The Iranian government plans to permanently suspend Google email service in Iran. Iran’s telecommunications agency announced the suspension. They agency is planning to roll out a national email service for Iranian citizens. Google confirmed that, they experienced a sharp drop in email traffic in Iran and that some users in Iran were having trouble accessing Gmail. Read full story »
Google has released a Gmail Tips and Tricks (Gmail Ninja Guide) to save time, increase your productivity, and manage your email efficiently. The tips are divided into four different sections: White belt, Green belt, Black belt and Gmail Master. The tips are made also available as a Printable guide (PDF). Read full story »
With the Default Text Styling gadget, you can set the default font, font size, bold, italics, color and background color to be used in your GMail Compose window. This option is off by default. To enable this lab feature, head over to the ‘General’ tab on the ‘Settings’ page, and change the default text styling to better suit your preferences. Read full story »
Gmail has increased the maximum file attachment size that Gmail can send and receive to 25 megabytes (MB). Even though Google has increased the size limit, many other free email providers keep the bar low. So it is not advisable to send heavy attachments over 20MB to non-gmail accounts. You may also use the attachments to backup your files in your draft. Read full story »
Google launched Indic Transliteration feature in Gmail compose window, which enables you to select Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada or Telugu. When you compose a new mail in Gmail, you will see an icon with an Indic character. If you do not see this function enabled by default, you will need to go the “Settings” -> “Language” and enable this option. Read full story »
