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Google Buzz social sharing service announced

In a hastily arranged press conference also streamed live online via YouTube's new live broadcast functionality, Google has announced the launch of a new social web experience called "Buzz".

Taking a dig at Twitter and Facebook by saying there is currently...

Google enhances Gchat status feature

It's being reported that Google is to upgrade the status feature in Google chat to allow you to send and receive Twitter-style updates to and from your friends. That's an upgrade on existing functionality - which lets you set a status but old updates can no longer be...

What the hell is cloud computing?

Welcome to "What the hell is?" where we at Pocket-lint simply and briefly dejargonise technology talk into what people would normally say if they weren't trying to sound clever. Now naturally, most of you out there are going to know some of these terms as if they were...

Google hack aided by insiders?

Google is reportedly conducting an internal investigation into whether one or more of its employees aided Chinese hackers in breaking into the email accounts of dissidents in the much-reported "Operation Aurora" hack on its Gmail service.

Reuters is claiming that...

VIDEO: Google continues promo push with Gmail vids

Google is continuing its current promotional push that has seen the online giant advertising its Chrome browser far and wide with a new series of videos advocating Gmail.

As well as the video above, demoing the offline Gmail functionality we brought you news...

Gmail gets duplicate contact removal tool

Google has added a small but very useful feature to its Google Contacts and Gmail service which allows you to merge contacts that appear to be the same person en-masse.

At google.com/contacts, the front page now displays a "Find Duplicates" button which attempts...

Offline Gmail "graduates"

An experimental feature from the Gmail Labs team has "graduated" from beta, as Google has announced Offline Gmail is now becoming a regular part of Gmail.

By installing Offline Gmail, you can use the normal Gmail interface to read and write mail, search, and...

Gboard launches for Gmail users

We've seen some niche products in our time but this takes the biscuit - an American company is offering a numeric-style keyboard add-on accessory just for Gmail users.

The "Gboard" USB gadget works with both up-to-date Apple Macs and Windows-based PCs and...

iTunes still most popular music service by far

A survey of 2000 internet users in the UK from GfK NOP has found that iTunes still remains by far the most popular music service, but that new entrant Spotify is shooting rapidly up the charts, despite having only just celebrated its 1st birthday.

The survey asked...

Google "dramatically" cuts Gmail and Picasa online storage costs

Google has "dramatically" reduced the cost of its online storage linked to its Picasa Web Albums service and Gmail accounts.

The online giant is now offering twice as much storage for a quarter of the old price of its 20GB plan, on top of the free allowances...

Google apps getting more Wave-y interface?

Could all of Google's web applications be getting an interface refresh that would make them more like Google Wave? Screenshots published by Engadget appear to suggest that may be that case, though it's not clear how far the changes are away.

In Wave, it's possible...

Gmail gets updated for iPhone and Android

Google has unveiled a new version of the Gmail web interface for the iPhone and Android handsets. The last edition was released back in April, but since then the company has made a whole host of improvements, making the mobile version nearly as feature-complete as its...

Gmail intros "Got the wrong Bob?" Labs feature

Gmail has added a new Labs feature that users of the webmail service can opt in to, and is designed to save from the potential embarrassment of sending an email to the wrong contact.

"When's the last time you got an email from a stranger asking, 'Are you sure...

Gmail, AOL, Yahoo Mail also targeted in phishing scam

Google has confirmed that a large number of passwords to its email accounts have been stolen in an "industry-wide phishing scheme" which affects Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL and a number of other service providers.

Following the news that 10,000 Hotmail...

Google Sync gets Gmail support

Following the launch of Google Sync, which allows you to synchronise your Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar with your iPhone, Windows Mobile, and S60 devices, Google has announced it is adding Gmail support.

The Gmail support is now available in Google Sync...

Why Gmail went down on Tuesday night

Gmail users were reminded of the vulnerability of relying on webmail services on Tuesday night, as Google's popular email website went down for about 100 minutes.

Google being Google, it knows that user rage is best quelled by providing as much information as...

Gmail goes down, users cry to twitter

Gmail users experienced wide scale outages across the globe of the online email service from Google on Tuesday night leading to the usual onslaught of Twitter comments citing the service "down."

"We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now...

Gmail opens mail and contact import to everyone

A couple of months back, Google added the option to import email accounts to your Gmail address - all messages and contacts. However, because it was a tool for switching to the service, it was limited to new accounts.

Now, Google's opened the functionality up...

Push Gmail app approved by Apple

Though you might find it hard to believe given recent media coverage, not every App sent to Apple gets denied. The vast majority are allowed through without let or hindrance. Today, you can add GPush from Tiverias Apps to that list.

The application, as previously...

Gmail allows auto-unsubscription from mailing lists

Gmail has added a new feature that lets you get out of those irritating mailing lists that you can't quite be bothered to unsubscribe to. When you mark certain lists as spam, Gmail will offer to unsubscribe on your behalf.

Gmail says: "We don't think you should...

iPhone to get push Gmail, via an app?

MobileMe, Yahoo Mail and Exchange have had push email on the iPhone for some time, but until now, Gmail users were left out of the party. However, a developer has coded an application that could rectify that.

Push email is where emails are "pushed" to your device,...

Gmail makes changes to labels

Google has announced changes to Gmail's labelling toolkit.

The location of Gmail's labels has changed, now grouped together with Inbox, Drafts, Chats and other system labels, users now have control over which of their labels show.

Google automatically...

A quick guide to Google Wave

What is it?
It is the next possible stage in the evolution of email from Google, which has also been said to be the next biggest thing in an communication and collaboration tool for today and it runs from inside a web browser much like Gmail....

Gmail offers inbox preview

...Or on a really slow connection. Peter Balsiger, a software engineer at Google, says in a post on the Gmail blog that when he checks his personal Gmail account, "sometimes I end up checking my mail only to find nothing new there".

Balsiger's lack of personal...

Gmail adds auto-translation

"Since the heart and soul of Gmail is about helping people communicate", Google has announced the integration of Google's automatic translation technology directly into Gmail.

To take advantage of the feature, Gmail users need to enable "Message Translation"...