially-crafted website, according to MSNBC. A 21-year-old Armenian calling himself "Vahe G." created a Blogspot to exploit…
Google tells Gmail users Facebook is a trap
- As we said it would, Google has struck back in the recent war it started against Facebook over contact data. Now, when you try to export your contacts to Facebook, Google gives you a big warning that calls Facebook a…
Facebook imports Gmail data anyway, Google "disappointed"
- Facebook has decided to ignore Google's attempt to block the social networking site from grabbing the search giant's data, according to All Facebook. Palo Alto has found a way around Mountain View's restriction and is leveraging a Google feature that…
Google locks Facebook out of Gmail
- Google has launched an attack against Facebook, saying it will no longer allow the social network to access Gmail social and professional contact information. To do so, the search giant recently tweaked the Terms of Service for its Google Contacts…
Google settles Buzz lawsuit, tells Gmail users they get nothing
- Google has agreed to allocate about $8.5 million to Internet privacy and policy organizations as part of a class action settlement involving its social networking experiment, Buzz, according to BBC News. The settlement acknowledges that Google has made many changes…
Gmail to counter email overload with Priority Inbox feature
- Google has done a remarkable job of filtering out spam and keeping inboxes clean for Gmail users over the last few years. But even with that annoyance taken care of, those who rely heavily on email for work or personal…
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Google testing VoIP phone calls feature from Gmail [Updated]
- Update: That was fast. Google has confirmed the feature will begin rolling out in the U.S. immediately. Besides being able to make free calls within the U.S. and Canada, or paid for other countries, you'll be able to receive calls.…
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