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See what Obama, McCain and leading political pundits are reading 
Robby Stein via Gmail Blog on Mon, 18 Aug. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerToday we announced that both the Obama and McCain campaigns as well as political contributors from Newsweek to POLITICO are sharing news with Google Reader this
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Remote sign out and info to help you protect your Gmail account
Robby Stein via Gmail Blog on Mon, 07 Jul. 2008
Posted by Erwin D'Souza, Gmail Engineer Your email account can contain a lot of personal information, from bank alerts to love letters. Email that, I'm sure, you don't always want other people to see. We understand how important your Gmail accounts are to you, so we're adding a new layer of information and control. With this new feature, you can now track your recent sessions
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Gmail blog turns 1: Looking back at our 10 most read tips
Robby Stein via Gmail Blog on Thu, 03 Jul. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager When we launched the Gmail blog exactly one year ago, our goal was to provide you with new feature announcements, insight into how the Gmail team works, and tips on how to become a Gmail ninja. We hope you've enj
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Power Tip: Set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3 (25)
Robby Stein via RSSmeme on Wed, 02 Jul. 2008
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Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager For those of you using newly released Firefox 3, or willing to give it a try, you can take advantage of a new feature that lets you set Gmail as the de
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Tip: Set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3
Robby Stein via Gmail Blog on Wed, 02 Jul. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager For those of you using newly released Firefox 3, or willing to give it a try, you can take advantage of a new feature that lets you set Gmail as the default for all email links -- those that contain "mailto:" in them. If you're like me a
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Evolution of Gmail chat (22)
Robby Stein via RSSmeme on Fri, 20 Jun. 2008
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Nika Smith, User ExperienceOften, the features we launch seem so simple that you might think they're the result of blatantly obvious design decisions. In fact, every feature is subjected to a healthy dose of scrutiny within the Gmail team, and usually that includes rapidly iterating on designs
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3 Gmail Labs features that will spice up your inbox
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Mon, 16 Jun. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerLast week we launched Gmail Labs, a way for you to test out experimental Gmail features before they're ready for prime time. This week, we want to show you what the most popular Labs features can
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Getting Gmail anywhere: IMAP versus POP
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Tue, 27 May. 2008
Posted by Sze-jun Tsai, Help Center guruIf you access Gmail via a phone or email client using POP, you may be frustrated by the fact that any action you take, such as reading, sorting or deleting, doesn't sync with your Gmail account. You may have read and sorted all your new mail on your phone, for example, but when you log back in to Gmail using a browser, you're presented w
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Tip: Edit contacts right from your chat list
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Wed, 30 Apr. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerWhen I add a new friend to Gmail chat, sometimes my friend's email address is added as their contact name, such as hikingfan@gmail.com. I personally like to have the name of all my chat friends in my chat list so I don't get too confused as to who's who. To change this, I used to go into contacts, select the contact pro
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Calendar Sync updated
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Posted by Shirin Oskooi, Product ManagerThanks for all the feedback you have sent us about Google Calendar Sync. We're rolling out an update that should make it a lot more useful.Previously, your Google Calendar email address needed to be the organizer or an attendee of your Microsoft Outlook events for the Outlook events to sync to your Google Calendar. Now, when you
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Calendar Sync updated
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Posted by Shirin Oskooi, Product ManagerThanks for all the feedback you have sent us about Google Calendar Sync. We're rolling out an update that should make it a lot more useful.Previously, your Google Calendar email address needed to be the organizer or an attendee of your Microsoft Outlook events for the Outlook events to sync to your Google Calendar. Now, when you
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9 reasons to archive
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Fri, 18 Apr. 2008
Posted by Kathryn McGarr, Online Operations AssociateWe hear reports that many users don't archive their email. If you don't regularly click on the "archive" button or never even thought about it, here are some reasons you might want to get in the habit.
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We're hiring
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Tue, 08 Apr. 2008
Posted by Keith Coleman, Product ManagerDespite our best efforts, Gmail doesn't yet build itself. So we're looking for good people to keep making it better and better. It's fun and rewarding to work on a product that you, your friends, other people you know (and tens of millions of people someone else knows) use all the time. And if that's something you want to do, now you can
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Giving group chat a go
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Mon, 07 Apr. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerA friend of mine recently told me that she used group chat in Gmail for the first time the other day. She was talking to two coworkers about a new project and essentially serving as a go-between. Her solution: make it one conversation.When she told me about this, I couldn't believe this was the first time she us
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Tips for importing old email to Gmail
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Fri, 28 Mar. 2008
Posted by Olivier Beyssac, Site Reliability EngineerWhen I switched to Gmail more than a year ago, I still had a significant amount of old email stored with my old address. Because I keep messages for a long time and like to frequently search them, I wanted to move my old email to Gmail so it would all be in one place and I could access it on any device, including my mobile ph
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Tips for importing old email to Gmail
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Fri, 28 Mar. 2008
Posted by Olivier Beyssac, Site Reliability EngineerWhen I switched to Gmail more than a year ago, I still had a significant amount of old email stored with my old address. Because I keep messages for a long time and like to frequently search them, I wanted to move my old email to Gmail so it would all be in one place and I could access it on any device, including my mobile ph
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Newest Gmail features now available for Google Apps users
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Fri, 21 Mar. 2008
Posted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing ManagerSince Google's applications are "in the cloud," we can act on feedback and release new features very rapidly. Sometimes, though, we like to listen and learn from users before launching updates to businesses, schools and organizations that use
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Calendar Sync now available
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Fri, 07 Mar. 2008
Posted by Harish, Software EngineerYesterday, we launched Google Calendar Sync, a tool that lets users sync Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook calendar. Using it, you can access your Google Calendar information offline, access your Outlook calendar informa
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2 hidden ways to get more from your Gmail address
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Wed, 05 Mar. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerI recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can give you greater control over your inbox and save you some time and headache. When you choose a Gmail address, you actually get more than just "yourusername@gmail.com." Here are two different ways you can modify your Gmail address and still
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2 hidden ways to get more from your Gmail address
Robby Stein via Official Gmail Blog on Wed, 05 Mar. 2008
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerI recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can give you greater control over your inbox and save you some time and headache. When you choose a Gmail address, you actually get more than just "yourusername@gmail.com." Here are two different ways you can modify your Gmail address and still
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