Using Gmail can be a great experience, but sometimes it’s just nicer to read email in a desktop or tablet app. Having those two panels, one for your list of emails, and one for the actually email content can be much more intuitive. Well, not you can have the same sort of set up int more »

Just yesterday Google announced that an unread message count icon was now available by way of Labs for Gmail users running Firefox or Chrome. And now they have returned with another Gmail goodie, except this one is only for those running Chrome — desktop notifications for email and chat. The notifications can be turned on more »

As someone who generally has Gmail open in a tab all day long, its these little tweaks that make it a more enjoyable experience. That said, information at a glance is a good thing and the latest addition in the Gmail Labs does just that — allows you to see how many unread messages you more »

A lot of us have family living in multiple countries where they probably speak different languages. How many times have you received an email from a relative in a different language and had to resort to translating online? I’m sure most of us have encountered such a problem at one time or another. Today, Gmail more »

Google has unveiled two new lab features for GMail. The first is the ability to do a quick Google web search and get results without leaving the GMail window. The results pop up in the lower right hand corner, similar to Google Chat windows. If you hover over each item in the result, a clickable more »

Google has once again added some new features to the Gmail Labs. The first new feature is something that plenty of people would have loved to have at some time or another — the ability to change your mind after you send a message. Now with the new Undo Send feature your can do just more »

This is where we call out by names the actions and companies that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin crack. Technology is an odd realm where PR speak doesn’t hold a lot of water if the 1s and 0s don’t line up. This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity. Here is what caught my eye this week:

Google is genuine proof that companies do listen to their patrons. Google has thrown some Labs features back into Gmail, features that are experimental and may or may not be added to the “final” version of Gmail. The entire Labs idea is to harness the creativity of the Google staff. Thirteen Labs features have recently more »