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Friday, August 27, 2010

Google Squashes Gmail Bug

Google continues its assault on the price of a phone callIf you use a cellphone or subscribe to a voice-over-Internet-Protocol calling plan, the number shrinks to a vanishingly tiny fraction of...
Washington Post ( 8/27/2010 5:08:46 PM -08:00 )

Google Squashes Gmail Bug
Google has patched a Gmail glitch that caused some users' accounts to resend messages multiple times. The bug, first reported by Google on Thursday evening...
PC World ( 8/27/2010 1:24:54 PM -08:00 )

Gmail call feature a ringing success, a million times over
Gmail call feature a ringing success, a million times overGoogle rolled out a new Gmail call functionality this week – and within 24 hours, a million Gmail users had tried out the Google voice service....
Christian Science Monitor ( 8/27/2010 12:22:07 PM -08:00 )

Google Fixes Gmail Bug That Turned Email into Spam
Google has fixed an issue with Gmail that caused a small percentage of its accounts to repeatedly send email messages over and over....
PC Magazine ( 8/27/2010 11:39:15 AM -08:00 )

How to make calls using Gmail (video)
Earlier this week, Google introduced a feature that lets you make VoIP phone calls to landlines and mobile phones from within your Gmail...
CNET (blog) ( 8/27/2010 11:16:08 AM -08:00 )

Google working on Gmail spam issue
Google is trying to fix a "spamming" issue that has affected about 2.5 percent of its Gmail user base, the company reported on its help...
CNET (blog) ( 8/27/2010 10:15:28 AM -08:00 )

Day 1 of Google phone service sees a million calls
People placed more than a million calls with Google's new phone service in its first day, the Internet...
Vancouver Sun ( 8/27/2010 9:54:42 AM -08:00 )

Six Things Google's Free Phone Service Can't Do (and One It Does Very Well)
Six Things GoogleGoogle began rolling out a new feature on Wednesday to users of its browser-based Gmail service that lets them make phone calls over the...
New York Times (blog) ( 8/27/2010 9:39:13 AM -08:00 )

Google's Gmail service provides Kiwi users with free phone calls to the US
New Zealanders can make free calls to the United States and cheap calls to the rest of the world through an...
Stuff.co.nz ( 8/27/2010 9:00:22 AM -08:00 )

Gmail resend bug gets fixed
By Inquirer staff SENDERS AND RECIPIENTS can breath a sigh of relief in the knowledge that Google has fixed a bug that caused Gmail messages to be re-sent...
Inquirer ( 8/27/2010 8:48:52 AM -08:00 )

Gmail voice chat works, but it's limited
The new phone integration for Gmail chat is great for what it does. We'll see if it's ready to replace Skype or a real phone. Google added phone support to...
Computerworld (blog) ( 8/27/2010 8:04:10 AM -08:00 )

Gmail's now in the phone biz. Trouble for carriers down the road?
This week Google added a free feature to its popular Gmail: enabling Americans to make calls from their computers to telephones just about anywhere....
Kansas City Star ( 8/27/2010 6:47:45 AM -08:00 )

Top Technology News: Users make 1M calls on Google's voice service in first 24
Top Technology News: Users make 1M calls on GoogleAs if Google wasn't a force to be reckoned with before, it is now tweaking its latest features to ensure it stays ahead of the competition....
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com ( 8/27/2010 6:04:46 AM -08:00 )

Google's Gmail Voice Calling Service Logs 1M Calls in 24 Hours
Google's new Gmail voice-calling feature logged more than 1 million calls in the first 24 hours, the search engine giant announced Thursday....
PC Magazine ( 8/27/2010 4:40:06 AM -08:00 )

Gmail Users Make One Million Calls in 24 Hours
Gmail Users Make One Million Calls in 24 HoursGoogle's latest Gmail phone calling feature hit the ground running with over one million phone calls placed from Gmail in first 24 hours the feature was...
PC World ( 8/27/2010 4:23:45 AM -08:00 )

Google opens new line to internet phone calls
SAN FRANCISCO: All the fuss about tweeting, texting, Facebook pokes and various other cutting-edge forms of communication can obscure the fact that...
Economic Times ( 8/27/2010 2:04:48 AM -08:00 )

Google takes on Skype
HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is to offer the ability to make phone calls over the Internet via the company's Gmail services,...
Asia Times Online ( 8/27/2010 1:18:41 AM -08:00 )

Over a Million Gmail Calls on First Day - Google
Over a Million Gmail Calls on First Day - GoogleYesterday, Google launched new voice calling feature in its mailing service Gmail. Google proudly tweeted that over a million calls were made on the first...
Techtree.com ( 8/27/2010 1:13:32 AM -08:00 )

Google Voice + Gmail = free calls (and Jacko cato)
Now you can call phones from within Gmail -- the phones with, you know, actual numbers. And it's free to call North...
Computerworld (blog) ( 8/27/2010 1:03:15 AM -08:00 )

Google fixes Gmail bug that re-sent e-mail messages
A Gmail bug that caused messages to be re-sent multiple times, mortifying senders and annoying...
Reuters ( 8/27/2010 1:02:31 AM -08:00 )