What is Google Plus?

Google Plus is a social networking service owned and operated by Google.  For articles explaining Google Plus iand a collection of Google Plus tutorials, articles, Web Sites and videos see the Gmail Users "What Is Google Plus" article.

Gmail Books at Amazon.com

Hacking Gmail (Pre-orders available)

Google Gmail: Visual QuickStart Guide

The Gmail Book: Your Definitive Guide

Google Gives Up Gmail Name in the UK

Google has given up on using the name "Gmail" in the United Kingdom. Because of a trademark dispute, Google's free email service will be renamed "Google Mail" in Great Britain. [Read Full BBC Article]

Google Introduces Personalized Home Page

Article at TopTechNews.com

Article at eCommerceTimes.com

Article at MacWorld.co.uk

Create Your Own Personalized Google Page

Google Ponders Blogger and Gmail Integration

"Google is contemplating various improvements to its popular Blogger Web logging service, including native image uploading and deeper integration with the company’s Gmail Web-mail service, according to a Google executive."

Read Full Article at MacWorld.com

Google Knocked Offline - Denies It Was Hacked

Google and some of its services - including Gmail - were not available on Saturday May 7, 2005 from 6:45 to 7:00 pm EDT, and some users were not able to connect for up to an hour. Because users were rerouted to another Web site when they tried to connect to Google, there was speculation the problem was caused by hackers, but Google denied that, saying it was a Domain Name System (DNS) problem.

Read Full Article at InformationWeek.com

Google Diversifies and Produces a New Sports Drink

Google's new sports drink has been named the Google Gulp and it will "slam a truckload of electrolytic neurotransmitter smart-drug stimulants past the blood-brain barrier to achieve maximum optimization of your cerebral cortex"....

Main Article at Google.com

Product History: From Forest to Freezer

Four Great Flavors

Frequently Asked Questions

Google Agrees to Acquire Urchin

On March 28, Google announced their intention to acquire Urchin, the producer of one of the most popular Web site statistics analysis tools [Google Press Release]

About.com - Sold to the New York Times

The New York Times announced today that it will purchase About.com for $410 million from publisher Primedia. The Times, whose newspapers include The New York Times and The Boston Globe, said it will expand About.com's content and visibility and use the site to market its products and those of its advertisers. I hope this will turn out to be good news for the Web site editors, and all of my other friends at About.com. I am thinking about you guys!

NY Times Explains About.com Purchase To Analysts

Associated Press Article by Seth Sutel

Kanoodle is Battling Google for Contextual Ads

The former executives of Sprinks, which Google purchased in October of 2003, joined smaller paid-search provider Kanoodle in 2004 and they are renewing their competition in the market for contextual ads [Article at eWeek.com]

Will Google Buy About.com?

Some of you may know I was the inline skating editor for About.com for four years, from 1999 through 2003. About.com is about to undergo a significant change, because Primedia is selling it off to the highest bidder. AOL, Google, and Yahoo are among the five companies expected to bid by today's deadline. I have a good relationship with About.com management and their new inline skating editor, so I am very curious to find out who the new owner will be. [Read Full Article]

Google Inviting Gmailers 50 at a Time

Is Google gearing up for a full launch of Gmail in the near future? According to a Recent article cNet article: "...people using the Gmail service have found recently that the number of invitations they can send out has increased from four to 50." [Read Full Article at Com.com]

POP3 Access to Gmail is Being Rolled Out

Google will roll out POP3 support to its beta Gmail users over the next few weeks. Users with POP3 access will be able to read their Gmail using client-side email applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Qualcomm Eudora.

Google Gives Gmail POP3 Support (ComputerWorld.com)

GMail should have chosen IMAP Not POP (TechWhack.com)

Your Gmail Account Probably Has an Atom Feed

Google is working on an Atom feed generator that will allow a Gmail user to see a list of their unread messages in their favorite newsfeed reader. Atom newsfeeds are being created now for some - and perhaps all - Gmail accounts, but not all Gmail users know where to find them and the feeds do not yet work with all newsfeed readers.

Article: Gmail Atom Feed Coming? (InterNews.com)

Article: Gmail Adds Atom Feeds (MicroPersuasion.com)

Tutorial: How to Find Your Gmail Atom Feed (Webstractions.com)

Definition: What Is Atom? (Blogger.com)

New Gmail Features Are Coming Soon

On October 1 Google officially announced to many Gmail users that "new features are coming soon". Stay tuned...

Ability to Save Drafts Coming Soon?

I keep reading in the online Gmail forums that Google will release additional Gmail features soon, including the one feature I need more than any other - the ability to create draft messages and save them for sending later. Other features that may be coming soon are a more sophisticated editor for the contacts list and an Atom feed for unread Email. I'm not quite sure how that last one would work...

Is Google Developing Its Own Browser?

There is a strong rumor circulating that Google may be developing its own browser based on the open-source Mozilla code. Adding fuel to that rumor is the fact that Google owns the domain name GBrowser.com and even more so the fact that Google recently recruited and hired four employees away from Microsoft including key Internet Explorer development team member Adam Bosworth.

Revolution Magazine Article

PC World Article

BBC News Article

Gallina Turns Gmail Into a Blogging Tool

Programmer Jonathan Hernandez of Mexico has created a tool that turns Google's Gmail service into a blog. Jonathan named his software "Gallina" and he has posted a demo and the open source code on his Web site at Gluch.org.mx (NOTE: Before you use your Gmail account for a purpose like this I recommend you consider how Google might react...) [Article at Silicon.com]

What I Think About Gmail So Far

I have been using Gmail for about two months and I am quickly becoming addicted. Here is why Gmail is turning out to be the best email solution I have tried so far [Read Full Article]

Is Google Developing an Instant Messenger?

If you believe recent comments in discussion boards and blogs across the Internet, Google is developing an IM product that would allow them to complete a communications platform that includes Gmail (Google's Web-based email system) and Orkut (Google's community networking portal [Article at InternetNews.com]