Gmail News & Articles

So say Google's critics about a company which, lets face it, is only 14 years old. We know what they're like; trying to grow up quickly, but really still a kid at heart. And that pretty much sums up the company's week as it keeps trying to please users while trying to obey the grown-ups.

Being true to its settlement agreement with the FTC in March of last year, Google pre-announced yesterday a comprehensive update that consolidates some 60 privacy policy documents, plus a refresh of its terms of service agreement. Both are to begin March 1, but are available now for review online.

This policy shift is generating buzz online over concerns of privacy, search anonymity and control over just what information gets shared.

 This week in Google the Internet giant adopted yet another very Facebook-y feature, improved its contacts options and celebrated over 10 billion Android Market downloads with application discounts. 

This week in the Google-verse we welcomed back the iOS Gmail app. So far, the angry pitchfork mob has been quiet. Meanwhile, Google+ plugged in a little Trends column in the search results page (it's like Twitter's Trending Topics with a twist) and all marketers have been invited to check out Think Insights, a smorgasbord of helpful tools and up-to-date studies, trends and videos.

In this week's episode of the rollercoaster drama, the wildly popular email service and smartphone play nice together, but for how long?

Lots of negativity in the world of Google this week. In addition to the big disappointment that was the Gmail app for the iPhone, there's plenty of trash being talked about the new look of Gmail and Google Reader. 

Almost as soon as it had arrived, the much-heralded official Gmail app for the iPhone was pulled after user complaints and bug issues.

Google recently rolled out revamped GMail and Google Reader, and plenty of users are less than thrilled about the changes. In fact, some Reader users are migrating to Twitter as an RSS feed reader, instead.

The much-anticipated refresh of Google's Gmail service is live for all, with one click taking users to a more spacious, refined email experience.

Most Gmail users added their account to the iPhone's default mail app, and forgot about it. But, finally, there's to be a proper app for that.

This week in the Google-verse we got an accidental sneak peak at the new look of Gmail, handy new visual features in Analytics, and a goodbye letter from dear ol' Buzz. 

This week was all about expansion in the Googleverse. The Internet giant made multiple sign-in for Gmail available on mobile devices and opened up Plus for all. Meanwhile, developers found more joy than users in the quiet release of Chrome 14. 

The multiple sign-in feature has been fairly popular among GMail users since its release, but only those working from a desktop could enjoy the convenience of it. This week, Google is ushering in its slew of mobile users, who can now utilize the feature on their smartphones and tablets. 

With a bicoastal relaunch event planned for next month, Microsoft has some big plans for Hotmail to better compete against the likes of Gmail and Yahoo.

It may have been Labor Day weekend, but it’s been a busy week in the document management mines. Kofax has announced it is to go public after some impressive results for the year, Google is offering offline Gmail, Formtek and Ephesoft have partnered for better capture and ARX is offering mobile document signatures for SharePoint.