Google Inactive Account Manager will take care of your digital assets when you die

Yes, the title sounds a bit macabre, but that's what makes  Inactive Account Manager, a new service from Google that has just been released. What is its function? So what will handle your digital goods would be if it passes the "other neighborhood."  Inactive Account Manager , you can set an expiration period for our account. This time period refers to a number of months without activity on your Google Account. But surely you wonder: what is the real function of this?It simply serves to tell Google what to do with your posts and data in the event that your account becomes inactive.

And what are the options then? Well we can destroy the contents or else send someone to trust . Sure thing will do is set a few Inactive Account Manager to delete all your data and files from the various Google services after three, six, nine or twelve months of inactivity. What sounds a little more sense to share our data with up to 10 other Google accounts. The services involved and that would be affected are: Blogger, Gmail, Drive, Google+, Picasa Albums, YouTube and Google Voice.

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Gmail 2.1 available for iPhone and iPad

Windows Phone, the mobile platform from Microsoft, never get a app for Gmail proper neither will the desktop platform that company, Windows 8. But there are two operating systems phones that do have an application for Gmail as all hope: Android and iOS . And it is the latter, the mobile operating system Apple , which has just been blessed with an update to the Gmail app.

Those using Gmail in the mobile OS apple can now download the new version of the application, version 2.1.

Gmail 2.1 for iPhone and iPad brings with it several new features, and is very well received.The main feature is that now we can see the different conversations Scrolling left or right. This is a real balm for those who read many conversations followed, since before it was first necessary to return to the inbox to read another.

Another new feature that we notice is that we can quickly delete or save (among other things) the various mail that come with selecting and choosing just the right choice.

Gmail 2.1 is available free on the App Store.

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Google plans to expand free calls through Gmail

Good things come in 2o13, and one of them is an expansion for the service calls through Gmail, the popular email service from Google . This new expansion for now only be used freely by users who are in the United States and Canada. Besides that, only applies to local calls, meaning that the international will cost. This function call was originally launched in 2010 and has since been improved and Google has also improved prices.
To operate the service using Google Voice and users need to download a package of software if you want to have the service call.
As I said, calls made using this service in the U.S. and Canada are free, while calls to other countries outside North America and international calls generally have a reduced cost. Also suppose that 2 will be necessary to make use of Voice phone so that it can perform this type of call.

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Google launches new version of Gmail for iOS

A new version of the app for Gmail is now available to download from the App Store of Apple .
This time, we will notice that Google has made ​​a lot of changes to your application, which is currently in version 2.0. Not only the appearance of the application has changed, but it also has become faster and easier to use.
Among the new features and updates, in addition to the above, we note that the animations were updated, we can see all the lists of messages we want simply by using the scrolling bar plus photos have been added to the mail profile. The application also has an auto-complete and also allows us to respond directly to Google Calendar invitations Google+ and some publications.
What do you think of the new Gmail app for iOS?

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Google acquires VirusTotal

VirusTotal is a cyber security firm that has just been purchased by none other than Google , the Internet giant. What will you do with VirusTotal Google? Probably better protect their Internet services.

The purchase will be beneficial for us users, as it can improve the quality and performance of search tools and cleaning malware, which, according to analysts, will begin to be used almost immediately in services such as Gmail and Play app store Google.

Apparently, VirusTotal, will continue to operate by itself independently, but obviously now have extra chores. Google did not announce what the cost of purchase or the terms of the agreement.

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Google testing new login page for Gmail

 

Lately Google has been conducting experiments with quite different products, and this time it was the turn of Gmail. The most recent tests made ​​with the mail service reveals something interesting: a new login page. What is interesting about this? Well, not the page that are used to, but this new site gives us the ability to manage different Gmail account, meaning that instead of seeing only an account number and now we can see that we need to enter.
While this is a simple function is useful when we have several accounts or when several people use the same computer and all have their own Gmail accounts.
In any case this change is not final and is just trying times.

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Maily, the app that introduces children to the world of email

The technology is widely used by adults for one thing: communicate. For our children begin to take their first steps in this great world that is Internet may do so by sending and receiving emails. But services such as Gmail, the new Outlook and others may not interest the children, so it was developed an app for iPhone called Maily, which is aimed at children from 4 to 9 years old.
Maily to send and receive mails. As its users are younger, have bright colors and can add stamps to messages, also gives our children the opportunity to draw pictures to send messages and write by hand. There is a feature that allows you take a picture with iPhone camera and can be sent also by mail.
Maily is available free on the App Store.

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Hangout, Google +, comes to Gmail

 

The old video chat Gmail was replaced by Hangout + Google, announced the company said on Monday (30/07).

The service video conversations Google Talk integrated with Gmail, launched in 2008, resisted Hangout Google +, created last year, but the transition will not escape. The main reason of change is the feature of Hangout that enables the conversation with up nine friends simultaneously.

The company says the change will be beneficial to users, since the Hangout you can start a video chat with anyone anywhere, whether in a window of Gmail, Google + or a device with Android or iOS.

Besides the opportunity to chat with friends on different devices, users of Gmail will also gain the unique features of the Hangout, like the ability to collaborate on a document from the Docs, watch a YouTube video in a group or screen sharing.

Below is the video presentation of the Hangout in Gmail:

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Google buys Sparrow, e-mail client for IOS and Mac

Sparrow, premiered in October 2011, had become in record time in one of those programs that do not need advertising, but popularized by word of mouth among friends. The e-mail program, which initially only worked on Macs, has just been acquired by Google, although neither party has made ​​public the amount.

So, Sparrow, that service for managing and controlling Gmail accounts in the iPhone or the Mac, now past the ranks of Google, according to recent reports that have on the subject.

'We care about how people communicate, and have always done our best to provide the email experience more intuitive and enjoyable as possible,' says the CEO of Sparrow, Dom Leca, in a post published this morning on the company blog. 'Now we are joining the Gmail team to achieve a larger vision, one that we think we can get better with Google'.

Sparrow applications have managed to become the most popular with users of Apple devices thanks to its clean design and smart functionality. And service users will know what I mean and would certainly not have shown signs of surprise at this news, since the acquisition by Google Sparrow is something we saw coming a long time, since the application was integrated well with Gmail, even surpassing in many respects to the Gmail application itself in IOS.

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