Reminder: Third Party Gmail Apps Have Full Access to Your Email

Source: Justin Pot, HowToGeek.com, July 2, 2018  Remember that “cool” free Gmail app you installed years ago and then forgot about? It probably still has access to your email, and actual humans might be sifting through them. Douglas MacMillan, writing for The Wall Street Journal, re-iterated a problem we’ve been talking about for a while: free… Continue reading Reminder: Third Party Gmail Apps Have Full Access to Your Email

How to Share Large Files Over the Internet

Source: Michael Gonyar , HowToGeek.com, May 8, 2018  You’ve got a file to share—a huge document, video presentation, or set of images. You can’t just email it, because you’re running up against your—or your recipient’s—email size limit. Here are several ways you can share large files over the internet. We’re going to look at a few different… Continue reading How to Share Large Files Over the Internet

Gmail’s iOS app now lets you send and request money

Source:  Thuy Ong, TheVerge.com, May 8, 2018  Google’s Gmail app for iOS now allows users to send and request money via Google Pay. Users can send money to anyone with an email address, and the payments will be sent and received via an attachment. Those who want to use this feature will need to download the latest version… Continue reading Gmail’s iOS app now lets you send and request money

GOOGLE’S ‘ADVANCED PROTECTION’ LOCKS DOWN ACCOUNTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE

Source: Andy Greenberg, Wired.com, October 17, 2017  WHEN IT COMES to the eternal tradeoff between digital security and convenience, most tech firms focus their efforts on the vast majority of people who choose a painless user experience over a paranoid one. But Google is adding a set of features specifically targeted at those who prefer the… Continue reading GOOGLE’S ‘ADVANCED PROTECTION’ LOCKS DOWN ACCOUNTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE

Google just redesigned Gmail for iPhone and made it way faster

By Chris Welch, TheVerge.com, November 8, 2016  And now you can Undo Send This morning, Google released a redesigned Gmail app for iPhone with performance that’s gotten “a lot faster” in the company’s own words. The “fresh new look” includes sleeker transitions that result in Gmail suddenly feeling way more like a proper app and… Continue reading Google just redesigned Gmail for iPhone and made it way faster