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Google now offers simultaneous multiple account sign-in

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Another one of those ‘at last’ features: Google now has a multiple account sign-in feature, so you don’t need to use a different browser or logout-and-login in order to check a different Google account.

For now, this feature only works with a select few G-services, but they include Gmail, Calendar, Reader & Voice.

To use, just head over to your Google Account settings and edit the Multiple Sign-In option.

Google Multiple=

Be careful though with this feature – it’s not exactly trivial, so you’ll want to read the help on it. By the way, if you’d rather not use this, there’s a neat Greasemonkey Script called Google Account Multi-Login that works  similarly.

Gmail Adds Rich Text Signatures

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Just a few days, I went searching for a new way to automatically include HTML/rich text signatures into my e-mails in Gmail. Well now I don’t need to worry about that any more as Gmail has added rich text signatures directly to its interface.

Gmail Rich Text Signatures

Just head to your Settings page, and scroll down to the signature section. You can throw in links, images and format the text and links with various fonts and colors.

What’s additionally great is that you can have different signatures for the different from: e-mail addresses you use.

New Gmail Lab lets you see Maps of addresses embedded in e-mails

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Gmail has long had an automatic link to a map to the right of the e-mail if it detected an address in the body. But now, there’s a new Gmail Lab called “Google Maps previews in mail” that will let you preview the map right in the body of the e-mail.

Preview Maps in Gmail

It takes a few seconds to load, but it seems quicker than either clicking that automatic link or copying & pasting the address into a separate Google Maps window.

Gboard, the Gmail Keypad

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If you use Gmail, the Gboard could provide shortcuts to save minutes a day and turbo-charge your Gmail experience so you will be more productive. After plugging the Gboard into your computer via USB, simply turn on the keyboard shortcuts in Gmail then you will have access to the 19 most-used functions in Gmail including selecting multiple messages, star, archive, spam or trash them, reply-all, etc…

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Gmail Labs rolls out Message Sneak Peek and Nested Labels

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gmail nested labelsMore Gmail Labs goodies. First up is the Message Sneak Peek which when enabled, lets you preview a message without having to open them first. There is either a keyboard shortcut (‘h’) or you can right-click. Strangely enough, this only worked in Firefox for me and not Chrome.

Next is the much desired and anticipated Nested Labels which mimics hierarchical folders in traditional e-mail and file systems. Although already offered in extensions like Better Gmail, many folks wanted it built-in and/or offered directly by Google, as the extensions tended to break from time to time when Gmail was updated.

Google jumps into the social web with Buzz; goes up against Facebook, Twitter, et al.

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Google rolled out its latest product, called Google Buzz [announcement], this time in the social networking arena. Buzz is built into Gmail and has tight integration with your e-mail inbox.

You can share links, photos and videos directly from within Gmail and it uses your existing set of Gmail contacts. You can see what your friends are sharing and Buzz also recommends items based on your activity.

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Offline Gmail has become a Regular Feature of Gmail

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Offline Gmail has been a Gmail Lab for quite some time now, and is now being sanctioned by the Gmail team as ready for general consumption and will become a regular feature of Gmail.

There will now be an Offline tab when you visit your Gmail Settings. From there, you can initiate and control how a copy of your Gmail account will be downloaded and synchronized to your computer.

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