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Sparrow for iPhone tease

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Sparrow for Mac is a popular Gmail client for the desktop that's easy to use and even easier on the eyes. Soon, its elegant simplicity will be available on the iPhone. Sparrow developer Dominique Leca talked to Business Insider and let the cat out of the bag about the company's upcoming iPhone app. ...

Google releases official iOS Gmail app, then pulls it (updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 2nd, 2011)

Google finally released a standalone Gmail app for the iPhone and iPad, but subsequently pulled it because of bug issues related to notification errors. This comes alongside changes to Gmail's web interface. The Gmail for iOS has the following features: Notification badges Read email ...

Postbox 3 launches with more social, more integration

by Brett Terpstra (Nov 1st, 2011)

We've tracked the progress of the Postbox email client for a while now, and it keeps getting better. Postbox -- an evolution of the Mozilla email client -- combines ease-of-use and email power tools to create a full-featured client with great polish. Version 3.0 brings with it not only new ...

Gmail's web app adds multiple accounts, mobile signature

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2011)

I do have my Gmail account connected to my iPhone's Mail app through IMAP, but occasionally there are still times (mostly when searching my archived mail) that I need to use the mobile Safari web app version of the popular mail service. So it's good to hear that Google is still updating that ...

Contact sync between Google Apps, Gmail, and Mac

by TJ Luoma (Aug 30th, 2011)

I am trying to find a way to keep my address book in sync across my: iPad MacBook Air MacBook Pro iMac Google Apps account Gmail account as well as my wife's iPhone MacBook Google Apps account Gmail account (Aside: by "Gmail account" I mean a ...

World Backup Day: Ad-hoc backups to the cloud & more giveaways

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st, 2011)

Happy World Backup Day! The only safe way forward is to back up; that's why we've joined the cause for data saving with tips, techniques and giveaways all day today. As Steve mentioned earlier today, there are lots of cloud-based backup services eager to help you protect your data while solving ...

Gmail Priority Inbox now available on iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2011)

The official Gmail blog has announced that the Priority Inbox feature, which uses an algorithm to mark what it thinks are important emails in your inbox, is now available on the web version of Gmail for the iPhone. If you've set up the service to work on your usual browser, it'll now also work on ...

Sparrow for Mac coming to Mac App Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 24th, 2011)

The developers behind the up and coming Sparrow email client confirmed that version 1.0 is almost completed. A successful private beta trial is almost over, and the last reported bugs are being fixed. Sparrow is on track to be submitted to the Mac App Store by the end of the week. Along with a new ...

Sparrow for Mac beta hands-on review

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 21st, 2010)

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} Sparrow is essentially what happens when Gmail and Tweetie for Mac hook up and have a baby. It's very much what Gmail should be on the Mac -- minimalist and classy. I tried out Mailplane a few months ago, but ...

Beta Beat: Sparrow Gmail client for Mac

by Aron Trimble (Oct 5th, 2010)

Sparrow is a free Gmail client for your Mac that was released yesterday and is still in beta. Unlike MailPlane, which largely simulates the Gmail experience plus some powerful additions, the Sparrow client is designed to be minimalist. As John Gruber (Daring Fireball) points out, the design for ...

Mailplane 2.2 adds several key features

by TJ Luoma (Sep 22nd, 2010)

Mailplane, the native Mac app for Gmail and Google Apps email, has been updated to version 2.2, adding several new features and improving on others. Leading the charge is support for the recently-released "Priority Inbox." You can now tell Mailplane to open either your regular inbox, Priority Inbox, ...

Safari extension highlight: Minimal Gmail

by TJ Luoma (Sep 9th, 2010)

With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple's website over the last few days, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun. Minimal Gmail is my new favorite Safari extension. It allows you to "clean up" a lot of the GMail interface, ...

Set up your own Priority Inbox with Apple's Mail

by Dave Caolo (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Last month, Google released Priority Inbox, a system that learns which messages are the most important to you and highlights them automatically over time. It's in beta right now and Google is slowly turning it on for its users. If you're tired of waiting, or if you use Apple's Mail and not Gmail, ...

Hands on with Safari-based Gmail phone calls

by Erica Sadun (Aug 27th, 2010)

Now that the inconvenient duplicate emails are a thing of the past, TUAW had a chance this morning to put Gmail's new calling feature to the test. With Gmail phone calls, you can place free US-to-US calls directly from your browser or pay a low fee for international access. Calls use the Google ...

Google app gets updated with push notification for Gmail

by Keith M (Aug 23rd, 2010)

After many months of users having to resort to third-party or jailbroken apps to get push notifications from Gmail, Google has finally released an updated version of its iPhone app that now handily does that all for you. The update -- which is now freely available in the App Store -- allows you ...