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Google's GMail product manager: 'User data should never be held hostage'Posted by David Berlind in Berlind's Testbed on Dec 17, 2007 12:22 PM
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Last week, while in California, I made the rounds, capturing on video as many interviews as I could with interesting people that would be fun to hear from. One of...[Read the rest]

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Google Gmail: Hot, hip or third place player?
Hitwise is aptly named: It creates Internet hits, courtesy of its “Hitwise Intelligence Analyst Weblogs”! The blog of LeeAnn Prescott, Research Director at Hitwise, solicits prospective clients to use its:... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 13, 2007 10:58 AM
Google aims to usurp campus email systems
What is missing from college campuses today? Google Apps Education Edition, of course! Not for long though, if the latest Google ambitions are fully realized.Google is promoting Google Apps on... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 10, 2007 6:13 AM
Are all Google ads good?
Has Google really succeeded in making advertising something YOU want to see? Google touts "Gmail isnt a traditional webmail account":There are no pop-ups, untargeted banner ads or warnings urging you... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 29, 2007 11:23 AM
Google Oops: Gmail fix alerts
An official “Gmail Alerts Manager” is on the ready to advise Gmailers of “valuable information” regarding technical issues effecting Gmail accounts.Tuesday was a busy alert day for Mr. or Ms.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 29, 2007 11:04 AM
Gmail tips to enhance productivity
Matt Cutts, Googles best spam fighter and all around smart guy, tells us about a few things he does in Gmail to make sure he wastes as little time as... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Mar 5, 2007 6:17 AM
Should Google be trusted?
When Google speaks the world listens, and believes, the media in particular.Is that a good thing? Generally not, especially when billions of dollars of others’ property is at stake.In the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 3, 2007 5:37 AM
Is Gmail your productivity hub?
In “Google displaces Microsoft, already” last Friday, I put forth the Gmail centric productivity philosophy behind Google Apps Premier edition:Kevin Gough, product manager, Google Enterprise: Really what we did was... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 27, 2007 4:55 AM
Google Gmail: Do you want ads?
Google Apps Standard includes “relevant text based ads along side email,” an optional “feature” in Google Apps Premier, I underscored yesterday in "Google undercuts Microsoft Office."While advertising is not typically... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 23, 2007 12:21 PM
Google Gmail SLA guarantee?
Google knows Service Level Agreements are critical to enterprise acceptance of its hosted business productivity applications.Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager, Google Enterprise on todays launch of Google Apps... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 22, 2007 6:50 AM
Gmail for all, still a beta
According a story published by the Associated Press, Google has lifted the invitation-only restriction on Gmail (not that they were much of an obstacle at this point) and made the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Orchant in Office Evolution on: Feb 14, 2007 6:28 AM
Google spreads the love on Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day everyone! Google has been celebrating Valentines Day this year by giving a couple of its services (Gmail and Webmaster Central) a little something extra. As for... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Feb 14, 2007 6:13 AM
News: Google plugs Gmail data leak flaw
News.coms Joris Evers reports:Google has fixed a security hole in several of its services that exposed the address books of Gmail users. An attacker could create a malicious Web site... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Grober in Between the Lines on: Jan 2, 2007 2:35 PM
Is the latest Gmail flaw a big deal?
I really can't decide how concerned to be about the latest flaw discovered in Gmail that allows spammers to sniff out a Gmail address and pound away with incomprehensibly stupid... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Orchant in Office Evolution on: Jan 1, 2007 2:49 PM
Rough times for Gmail in the new year
It seems the bug I referred to in my last post is only partially fixed -- but I am confident it will be closed up soon. In the mean time,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Jan 1, 2007 9:00 AM
Serious Gmail vulnerability fixed
After posting my last article about the contacts "JSON API", Haochi Chen discovered that by simply appending a "callback" variable in the URL, the creators of a malicious site could... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Dec 31, 2006 7:55 PM
Is Gmail reliable?
About 18 months ago, I lost access to my Gmail account for a few hours when an early version of Greasemonkey caused a glitch that made Google think there were... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Orchant in Office Evolution on: Dec 29, 2006 7:59 AM
Google does no evil, still can't win
The news that several dozen Gmail users have irrevocably lost the contents of their email inboxes ironically provides conclusive proof that Gmail's retention policy really is as minimal as the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Dec 29, 2006 4:42 AM
Google Gmail: Privacy Policy vs. Help Center
A Google Group “Gmail Help Discussion” is discussing a member “ps101” post that “Lost Everything in My account... email, contacts, sent mail..”:"Found my account clean..nothing in Inbox, contacts ,sent mail..How... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Dec 28, 2006 9:58 PM
Some Gmail accounts were cleaned out
Several users (around 60 according to Google) experienced something that could damage the trust some users have in Gmail. The affected users report that all email and contacts in their... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Dec 28, 2006 6:21 PM
Screenshots of elusive Gmail feature
A few weeks ago, Google announced a new feature that would start appearing in our Gmail accounts -- but for almost everyone, that feature still hasnt made an appearance. The... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Dec 28, 2006 8:36 AM
Microsoft, Google battle for the inbox
The Enterprise Market will be a key battleground in 2007 for not only Microsoft and Google, but Yahoo as well, in partnership with IBM. [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Dec 21, 2006 12:26 PM
Is Gmail worth the risk?
Gmail users are passionate devotees of the free Google email service. Some typically jaded bloggers even believe that Gmail is "perfect" (see "Googles Gmail: Still far from perfect.").I believe otherwise,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Dec 12, 2006 1:11 AM
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