Liz Gannes in Social on February 7 at 1:40 pm PT
Rapportive, which makes a browser plugin that overlays Gmail with contextual information about email contacts, is being acquired by LinkedIn, sources said.
John Paczkowski in News on February 3 at 4:00 am PT
Google’s efforts to assuage concerns in Washington over proposed changes to its privacy policy don’t seem to be going well at all.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 23 at 12:35 pm PT
It’s Clean Out Your Inbox Week! But hang on — you don’t necessarily want to go folder-crazy.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 26, 2011 at 7:47 am PT
Forget analyzing your Facebook status updates and Foursquare check-ins. The really interesting data lies in your email exchanges from the past year.
News Byte
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 14, 2011 at 10:43 am PT
Google has
updated its iOS Gmail app with a few new features, including a tool that lets you scribble a little drawing to go with your messages. The new version also adds the ability to have a custom signature for mobile messages, and a vacation responder.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 21, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
There’s more than a little irony in Facebook using Google’s operating system to offer a competitive mobile phone strategy.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
The native Gmail app will be unsupported and unavailable for download after Nov. 22. Google tells BlackBerry owners to use the Web, instead.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 2, 2011 at 10:45 am PT
Google on Wednesday released a native Gmail client for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. However, the app was quickly panned by a number of techies.
Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on October 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
The classic comedy “Trading Places” explores what happens when people from completely different walks of life switch places. In the technology world, we are witnessing a similar swap.
Liz Gannes in Social on September 27, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
Xobni is trading one slightly awkward but endearing brand for another — Smartr — as it prepares to launch its contact management tools as a set of apps made by itself and other companies.
