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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Google's easing back on G+ sign-ups for new email accounts

byTimothy J. Seppala|@timseppala|1 day ago

Need to make a new Gmail account but don't want to deal with creating a mandatory Google+ profile to go with it? Don't sweat it, because Mountain View's removed that requirement to join its ailing social network, and once again signing up for the search giant's email service takes you directly to the inbox without any fuss. As evidenced in marketing blog Wordstream's screenshot below, however, you'll still need a G+ account if you want to futz around with the rest of Google's services. Meaning, if leaving reviews for apps or media in Google Play and uploading videos to YouTube is totally your bag, you'll have to take the plunge and "upgrade" your Gmail account regardless. Still, for those who just need to create a burner email address to give out to less-than-trustworthy websites, the process is a bit less annoying now.

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Via: Marketing Land

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Gmail now recognizes email addresses from non-Latin alphabets

BYBrad Molen @phonewisdom6 hours ago

Since the beginning of time -- or at least since email was invented -- most email services have required the use of non-accented characters from the Latin alphabet for each individual's address. It's inconvenient for those who don't natively use that alphabet, which means that more than half of the world's population have been frustrated. Here comes Google to the rescue: Gmail (and soon to be Calendar, we're told) now recognizes email addresses that have accented characters or use non-Latin alphabets, so you'll be able to send and receive correspondence to these types of addresses as much as you want, and soon Gmail will let you create non-Latin accounts to call your own.

It's all thanks to an email standard established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) two years ago. Now it's simply up to each individual email service to officially support that standard. Gmail isn't the first email service to give it a shot. A provider in Taiwan is currently conducting a public trial, and Chinese email addresses began surfacing as early as 2003. But with the standard now set, we'll likely start seeing more providers follow Google's footsteps.

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Source: Google Blog

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Outlook.com now lets you create extra-specific email rules

If you're an email power user, you frequently know what to do with messages as soon as they hit your inbox -- even if it's just to avoid dealing with them until later. Microsoft is more than happy to accommodate your exacting requirements, as it just began rolling out a big Outlook.com update that allows for particularly complex email rules. You can now perform automatic actions based on time limits, the read state, email tallies and the familiarity of a contact. If you haven't read a friend's message for a day, for example, you can mark it as important so that it doesn't get buried.

Whether or not you're that demanding, there are a few other upgrades you're likely to notice in day-to-day use. You can now respond in-line to an email thread, and it's possible to undo mistakes in more places. It's also much easier to sort people depending on whether they're using Facebook or Skype messaging. You can even switch services in mid-stream; if you'd rather go straight to Skype chat, you can. The Outlook.com refinements will take a few weeks to reach everyone, but it might be worth the wait if you believe that small time-savers make a big difference. 0 Comments Share

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