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When Google unveiled its Advanced Protection Program in 2017, the tool was specifically meant to prevent hackers from taking over people’s Gmail accounts. But there are more ways for hackers to attack people than hijacking an email inbox. On Tuesday, Google said it’s expanding the program to help block out malware via Chrome.  While the APP …

Spend a large portion of your day using Gmail? If you send and receive the majority of your Gmails on a computer, keyboard shortcuts can save you hours of time. There are dozens of Gmail keyboard shortcuts; presented here are the most useful to this Gmailer.  Gmail splits its keyboard shortcuts into two groups: those that are always on and …

A swathe of news sites including The Guardian, the Washington Post, The Intercept, HuffPost, NBC News, the Toronto Star, the Christian Science Monitor and Breitbart News have reportedly been blocked in China. The Great Firewall of China already bars citizens from accessing non-Chinese social media sources including Facebook, Google, Gmail, Twitter and Microsoft’s Bing, and last month China also blocked …

If you had troubles with YouTube or Gmail on Sunday, those issues should now be fixed. Google Cloud had been experiencing widespread problems Sunday, which wreaked havoc on YouTube, Snapchat, Gmail, Discord and a host of other popular apps and services across the eastern United States. YouTube wasn’t completely down for CNET’s John Falcone in Brooklyn Sunday, but some videos were inaccessible, at …

 Gmail’s confidential mode will be launching in G Suite on June 25, Google announced in a blog post Wednesday. The mode will be on by default in Google’s suite of tools for business, and allows workers to set expiration dates and revoke access to emails. Users can also require recipients to go through text message authentication before being allowed to …

Google has been keeping tabs on what you buy through your Gmail inbox and storing them in a Google Account page that evidently no one knew about. This purchase tracking has gone on for several years before being discovered. In essence, this creates a list of your online shopping history that can stretch back five years. Google said it is …

Google is keeping a list of your online purchases, thanks to confirmation emails being sent to your Gmail account. As discovered by CNBC, Gmail users can click to see a list of their transactions, which goes back at least five years. “Only you can see your purchases,” Google says on the page. “Google protects your privacy and security.” Though Google …

As the old saying goes, if you want something done right, do it yourself. Michael Legget, a former design lead for Google who now works for Nori, has put that into practice when it comes to Gmail’s interface. Scrolling through his inbox was “like Lucky Charms got spewed all over the screen,” he told Fast Company in an interview published Thursday. To …

Google Pay can now connect to your Gmail account to automatically pull in things like loyalty cards and boarding passes from your email. The feature, spotted earlier Monday by 9to5Google, appears to be rolling out to more Android users.   It takes just a few steps to link your Gmail and Google Pay: Open Google Pay. Tap the Settings bars …

Gmail’s Smart Compose feature can now suggest subject lines for your emails, Google said Thursday. When you finish the body of your email and slip the cursor into the subject line, you’ll see Smart Compose’s suggestion. “We’ve seen how Smart Compose suggestions can cut down on the effort it takes for you to write emails and replies,” Google said in …