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Google redesign strips navigation bar to its bare necessities
Drop down bar incoming 30 November 2011 8:30 GMT TweetGoogle is rolling out its new-look Google navigation bar which gets rid of the old, slightly cluttered, effort and replaces it with a shiny new stripped down version with a swanky drop-down menu bar which will give you links to all the Google products.
This...
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Gmail for iPhone flop returns to App Store
Has Google now got it right? 18 November 2011 8:22 GMT TweetPocket-lint covered the rise and fall of the Gmail app for iPhone, so it seems only right that we report on its, eh... rise again - this relaunch coming after its first iteration failure.
The reason for the failure was a bug that broke notifications...
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Gmail app for BlackBerry killed by Google
Downloads and support end this month 9 November 2011 9:32 GMT TweetGoogle has announced that the Gmail app for BlackBerry is to be discontinued, with downloads and support for the email platform ceasing on 22 November.
In the space of a week Google has managed to bamboozle and confuse not one, but two sets...
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Gmail app for iPhone and iPad pulled from App Store
Contained bug 3 November 2011 9:25 GMT TweetGoogle has had to pull its official Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch just hours after it hit the App Store.
The reason for the withdrawal is a bug that plays havoc with the notification system. Users were reportedly getting an error...
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Gmail for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch hits the App Store
Baby, it's been a long time coming 2 November 2011 16:52 GMT TweetIt's been a busy couple of days for the Gmail team. First up, the Gmail desktop version gets a major overhaul and now, as has been rumoured for some time, the official Gmail app for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch has finally hit the App Store.
The...
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Gmail redesign goes live along with new Google Reader
Less is more 1 November 2011 16:41 GMT TweetThe design team over in Mountain View must have been busy over the last few months; not only is there a brand spanking new Google Reader doing the rounds, Gmail has had a redesign as well.
Starting with the Big G's mail client and the redesign...
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Gmail app for iPhone launching soon
More features for iOS 1 November 2011 8:51 GMT TweetAccording to reports from MG Seigler, on his blog parislemon, Google is about to launch a native iOS Gmail app, which should bring some nice, new functionality over third-party offerings or navigating through Safari.
It is thought that the...
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Gmail redesign leaked by, er, Google
YouTube video appears to public, briefly 21 October 2011 10:02 GMT TweetGmail is about to roll out with a massive redesign, but we weren't meant to see it yet. However, thanks to an over eager Google-ite, it seems that a private video detailing the new look and features went public on YouTube for a while, before being...
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Mobile Gmail now offers multiple sign-in option
One stop shop for email 22 September 2011 9:42 GMT TweetGoogle's latest attempt at drawing you away from using your iPhone or BlackBerry's email client has just been announced - multiple sign-in features on the mobile web version of Gmail.
This may not sound like too much of an exciting breakthrough...
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Google details its green credentials
The environmental impact of your Googling revealed 9 September 2011 11:27 GMT TweetGoogle has come clean with its environmental impact - stating that it has around the same carbon footprint as the United Nations at 1.5m tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
However, good old Uncle Goog is keen to stress that its output from...
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Google enables offline Gmail, Docs and Calendar
HTML5-powered app 31 August 2011 17:55 GMT TweetGoogle has announced its offline Gmail, Docs and Calendar, meaning you'll now be able to access a whole host of content when a connection is proving hard to come by.
Offline access for web apps was mentioned at Google's I/O 2011, and now it...
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Google takes on Skype with UK Gmail calling
Voice calling lands in Europe 4 August 2011 10:16 GMT TweetBack in August last year Google rolled out voice calling within Gmail for lucky Statesiders and now finally, almost a year later, the search giant has made the service available for the UK and 37 other countries.
Calling from Gmail lets you...
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Google bod wants to Hangout with you to make Google+ better
Gmail integration ideas welcome 11 July 2011 11:08 GMT TweetGoogle is turning to its users in order to help build and refine Google+, with the company's engineering manager Mark Striebeck openly inviting +ers to Hangout for a discussion on how Gmail and the new social network can buddy up.
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Accusations of Gmail spying unnacceptable, says Chinese gov
Attempts to hack top US officials and journalists 2 June 2011 14:00 GMT TweetChinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei is not happy about the recent blame placed upon China for the attempted hacking of the Gmail accounts of top US gov officials and journalists.
"Hacking is an international problem and China is also...
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VIDEO: Soppy Google commercial may make you cry
If you're as soft centred as Pocket-lint that is.... 5 May 2011 12:00 GMT TweetIt looks as if Google is going down the same line as Apple for its TV commercials. What we mean by that is a heavy dose of cheesy mush.
The kind of mush that you're likely to see in a PJ Hogan movie, or anything starring Robert Pattinson.
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