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Google’s New Online Storage Deal: Much Cheaper, But Not a Game Changer

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Google is so synonymous with free stuff that it’s easy to forget that it does indeed offer some for-pay services–such as additional online storage space for Gmail messages and Picasa photos. Yesterday, it announced that it’s slashing the fees it charges for extra elbow room. The new pricing starts at $5 a year for 20GB of [...]

Yesterday’s Gmail Outage: Google Responds

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Yesterday night, I blogged about Gmail’s most recent outage and Google’s communications about it and about glitches in general. This afternoon, Andrew Kovacs of the company’s PR department called to respond to the post. He explained the company’s philosophy about responding to technical issues and conceded that Gmail (which had another major outage on September [...]

Rocky Mountain Bank: Rocky, Rocky Security!

Friday, September 25, 2009

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MediaPost is reporting that Rocky Mountain Bank, a small institution in Wyoming, accidentally e-mailed the names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and loan information to a Gmail address. When it realized its mistake, it e-mailed the address again and got no response–so it went to court, and a California appellate court judge has told Google that [...]

Gmail Outages: The Debate Continues

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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[UPDATE: Google responded to this post with some details about Gmail outages and how it responds to them.] For about two and a half hours this morning, some Gmail users found that their contacts or the entire service was unavailable. Once the service bounced back, folks continued to debate whether Google outages are a sign of [...]

Gmail: Sick Again

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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I awoke this morning to find that hundreds of folks were reading an old Techologizer story on Gmail problems–which is always a sign that Gmail is misbehaving on a grand scale. As usual, I checked my own two Gmail accounts, and found that my inboxes were available–but that both were displaying a message I’d never [...]

Down and Out With Gmail

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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[UPDATE AS OF 2:30PM TECHNOLOGIZER TIME: Gmail is back up, at least for me.] Gmail is not feeling well today. I know because it’s the talk of Twitter. I know because an old Technologizer story happens to be Google’s first result for “gmail down.” Most of all, I know because both my primary work and personal [...]

Google Calendar Gets Its Own Labs

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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Has it only been thirteen months since Google introduced Gmail Labs? The warehouse of experimental features has become a defining aspect of Gmail’s personality, letting users pick and choose from dozens of features, including some that are utterly essential (like offline access) and some that are just plain weird (such as Mail Goggles, which aims [...]

Google Says Bye-Bye to Beta. Good!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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“We’re often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta,” begins a post at the Official Google Blog. The post…doesn’t explain why Google loves to label so many things as beta for so long. But it does announce that the company’s taking the bushel of useful apps that make up Google [...]

Gmail’s Labels: Now Even More Like Folders!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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Gmail’s Labels, which started out as a contrarian alternative to the folders used by every other e-mail app on the planet, are getting more and more folder-like. Google is moving the list of Labels to sit right below your inbox (you know, where folders generally reside) and now lets you drag e-mails to a Label [...]

5Words for Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

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I’d love a 32GB iPhone… Savvy guesswork about next iPhone. Gmail preview for slow connections. Four Pres per Best Buy? Is the Pre shortage intentional? Share bundles with Google reader. Twitter search: broken, broken, broken! Is this Windows 7’s logo? Windows 7’s netbook hardware limitations? Microsoft vs. Apple in Alpha.

Gmail Making it Simple to Switch

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Google rolled out new functionality within Gmail Wednesday that would help ease the pain of switching e-mail providers. The backend of the service is provided by TrueSwitch, and works with a host of providers including AOL, Comcast, Hotmail, Verizon, and Yahoo (a full list is provided here). The service will automatically import your mail from your [...]

5Words for May 14th, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Wow, two USB drive items: Ars Technica reviews USB drives. A USB drive for backups. Switching to Gmail made easy. 512GB SSD notebook from Toshiba. Vodafone banishes international roaming charges. Destroying Microsoft Office: surprisingly difficult. AT&T bans (and emulates) SlingPlayer. More e-readers to choose from. Is Gmail having spam problems? Sony loses a billion bucks.

5Words for April 9th, 2009

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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Sorry this is kinda late-ish: Apple: cornering the flash market? Bluetooth hits the big 3.0. It’s Wall-E as a PC. Time Warner caps broadband use. Ten worst operating systems ever. Gmail figures out time zones. 4GB Eye-Fi cards start shipping. Moxi box adds media features.

5Words for March 26th, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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I’d love an interplanetary vacation: Word creator returns to space. Windows 7 download page: oops! Google and Mario: finally together. Ads take over Meebo chat. Firefox readies a security fix. The president is tweeting again. Birthday present coming for Gmail. Coming soon: Conficker activation. Greeeaaat. Twitter business model: more hints.

Good Grief, Another Significant Gmail Enhancement: Previews

Thursday, March 19, 2009

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I’ve officially given up trying to keep pace with each and every feature Google adds to Gmail, but this one looks neat: There’s a new Gmail Labs option that enables in e-mail viewing of Flickr and Picasa photos, YouTube videos, and Yelp reviews. Gmail notices links to this content, and simply embeds it in your [...]

5Words for March 11th, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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Let’s get newsy, shall we? Details on Windows Mobile store. Three new Nokia music phones. Gmail is bigger than YouTube. Google cuts off free texting. In-flight Internet ramps up. Analyst thinks Snow Leopard’s lagging. Europe gives Microsoft an extension. PlayStation gets NBC Universal content. Xbox 360: Worth a million? Chinese hackers rip off iTunes. A pig dock for iPod.