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There’s something weird afoot in the world of Gmail. As widely reported earlier — first by Mashable, then by our sister sites ZDNet and TechRepublic — some people have noticed spam messages in their Gmail Sent folders. That can only mean one thing, right? Those accounts have been compromised, meaning a password change is in order, stat. Here’s …

A few days ago we reported on how Gmail was about to get a big makeover. “We’re working on some major updates to Gmail (they’re still in draft phase),” a Google representative said in an email. “We need a bit more time to compose ourselves, so can’t share anything yet — archive this for now, and we’ll let you know when …

Google has reportedly been tinkering with its Gmail design. The company sent emails to customers who pay for its G Suite services on Wednesday, letting them know a redesign of Gmail for the web is imminent, according to TechCrunch. Along with a new look, other likely changes will be access to Google Calendar directly from Gmail. The refresh might also …

Google wants you to be able to do more things directly from your email, like answering a survey or scheduling an appointment. To make that happen, the search giant said Tuesday, it’s bringing its Accelerate Mobile Pages, or AMP, technology to Gmail, which has more than a billion users. “This new spec will be a powerful way for developers to …

In the era of WhatsApp, Snapchat and Slack, email seems like last century’s technology revolution. But Google wants to inject new life — and new usefulness — into its Gmail service. On Tuesday, the company announced the arrival of an add-ons system that lets a Gmail message serve as the jumping-off point for many online tasks like tracking job candidates, …

Google released on Tuesday a new security feature specifically for people with Google accounts who are at higher-than-normal risk of getting hacked. The Advanced Protection Program was created for folks like campaign staffers preparing for an upcoming election, journalists needing to protect confidential sources and people in abusive relationships who are seeking safety.  Google took the unusual step of creating a …

In an era where we’ve all resigned ourselves to the fact that Google knows all our personal information anyway, the company announced Friday that it will stop scanning personal Gmail inboxes for ad targeting purposes. Google already refrains from tailoring ads by combing though Gmail accounts in its G Suite platform for enterprise and businesses. It will stop doing so …

Today Google announced a brand-new feature for Gmail called Smart Reply. It’s basically like predictive typing for email and message replies. Smart Reply works pretty straightforwardly. It uses Google machine learning to suggest three responses to the emails and messages you receive. You can ignore them, or you can pick one and then hit send, or you can add additional …

You now have a new way to split the bill for dinner: Gmail for Android. While the ability to send money using Google Wallet has been available for quite a while in Gmail on the web, you can now send money from within the mobile app. Once you’ve received the latest update, you’ll be able to send and request money …

Facebook might not be as cool as Snapchat, but it still has the most popular app in the US, according to a Nielsen report for 2016 published Wednesday. In a year where Pokemon Go smashed App Store records, social media still remains the dominant force on people’s phones. Facebook remains comfortable as America’s most popular app with more than 146 …