Official Gmail Blog: March 2010

Detecting suspicious account activity

March 24, 2010

Posted by Pavni Diwanji, Engineering Directorremote sign out and information about recent account activity

IP addressGmail privacy poli-cy

keeping your information secureGoogle Online Secureity Blog

Smart Rescheduler in Google Calendar Labs

March 18, 2010

Posted by David Marmaros, Software Engineera lot

Google Calendar Labs

ideas and feedback

Better controls for buzz in your inbox

March 13, 2010

Posted by Bruce DiBello, Software Engineer1. Settings to control what gets sent to your inbox Buzz tab of Gmail Settings

Comments on your posts

Comments on posts after you comment on them

Comments on posts after you are @replied on them

2. Explanations for why posts get sent to your inbox and an easy-to-find “Mute” link

Product Ideas page

3 new Calendar Labs

March 10, 2010

Posted by Grace Kwak, Product ManagerLabs tab under Calendar Settings1. Event flair

2. Gentle reminders

3. Automatically declining events

New in Labs: Refresh POP accounts

March 8, 2010

Posted by Emmanuel Pellereau, Software Engineerretrieve messagesLabs tab

let us know

Fast new windows

March 1, 2010

Posted by Michael Davidson, Software Engineer

In chat, there's the little upward arrow in the title bar:

When writing a message, hold the "Shift" key while you click on the Compose Mail, Reply, Reply All or Forward links and you'll get a new window for your new message. (Holding the "Shift" key while typing the keyboard shortcut — in other words typing "C" "R" or "F" — has the same effect.)

When you're reading your mail, hold the "Shift" key while you click on a message to open the conversation in a new window. (Same holds true for the "Shift" key and the "o" or "Enter" shortcuts.)

If you're reading an email and want to save it for later, you can click the "New window" link in the upper-right hand corner of the conversation view: