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Gmail Gains Automatic Translation
Written on 19 May, 2009 at 20:59 in Featured, Technology | viewed 628 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Gmail users can now automatically translate messages they receive into 41 languages, Google announced Tuesday. The new feature is available to individual Gmail users, as well as to people who use it as part of the Apps collaboration and communication suite for organizations. Recipients can also toggle between the original and translated versions of a message. Full Story : PCWorld.com….
New to Gmail: Insert Images in email
Written on 12 Apr, 2009 at 12:15 in Featured, Technology | viewed 2,188 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Gmail has added a new feature to insert inline images when composing emails. Now you can insert inline images into the body of the mail without having to use the attachment option. Enable the new “inserting images” in Labs under Settings, and Gmail users will have the option of using the new images toolbar icon.
Visits to Gmail surpass YouTube
Written on 13 Mar, 2009 at 11:58 in Featured, Technology | viewed 718 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
For the past two weeks, the market share of US Internet visits to Gmail has been higher than visits to YouTube, according to Hitwise. Previously, YouTube consistently ranked 10th among all websites by market share of visits until the week ending Jan. 10, 2009, where Gmail moved up one rank to reach #10. Google launched Gmail on April 1, 2004 as an invitation-only beta release and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007. Gmail’s spam filtering features a community-driven system: when any user marks an email as spam, this provides information to help the system identify similar future messages for all Gmail users.
Google blames Gmail outage on data centre collapse
Written on 25 Feb, 2009 at 13:08 in @ a glance | viewed 573 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Google has apologised for yesterday‚Äôs major Gmail meltdown after some of its data centres in Europe failed to cope with a routine maintenance event. Premier Edition Google Apps customers such as The Guardian and Salesforce have been promised at least 99.9 per cent Gmail uptime per month. Full Story : Theregister…..
(Continue reading)Gmail Struck With Service Outage
Written on 24 Feb, 2009 at 11:08 in @ a glance, Featured | viewed 722 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Google’s Gmail service was unavailable starting around 10:30 AM GMT on Tuesday. Google acknowledged the problem and said it was working to restore service. The scope of the outage was not immediately clear, but at least some users in Europe and Asia could not get access to their inboxes or had to wait a minute or more for them to open. Full Story : PCWorld…..
@ a glance : Access to Gmail available when you’re offline
Written on 29 Jan, 2009 at 12:16 in @ a glance | viewed 849 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Gmail, the best known, best used and best overall (this may not be entirely without bias) of webmail services is going offline. Kinda. Specifically, Gmail users will now be able to access their inbox from their desktop, without needing to be connected to the internet. Full Story : Shiny Shiny……
@ a glance : Google in push to gain e-mail market share
Written on 2 Jan, 2009 at 19:07 in @ a glance, Technology | viewed 704 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Google, the clear leader in internet search, has been zeroing in on user‚Äôs inboxes in a push to win market share in e-mail, an area where its rivals Microsoft and Yahoo still dominate. Full Story : FT.com…..
(Continue reading)Gmail Launches Video Chat
Written on 19 Nov, 2008 at 10:33 in Technology | viewed 890 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Google launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it easier for people around the world to chat in high-quality video for free right within Gmail. To get started, open a Gmail chat window, click on the “Options” menu at the bottom, and choose “Add voice/video chat,” which will walk you through a one-time installation of a free plugin (a quick 2 MB download). When you re-open Gmail you’ll notice your “Options” link in your chat window has changed to “Video & more”. Open this menu and click “Start video chat” to see and hear your partner in high-quality video. You can pop out the video and change its size and position, or switch to full screen.