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The Era of AppNation Has Arrived

Beth Callaghan in Numbers on May 16 at 4:59 pm PT

It seems like a foregone conclusion that the era of the app has arrived.

iPhone Engineer and Gmail Designer Team Up on Electric Imp to Connect Devices

Liz Gannes in Product News on May 16 at 10:00 am PT

A new start-up called Electric Imp promises to turn almost any product into a connected device with the addition of a tiny card in a slot.

Electric Imp founders Peter Hartley, Hugo Fiennes and Kevin Fox

Are Macs More Secure?

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 1 at 9:25 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether Macs are as vulnerable to viruses as PCs.

News Byte

Gmail Down for Some Users

Lauren Goode in News on April 17 at 10:47 am PT

Some of Gmail’s 350 million users took to Twitter this morning to complain that their Gmail accounts were down. Google has since acknowledged the outage, saying, “We’re aware that some users are experiencing an error when accessing their Gmail. We are working on a resolution and apologize for the inconvenience.” In the meantime, Google has directed users to the Google Apps Status Dashboard for updates.

Retrosift Scans Your Emails for Every (Cringeworthy) Photo You’ve Ever Sent

Lauren Goode in Product News on March 30 at 8:29 am PT

A new app that sifts through old photos. Yes, you really wore that.

Google Will Help Us Watch Our Google Selves With a Monthly Activity Summary

Liz Gannes in News on March 28 at 10:02 am PT

Today, Google is introducing an optional monthly email and personal “Account Activity” dashboard that should keep us a little more up to date with our Google selves on a regular basis.

Better Gmail on the iPhone

Lauren Goode in Reviews on March 26 at 6:00 am PT

If you’re looking for a better email experience from the iPhone, these apps will help.

How Google’s Designers Got the Company on the Same Page

Liz Gannes in News on March 11 at 4:33 pm PT

When Google’s designers got the chance in 2011 to overhaul their company’s design, they took the opportunity and sprinted with it, as they described at SXSW today.

State AGs Want Google to Address New Privacy Policy

John Paczkowski in News on February 22 at 3:26 pm PT

An alliance of 36 state attorneys general has sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page questioning the upcoming changes in the company’s privacy policy.