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One of the lesser-known useful things about Gmail's filters is that they work on email you send as well as email you receive. So you can do things like label all messages you send with the word...

Just posted an update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox Extension which updates the gorgeous Redesigned skin to its latest and greatest version. Download version 0.5.1 here.

So maybe it's not the end of Microsoft Outlook, but the news coming from Australia this week may be a sign of the changing times for the mighty Marketing machine. Google's Gmail application has kicked Outlook out of the schools by Australia's education sector. The New South Wales Department of Education has announced that Gmail will replace Outlook as the email application for over 1.3 million students.

A big win for Google, a big loss for Microsoft.

If you've waited patiently for new experimental Gmail features in your Google Apps account since they were announced for Gmail, your wait is over. Just click Settings -> Labs to get started. Thanks...

If you've got an overstuffed inbox and you want to declare Inbox Zero without individually marking messages as read, you can mark all unread mail as read using a Gmail filter. Create a new filter...

Windows and Linux with Firefox: Free Firefox extension CookiePie manages Firefox's cookies—small bits of text stored on your computer that tell a site you're logged in, for example—in...

Official Gmail Blog: Evolution of Gmail chat

Nice example how user testing causes evolution of software and user testing at early stages can result in a better design.

Who doesn't love there the small Gmail Chat popups??? Blogged with the Flock Browser

Windows/Mac/Linux: Firefox extension Xoopit turns Gmail into a robust, searchable media management tool for every piece of media that comes through your inbox. By indexing every attachment as well as...

Windows/Mac/Linux: The social-focused, Firefox-based web browser Flock has opened up a 2.0 beta for early adopters and helpful testers. The major "feature," at least this early in the development, is...

Lifehacker Australia features a clever way to compose new Gmail messages in Firefox—using the built-in search box. To install the Gmail compose search plug-in, click on this link (it's safe,...

Our own Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension makes auto-adding HTML signatures to Gmail messages a breeze, but what if you've got multiple signatures for different types of email? The GeekFG blog has a...

Note: This was originally posted on Thursday evening, June 5th. Several users already have these features enabled in their account.

Starting at 6PM Pacific Time tonight, Google will start rolling...

All platforms: Based on the open source Firefox code base, social web browser Flock adds heavy integration into popular social and media web sites to your regular web surfing. We haven't mentioned...

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Gmail Right Click Menu adds a custom right-click menu to your Gmail inbox to take you to common Gmail navigation points. Currently that includes most of the links in...

Gina here, packing my bags for a trip up to Google tomorrow to meet up with the fine folks who bring you Gmail. If you were at a barbecue with the Gmail developers, what would you say to them over...