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Gmail: 9 years and counting
April 10, 2013
Posted by Zohair Hyder, Software Engineer
This April marks Gmail’s 9th birthday, and as year ten gets underway, it’s a good opportunity to look at how much has changed: the
curse of the Bambino
was broken,
Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar
, and we stopped
referencing Xena the Warrior Princess
in our blogposts. And during that time, Gmail—and online communication as a whole—evolved too.
So much of that evolution is a result of your feedback. In fact, Gmail was inspired by
one user’s feedback
that she was tired of struggling to find emails buried deep in her inbox. So we built a new email that leveraged the power of Google Search. You told us you were tired of spam, so we set to tackling that, and today your feedback makes it possible for Gmail to filter out well over 99% of incoming spam. You also said that you needed tools to deal with information overload, so we introduced Priority Inbox to help you manage your email (and we’re still exploring new ways to make it even easier).
Simply put, whether you’ve been a Gmail user for 9 years or 9 months, your input helps us continue to keep Gmail current and useful. Thanks for taking this journey with us, and onward to year ten!
Google Calendar now disponible in Latin American Spanish
April 8, 2013
Posted by Ian Hill, Project Manager, Google Localization
If you are one of the hundreds of millions of Spanish speakers in North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean, you’ve been able to use your
Gmail in Latin American Spanish
since last year. Today, you can now also switch your Google Calendar language to “Español (Latinoamérica).”
Of course, it isn’t easy to find a variation of Spanish that works for someone living in say, South America, but also feels natural to a Spanish speaker in the United States or Caribbean for example. The Spanish spoken in these regions differs greatly from one country to the next due to geography, separate cultures, customs, and histories. To give all of our Latin American Spanish speakers an option that looks, feels, and sounds right, Google Localization constructed a Spanish variant that combines the most common elements from the different dialects. So whether you speak Spanish or any one of
Calendar’s 42 languages
, it’s now even easier to keep up with your busy schedule!
If you’re new to Calendar but already using Gmail in Latin American Spanish, just visit
google.com/calendar
and language settings will be ready to go. If you’ve used Calendar in the past, you’ll need to update your language settings by clicking on the
gear icon
in the mid-upper right of Calendar, then selecting
Settings
:
Once in
General Settings
,
Language
you can select Español (Latinoamérica). If you are using
Google Calendar for Android
, Language Settings are controlled by your phone’s
Settings
menu. For any questions on getting started with Calendar, please check our
help center
.
Introducing Gmail Blue
April 1, 2013
Posted by Jonathan Zames, Project Manager
Gmail launched nine years ago on April 1st, 2004. Since then you've been able to use hundreds of new features that push the boundaries of what email can do and make it easier to get things done.
Starting today, you'll get to experience the next big step for Gmail, Gmail Blue. Watch the video to learn more:
Update
: Was Gmail Blue an April Fool's joke? Take a look at developer Shon Dalezman's
Gmail Blue Chrome Extension
and then decide.
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