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Gmail recipient suggestions: helpful or creepy?

Don’t get us wrong, it’s great the folks at Gmail are looking to help us out. But when your free email box starts suggesting you might have forgotten someone off your reply, it seems a bit creepy. Gmail has moved recipient suggestions out of the labs and into the full product today. We’ve received quite more »

Google announces Gmail email & chat desktop notifications for Chrome users

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 »

Gmail adds unread message count icon by way of Labs

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 »

Google Labs brings Google Maps preview to Gmail

Google, by way of Labs, has recently begun offering previews of Google Maps in Gmail and Buzz. In other words, you can now see a preview of the map right inline with your email message. The new functionality does need to be enabled, however that is simple enough. In Gmail, just click on Settings -> more »

New Labs feature allowing for easier refreshing of POP3 accounts in Gmail

Gmail has long had the ability to add (and check) other POP3 email accounts, which is nice because it allows you to check/send/receive email from multiple accounts in one place. Of course, with that convenience, the ability to check other POP3 email accounts is not perfect. One of the reasons why is due to the more »

New Google Labs feature allows for playback of Google Voice messages in Gmail

In an effort to further give myself over to Google and make myself that much more dependent on Gmail, there has recently been a new feature released in the labs that should keep me (and other Google Voice users) locked in Gmail a little longer. That new feature goes along with the SMS to email more »

Gmail intros new lab – automatic message translation

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 adds labs to Google Toolbar

Lots of Google properties have their own labs, like Gmail. Now, the Google Toolbar is getting its own set of labs. Right now, there are two labs. The toolbar is location aware. Google Maps will automatically fill in your current location via Wi-Fi access points. The “My Location” lab only works in the U.S. A more »

Gmail updates the Lab; adds Undo Send, in mail YouTube and Flickr previews

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 »

Google adds multiple inboxes to Gmail

Google has been on the ball lately, adding many new features to their Labs component of Gmail. For example, a little over a week ago they made Gmail available offline, added more label features to the top of Gmail, and now they have added the ability to look at multiple Gmail screens.

If you enabled a bunch of labels and filters, you know it can be annoying toggling between labels and the inbox. With this lab feature, you can view more than one inbox at a time, saving you a decent amount of time. The lab feature allows you to choose the number of messages per inbox, as well as the position on the screen of the inbox.