Want to check your Gmail inbox without pointing and clicking? You’ll barely have to touch your mouse with these handy keyboard shortcuts at your fingertips. You can compose a new message, archive old ones, jump back and forth between email threads, and more, all...
Got the latest version of Gmail for Android? If so, you can now scan the first few lines of your email or even archive a message without actually opening Gmail. The trick: sliding down the Notifications pane on your Android phone and performing a simple gesture on...
Remember the old Gmail—you know, before instant chat, the preview pane, the automatic message sorting, and the much-hated “new look”? Here’s five ways to turn back the clock on some of Gmail’s latest (and for some, most annoying) new features, starting with… 1....
If you’re in the U.S. or Canada and you’re a Gmail user, heads up: you can make free phone calls through your PC or Mac to any domestic cell phone or landline. As always, though, there are a few ifs, ands, and buts. Google has been offering free domestic voice...
Ever tried to send a really, really big file—think a few hundred megabytes, or maybe even a gigabyte—as an email attachment? Well, good luck with that. Not only can large attachments take forever to upload and send, they may also get blocked by the recipient’s...
Elia writes: I want to receive gmail on my AT&T GoPhone just like I do on my Apple iPad. Can you help? Hi Elia! Yep, you sure can check your Gmail on a prepaid AT&T GoPhone—or just about any basic cell phone, including those that won’t let you install...
Want a little alert to pop up on your desktop whenever a new Gmail message arrives? Easily done, but you’ll need the right browser first. Gmail’s built-in desktop notifications are fairly unobtrusive. There aren’t any startling pings or buzzes, and...
(Updated 11/6/2017) Mark writes: I was filing some mail on my iPhone 4, but instead of putting my messages in a folder I pressed “Archive”. Where is this archive and how can I retrieve items? Hi Mark! So, I’m guessing you were filing messages in a...
