First of all, let's get one thing straight: I am not an Apple "fanboy". I am not an "iSheep". Or at least by my definition. Yes, those people do exist, but I am not one of them. This article is about my experience as an Apple fan. In other words, someone who simply prefers Apple...
Sparrow, a third party email client for iOS that works really well with Gmail has just been acquired by--Google. The Sparrow team sent out a tweet a while ago to state: We're excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google! Read more here: sprw.me— SparrowMail (@sparrow) July 20, 2012 From their website, the...
The Gmail iOS app has been updated today to offer Notification Center support along with alert options for notifications. More importantly it adds 'Send-as' support to allow you to email as an alternate sender if that is setup within your account. This makes the Gmail iOS app better than before and also the update includes...
Analyst Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray believes that 2% of Google's total revenue in 2012 will be generated by iOS devices, which is in fact the largest chunk of search giant's mobile revenue (via Apple Insider). The analyst stated in a note to investors that Google will generate approximately $4.5 billion in mobile revenue over the year...
Last night, Sparrow for iPhone hit the App Store for $2.99, but the highly anticipated email client was released without one major feature--push notifications. If you're shaking your head, you're not alone. Push was included in its beta versions for testers, but pulled by Apple because the Sparrow team was caught using an API reserved...
Update 1: looks like Google had ended this 'experiment' and the Sesame page no longer has a QR code. Boo. -- Are you always paranoid? Are you a freak? Do you crave security of your info? Well, if you do then Google has cooked up a pretty cool way of logging into your Gmail account...
According to Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, there is a large surveillance industry that has increasingly gotten larger since the attacks of 9/11. Speaking at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism at the City University of London, Assange said the following: “Who here has an iPhone? Who here has a Blackberry? Who here uses Gmail? Well, you’re all...
The Gmail iOS app has made its way back to the App Store. A couple weeks ago it was introduced and turned out to be somewhat of a dud as pushed notifications did not work as advertised, and other users experienced bugs. The 'new' app now supports push notifications, and finally image HTML messages now...
Update 2: Google messed up on Push Notifications and the Gmail app has been pulled. They just sent this out on twitter: Update 1: Push notifications don't work with this app. Also, if you're searching for it in the App Store, it hasn't propagated to 'first' yet. Just click 'Show More' a few times and...
Do you use Gmail on your iPhone via the Mail app? There are two ways to setup your Gmail account: IMAP or Exchange (Google Sync). The IMAP method is rock solid in my books, but the Exchange setup results in slow loading emails. The following is a simple fix if you're encountering missing emails on...
Here comes another neat update from Google for iOS users, as announced on their Mobile Blog. The latest feature is an 'undo' bar when using Gmail's mobile web app. This 'undo' feature has been available for Gmail users on desktop browsers for a while now, but now it's available for your iPhone. Now when you...
Today, Google updated their Gmail Webapp for iOS with a "connection bar". Using Gmail in Safari on your iPhone gives you access to fast search, conversation view, stars, labels, and more. But it’s sometimes frustrating not knowing whether your email has been sent or whether your phone has a functioning internet connection at all. To...
