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• Google further integrates Google+ into Gmail

  Google has started pushing its Google+ social networking service further into Gmail with new features that let users add to their circles directly from their email accounts.

• 15 add-ons to become a Gmail power user

  Many users live their lives in Gmail, all without ever recognising its full potential. These widgets can help.

• Pittsburgh looks to save money with Gmail migration

  City moves to replace Microsoft Exchange with Google Apps

• RMIT goes Google, says no to Microsoft's Cloud

  RMIT has moved its 74,000 students to Google as part of a long-term Cloud computing strategy.

• Why we chose Exchange Online, not Google Apps

  The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has never owned an Exchange server, but starting on Memorial Day it will roll out Exchange and Outlook e-mail for 2,700 of its workers.

• Gmail users are younger and more worldly, study says

  Do use Gmail? If you do, chances are you're an urban-dwelling, world-traveling careerist with a hankering for potato chips, according to a recent survey by personalized Web recommendation engine Hunch. The service took a look at the personal tastes of its users to draw some interesting conclusions about people based on their preferred Webmail service.

• Google Gmail snafu lesson: Backup, backup, backup

  Gmail is hard at work restoring service to about 40,000 Gmail users after a software bug deleted their e-mail messages, folders, labels and filters. So, while things are looking good for those users affected by the bug, this episode proves, once again, that while Web-based services may be robust, you still have to take responsibility for your own data.

• Google apologizes for Gmail bug that shook 150,000 users

  Google says it is "very sorry" for a Gmail software bug that reset some 150,000 accounts and left their owners contemplating the prospect of having lost years worth of data. The outage affected only a fraction of one per cent of Gmail users, but its severity was particularly noteworthy.

• Gmail bug deletes e-mails for 150,000 users

  The cloud has failed roughly 150,000 Gmail users, whose e-mails have been deleted and accounts disabled by a mysterious glitch.

• Microsoft to CIOs: Before you go Google, ask questions

  The mounting pressure to move IT resources to the cloud has added a layer of complexity to the already complex job of a CIO.

• Paul Allen revises patent suit, targets Android, Apple iTunes

  Beats deadline for filing amended complaint, lists wide array of online software, services Beats deadline for filing amended complaint, lists wide array of online software, services

• Google helpers: 9 downloads to tweak Chrome, Gmail, and more

  Like everyone else on the Internet, you likely use one or more of Google's many services, from search to Gmail to Google Calendar to Google Docs. And like plenty of other people, you probably have wished that these services could do even more, or that you could make them run exactly the way you wanted.

• Master your e-mail (so it doesn’t master you)

  I've seen a few reports that say kids these days think e-mail is passé. Heh. That may be, but for people who have actual work to do, the inbox remains the center of the universe. And I have some tricks to help you take that universe in the palm of your hand and utterly dominate it -- you know, just in case e-mail doesn't go the way of the telegraph anytime soon.

• Facebook's Titan offers clear message about email's future

  Killing recent rumours that it's launching an email killer, Facebook has unveiled a new messaging system that will envelope email, instant messages, Facebook messages and SMS.

• 5 ways Facebook email could threaten Gmail

  All signs are pointing to Facebook introducing an email service on Monday. Both TechCrunch and VentureBeat have confirmed the rumors with independent sources.