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Your Gmail, Drive, And Google+ Storage Is Now One Big 15GB Chunk

It used to be that you’d have 10GB of storage for your Gmail account, and 5GB to share between your Google Drive and your Google+ pictures. Not anymore: Google just unified all three into a shared pool of 15GB.


10 Tricks To Make Yourself A Google+ Master

Unless you happen to work for the search giant that created it, Google+ is probably not your social network of choice. Nevertheless, there’s a ton of functionality hidden behind its walls, covering everything from photos to local searches as the influence of Google+ stretches across the company’s multitude of other products. Here’s how to get the most out of it.


New Gmail Tweak Lets You Schedule Calendar Events With Just A Click

The scheduling workflow in Google products is all messed. You’re constantly switching between email messages and your calendar to see if the suggested time works. It’s a huge waste of time. If, like millions of people, you use Gmail to schedule meetings, and Google Calendar to keep track of them, this little interface improvement in Gmail is going to save you a huge amount of time.


A Cheat Sheet Of Every Single Gmail Keyboard Shortcut

Do you use Gmail a lot? Then you need to see this graphic with all the keyboard shortcuts that can make like a million times easier. It comes complete with visualisations of each action, for some reference of what you’re actually accomplishing.


The Evolution Of Gmail, Visualised

On April Fools’ Day, 2004, Google launched Gmail, and it wasn’t long before @gmail.com email addresses usurped the kingdom of Hotmail. Google just posted a nice visualisation of the service’s evolution from a humble beta to a Google Goliath.


Gmail App Update Lets You Swipe Through Messages

There are a couple of new features in today’s update for the Gmail iOS app. First off, you can now swipe right or left between messages. And second, when you select a message, it goes into edit mode, from which you can tap to file an email into a different folder.


Why Paid Email Will Never Beat Gmail

Much has been said over the demise of Google Reader and what it should mean to users. A popular position advocated by many tech bloggers is that you should pay for services rather than trust your data to companies offering services for free. They argue that paying for services will give you more control over your data in the event that a free service closes its doors.


New Gmail App For iOS Hands-On: Way Better Than Last Time

A little more than a year ago, the iPhone and iPad finally got a Gmail app. It stunk. Even after hurried updates from an embarrassed Google. Now there’s a new app — Gmail 2.0 for iPhone and iPad.


The Best Secret Gmail Feature Is Hiding In Plain Sight

There’s a Google Mail feature you have to use. Seriously. You must. Because copying an entire chain of messages after your reply doesn’t make any sense when people can scroll down to see all the messages, chained one after the other. What makes sense is to only provide the snippet that you are actually replying to. And that’s why you need to do this:


Ten Tricks To Make Yourself A Gmail Master

Back in 2004, Gmail rewrote the rules for web-based email. It had a fast, clean interface, and a jaw-dropping 1GB of free storage. Today, it comes with 10 times the amount of space, and boasts many millions of users across the globe.


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