Gmail gets automatic message translation feature

Gmail gets automatic message translation feature New Delhi: Here is good news for Gmail users. Now, users will be able to conveniently comprehend emails they receive in other languages as Google has announced to roll out the automatic translation feature for all Gmail users over the next few days. "Since message translation was one of the most popular Gmail labs, we decided it was time to graduate from Gmail Labs and move into the real world....
12:52 PM, May 02, 2012

Google adds 2.5 GB to your Gmail storage

Google adds 2.5 GB to your Gmail storage New Delhi: Google launched Gmail as an invitation-only beta on April 1, 2004 and it has gradually over a span of eight years increased the storage from 1 GB to 7.5 GB. Now to celebrate the launch of its much anticipated Google Drive cloud storage and sync product Google has announced that it is giving Gmail users 2.5 GB of additional storage. In a post on the official Gmail blog,...
01:38 PM, Apr 25, 2012

Google launches 'Account Activity'

Google launches 'Account Activity' New Delhi: Search engine Google has launched 'Account Activity' -- a new service that collates activities of users on all Google-owned sites including the popular 'Gmail' and 'YouTube' offerings. The service would provide information to the users on a monthly basis. "Sometimes it's helpful to step back and take stock of what you're doing online...If you sign up (for Account Activity), each month we'll send you a link to a...
11:22 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Route mails through India: Govt to Google, Yahoo

Route mails through India: Govt to Google, Yahoo New Delhi: Internet content providers Yahoo, Gmail and others would be asked to route all emails accessed in India through the country even if the mail account is registered outside the country. The move comes in the wake of instances where security agencies could not have a real-time access to some emails as they were registered outside the country but were opened in India. During a recent high-level meeting held...
07:54 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Google to unify privacy policy across products

Google to unify privacy policy across products Bangalore: Google Inc plans to unify its privacy policy and terms of service across its online offerings, including its flagship search, Gmail and Google+ products, to make them easier to use, but the move could attract greater scrutiny from anti-trust regulators. In an online blog post, Google said it expects to roll out the revised guidelines in over a month's time, consolidating more than 60 separate privacy policies it uses...
11:39 AM, Jan 25, 2012

No censorship, only supervision of content: Sibal

No censorship, only supervision of content: Sibal New Delhi: A defensive Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday clarified that asking social media websites to screen alleged derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory content about religious figures and Indian leaders is not censorship. Sibal claimed that the Government is trying to supervise content on the Internet that can hurt religious sentiments. "On September 5, I noticed certain images and statements on the platform of Google, Facebook, YouTube. The subject matter...
01:10 PM, Dec 06, 2011

BlackBerry, iPhone, Gmail users at risk: WikiLeaks

BlackBerry, iPhone, Gmail users at risk: WikiLeaks New Delhi: WikiLeaks is out with yet another explosive expose. It has released 287 files of numerous companies containing details of mass surveillance. Speaking in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said more than 150 organisations worldwide were selling information obtained by monitoring people's mobile phones and computers. "Today, we release over 287 files, documenting the reality of the international mass surveillance industry. An industry which now sells equipment to dictators...
10:15 AM, Dec 02, 2011

Google drops Gmail app support for BlackBerry users

Google drops Gmail app support for BlackBerry users New York: Google, maker of Android software for mobile phones, will stop supporting the application for Gmail for rival Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry smartphones. "Beginning November 22, 2011, we will end support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry (installed native app). Over this past year, we've focused efforts on building a great Gmail experience in the mobile browser and will continue investing in this area," Google said. This means...
09:02 AM, Nov 11, 2011

Google gives Gmail a makeover

Google gives Gmail a makeover New Delhi: As part of the design revamp of its gamut of services, Google has announced the release of the new look for its popular email service Gmail. In a post on the official Gmail blog, Jason Cornwell, user experience designer at Google, highlighted the new updates and improvements. Users can move to the new look by clicking on Switch to the new look in the bottom-right of Gmail. Google...
02:19 PM, Nov 02, 2011

Google faces outage, returns 502 error

Google faces outage, returns 502 error New Delhi: Many Google users have reported receiving a 502 error while trying to access any Google service. Google products which seem to have been affected include Google.com, YouTube, Gmail, Google Talk and Blogger. Tweets from users reporting the error seem to indicate that it is users from India who are facing a problem. There is still no word from Google on its official communication channels regarding the glitch. "502....
01:37 PM, Oct 19, 2011

Review: Offline Gmail app good for casual use

Review: Offline Gmail app good for casual use Auckland: Google's new software for using Gmail without an Internet connection comes across as a throwback to an era when we weren't connected all the time and on all sorts of devices, from phones to iPads. These days, if I need to read or write an email when I'm not at a regular computer, I can usually do so on my phone. Wi-Fi is also plentiful -even on planes and...
03:26 PM, Oct 08, 2011

Google to Iran: Change your password

Google to Iran: Change your password San Francisco: Google Inc is advising its Gmail email service customers in Iran to change their passwords in the wake of a cyberattack that has affected a major swath of the country. Google itself was not compromised, but the attackers may have been able to break into the link between Gmail and a person's computer, essentially. As such the attack was the latest illustration of the difficulty and complexity of...
11:25 AM, Sep 10, 2011

China calls US culprit in global 'Internet war'

China calls US culprit in global 'Internet war' Beijing: The Chinese military accused the US on Friday of launching a global "Internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments, redirecting the spotlight away from allegations of major online attacks on Western targets originating in China. The accusations Friday by Chinese military academy scholars, and their urging of tougher policing of the Internet, followed allegations this week that computer hackers in China had compromised the personal Gmail accounts...
09:09 AM, Jun 04, 2011

Personal email account policies at US agencies

Personal email account policies at US agencies Washington: The US government on Thursday was assessing whether security was compromised after Google Inc said hackers from central China tried to hack personal Gmail accounts used by senior officials. The Executive Office of the President, which includes the White House and related offices, blocks access to outside email services such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail on its networks within the complex. Other agencies also have firewalls to block...
09:23 AM, Jun 03, 2011

Cyber attacks run risk of wider instability

Cyber attacks run risk of wider instability London: From the satellite pictures on Google Earth, Jinan looks like any other Chinese city - sprawling construction sites, massive factory blocks, apartment buildings, a university, dozens of railway lines and wide-open plazas. But according to the Internet giant, somewhere in the city - the capital of China's eastern Shandong province - are the computer servers used to try to steal the passwords of hundreds of Google e-mail account holders....
09:14 AM, Jun 03, 2011
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