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Google Search in Gmail Gets Smarter
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 2, 2010 9:12 AM / 7 Comments

gmail_logo.PNGBack in April 2009, Google introduced Google Search, a little-known feature in Gmail labs that allows users to search Google without ever leaving the Gmail interface. Today, Google announced that it is improving this feature with a number of useful new functions. Google Search in Gmail can now access most of the more advanced features of Google Search, including dictionary definitions, spelling corrections, calculations, weather and local search. In addition, Google is now also highlighting these new features through an additional button in the Gmail toolbar.

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Will Gmail Get a Magic Inbox that Can Analyze Your Social Graph to Organize Mail?
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 21, 2009 8:40 AM / 11 Comments

gmail_logo_apr09.pngAlex Chitu from the Google Operating System blog found an interesting reference to a "magic inbox" in Gmail's code this morning. In addition, there are also references to an "icebox-inbox" and the ability to sort mail by priority. Google has been relatively tepid with regards to adding features that exploit a user's social graph, but these references seem to point towards a system where Google could organize a user's mail based on the strength of this user's connection with the sender and not just based on the time a message arrived.

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Gmail Now Automatically Translates Messages As Well As Could Be Expected
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 19, 2009 1:19 PM / 7 Comments

Gmail Labs has done it once again. A new feature introduced today allows users to automatically translate emails into English and any other supported language. Sort of.

As with any non-human inter-linguistic interpretations, the messages suffer in translation. But thanks to this new feature, you'll be able to get the gist of the Cyrillic text in your spam folder with just the click of a text link.

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New in Gmail Labs: "Suggested Recipients"
Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 17, 2009 12:50 PM / 9 Comments

gmail_logo_apr09.pngIf you often send emails to multiple recipients, a new feature in Gmail Labs will now help you to ensure that you don't inadvertently forget a recipient you typically include in your group emails. After you activate it, this new feature, "Suggest more Recipients," kicks in after you add at least two recipients to your message. If you, for example, usually send out a message to your mom, dad, sister and brother together, Gmail will suggest that you add both your sister and brother to the list of recipients after you type in your mother's and father's address.

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