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FDA whistleblowers say government retaliated with spyware
Ars Technica
By Jon Brodkin | Published February 3, 2012 3:46 PM A group of former FDA scientists who spoke out against the agency's allegedly flawed device-approval process are suing the feds for intercepting Gmail and Yahoo Mail messages by installing spy ...

Christian Science Monitor
With Gmail Man spoof, Microsoft assails Google privacy policy (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Gmail Man is here, and he's looking at your private messages. Microsoft's new ad takes some humorous jabs at Google's free mail service. By Matthew Shaer / February 3, 2012 The new Gmail Man video spoofs Google's new privacy policy.
Microsoft attacks Google privacy with Gmail Man spoofCanada.com (blog)
Microsoft Continues Sniping at Google's SnoopingWall Street Journal (blog)
EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policyReuters
Washington Post -KING5.com -VatorNews
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How to Use Gmail Filters
PCWorld (blog)
In this article I'll walk you through Gmail's filter features, which allow you to sort and automatically manage incoming mail. Here's how to set them up. The first thing to do when creating a filter is to tell Gmail what kinds of messages you want it ...

How to make your Gmail more professional
Economic Times
If you're using your Gmail ID for work, you run the risk of being branded 'unprofessional'. If you can't buy your own domain name (and get an email ID like yourname@yourdomain.com), you can at least customise the emails that you send out with more ...

Right Inbox Gmail extension schedules out emails
AGBeat
One of the great features of Gmail is that the community of web developers never sleeps and is always looking for ways to improve the Gmail experience through free browser extensions as a means of helping adoption rates, especially for business users ...

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Globe and Mail
Microsoft slams Google's new policy on merging user data with full-page ads
Washington Post
The company does not dispute that it serves up ads based on words in private emails written by users of Gmail, but says such scanning is automated and is similar to how many email providers filter out spam. It has operated that way since Gmail's ...
Google Changes Its Privacy PoliciesPatch.com
Microsoft Slams Google Privacy ChangesInformationWeek
Google defends change to privacy policiesChicago Tribune
CBS News
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Sydney Morning Herald
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads
The Associated Press
The company does not dispute that it serves up ads based on words in private emails written by users of Gmail, but says such scanning is automated and is similar to how many email providers filter out spam. It has operated that way since Gmail's ...
Microsoft slams new Google data policyNEWS.com.au
Microsoft Snipes at Google on PrivacyeWeek
Microsoft Slams Google Privacy ChangesInformationWeek

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Add Hyperlinks In Gmail With A Keyboard Shortcut
Lifehacker Australia
Most word processors use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K (or Cmd+K on Mac) to insert a hyperlink into a text, but even though the shortcut exists in Google Docs, it never worked in Gmail. Now it does.It's the exact same keyboard shortcut you use in Word, ...

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Business Insider
Jon Stewart Mocks Google+ On 'The Daily Show' (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Jon Stewart mocked the awkwardness of the President's interactions with participants and made a dig about how Google users don't actually use Google+, despite the company gradually integrating Google+ features into web services like Gmail and YouTube.
No Love For Google At The Crunchies This Year (GOOG)San Francisco Chronicle
Google+ Wins A Crunchie But Gets Razzed By The Daily ShowMarketing Land

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Gmail How-To: 7 More Basic Tips And Tricks Every User Should Know
Huffington Post
Ever since we published our first batch of Gmail tips, the Captain Gadget inbox has been flooded by curious and frustrated Gmail users with questions of their own. Captain Gadget's gonna do his thing and answer seven more Gmail how-to's right here, ...

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Swamped by email? This tool aims to help.
Crain's New York Business
By Elaine Pofeldt What it does: It provides a plug-in application for Gmail and customer relationship management, or CRM, systems that helps employees in sales and business development save time on sending emails. How it's doing: The company, ...

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Small Business Trends
7 Gmail Tips Every SMB Should Know
Small Business Trends
By Lisa Barone So many of us in the small business community rely on Gmail as our default email provider, and with good reason! We use Google because it comes at a price point we love (often free) and it integrates with other applications that we use ...

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USA TODAY
Tech companies team up to combat e-mail scams
USA TODAY
According to Google, about 15% of non-spam messages in Gmail come from domains that are protected by DMARC. This means Gmail users "don't need to worry about spoofed messages from these senders," Adam Dawes, a product manager at Google, said in a blog ...
Google, Facebook and PayPal team up to fight phishingVentureBeat
Facebook, Google, other firms team to fight email phishing scamsLos Angeles Times

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VentureBeat
Google, Facebook, and PayPal team up to fight phishing
VentureBeat
“We've been active in the leadership of the DMARC group for almost two years, and now that Gmail and several other large mail senders and providers — namely Facebook, LinkedIn, and PayPal — are actively using the DMARC specification, the road is ...
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and others companies team up to combat ...Washington Post
Google, Microsoft Team Up to Fight Phishing, Spoofed Emails With DMARCeWeek
The War on Spam: Google, Facebook & Microsoft Join the FightCMSWire

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Staffers sue FDA over monitoring personal email
CBS News
Whistleblowers who warned beginning in 2007 of approving risky medical devices say Gmail accounts were monitored by the agency. (CBS/AP) By Washington Post staff writers Ellen Nakashima and Lisa Rein The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored ...
FDA Hacked Into Private Gmail Accounts of its Own Whistleblower Scientist ...International Business Times AU
Whistleblowers Sue FDA, Claim Emails MonitoredMedPage Today
Whistleblowers charge FDA with spying on personal emailNaked Security
Cardiovascular Business -Boston Globe -msnbc.com
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National Post
Be careful, Big Google is watching you
The Australian
IF you use any of Google's many-faceted services -- Search, Gmail, Docs, Maps, YouTube, Books, Calendar, Contacts, to name a few -- or if you ever make calls on an Android mobile phone it will probably come as no surprise to realise that your movements ...
Will Larry Page appear before Congress?USA TODAY
Google Changes Will Impact Your Online PrivacyPatch.com
Congress to FTC: Check into Google's new privacy policyInfosecurity Magazine (US)
iT News -Search Engine Watch -The Hill (blog)
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CubMail to transition to Gmail
CU Columbia Spectator
Columbia University Information Technology will roll out the Gmail-like interface in phases. First, 50 to 80 students—some of whom already forward Columbia emails to their personal accounts, and some of whom don't—will be selected for this trial run ...
New Facts and Figures for Planned Switch to GmailBwog

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Simplified Gmail Backup Tool Became Choice Of Millions
Connectus.net (press release)
28, 2012 – In this release, company wanted to inform that simplified Gmail Backup tool became choice of millions. This is discovered in recent forum discussion held among lots of Gmail users. The topic was 'Is it necessary to backup emails of Gmail'.

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Gmail Logo Was a Rush Job With Two Totally Different Fonts
Tom's Guide
However, it might surprise you that the Gmail logo is the perfect example of how leaving things to the last minute doesn't have to mean a sloppy, terrible result. In fact, sometimes the rushed solution is good enough to last forever.

TechSpot
Google Changes Will Impact Your Online Privacy
Patch.com
(AP Photo/dapd, Virginia Mayo) Google announced on its blog that as of March 1 you will need to agree with its new privacy policies to use its services (Gmail, Calendar, YouTube, Google+ and much more) with the exception of Google Books, Google Wallet ...
Google Privacy Policy Update Challenged by LawmakerseWeek
Customize Gmail and Google Reader with this one simple toolComputerworld (blog)
Google privacy policy: Who will be affected and how you can choose what ...Washington Post
TechSpot -Daily Mail -BBC News
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