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How To Claw Back Privacy Under Google's New Policy

The step-by-step guide to using Google's best offerings, but spreading your online eggs into more than just one big basket out in Mountain View, California.READ»

How To Get The Most Out Of Google's Share-Happy World

If Google's going to keep tying all their services together, you may as well know how that will work, and how you can benefit from it.READ»

Low-Hassle Ways To Cloud-ify Your Work

Having everything on the web is handy, minus, of course, when it goes down, or you forget to sync something. Here are the best no-worry means of keeping your important documents accessible from any computer.READ»

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TED's Chris Anderson Is The Moses Of Email Overflow

The walking idea machine is hoping the citizens of the Internet will adopt his new 10 Commandments for solving this growing--and growing!--problem. Fast Company spoke with Anderson (not by email) to learn more.READ»

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The Great Email Schism: From Gmail's New Doodads To Chris Anderson's Messaging Manifesto

Do you really need--or want--"contextual information about people you're interacting with" via email? READ»

New Gmail Plug-In Tracks Cash, Political Leanings Of Your Friends And Spammers

Is that little "neighborhood" group funded by the Koch brothers? With Inbox Influence you can see who gave what to whom in political contributions. READ»

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iFive: Sony Hacked Again, Gmail Scam Hit White House, Facebook Vs. Ceglia, Adobe Vs. Apple, Sales Tax Going Online

As the last moments of this week drift by, don't miss out on the early news--read our summary to find out what's happening today:READ»

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The Truth Behind Gmail "Hack"

Phishing is not hacking. Users were tricked more than violated ... and other lessons from yesterday's made-up story. READ»

CloudMagic Brings Offline Search To Gmail, Docs, Contacts

Welcome to a world where you no longer need an Internet connection to check email. But is this truly a miracle?READ»

Gmail Now Prevents Embarrassing Mistaken-Identity Email Messages

What about Bob? He won't be forgotten or confused with others anymore, thanks to a new Gmail default mechanism emerging from Labs that suggests corrections for potential mistakes in your "to" box.READ»

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BP Manslaughter Charges, Twitter's Influencers, The Guardian's U.S. Expansion, and More...

Welcome to Fast Feed, the Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day.READ»

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iFive: AT&T/ T-Mobile's FCC Barriers, YouTube's Non-Camera Content, Senators vs. DUI Apps, E.U. Cyberattack, Gmail Woes in China

It's the 137th anniversary of Houdini's birth, and Google has a special Doodle for the event. But there's also plenty of early news for you to browse:READ»

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iFive: AT&T Buys T-Mobile, China Hacks Gmail, Nexus S 4G Leaked, Facebook Snaps Up Snaptu, Sony's Thunderbolt MacBook Air Rival

The week's just starting for most of us; but for others it's already well underway. So here's the early news, to get you up to speed:READ»

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iFive: iPad Sales Anticipated, Intel's India Investment, YouTube Hires Staff, Gmail Voice Call Tweak, Sony NGP Hits Europe First

It's Friday and the world is awake and innovating: So here's the early tech news.READ»

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iFive: Baidu Promotes Piracy, Penthouse Goes 3-D TV, Windows 8 for Tablets, Gmail Error Fixed With Tape, Twitter Ads Regulated

Tuesday's rocked around again, so let us help you get to grips with the early news: here's iFive.READ»

Meet the Biggest Threat to Google, AOL, and Microsoft: Ronald Reagan

In the world of email, a short list of companies dominate--Google, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft--but there's a new player in the game that's ready to tear down their firewalls: Ronald Reagan.READ»

Time for Google to Get Serious About Enterprise Tech Support

We are in the final stages of completely switching Foundry Group to Google Apps. This began as an experiment in August 2010 when I decided to Try Gmail for a Week and evolved into an actual plan after Gmail Won Me Over in September 2010.READ»

Google's Priority Inbox Will Save 13% of Your Time

Google introduced its Priority Inbox system late 2010 to help users tackle the increasing burden of email influx. It's now just published research into how well PI works, and the results are impressive: 6% less time reading email, 13% less time reading crap.READ»

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How to Get a Limited Edition Google Chrome Cr-48 Notebook

Want that limited-edition Chrome laptop but can't find it anywhere? We spoke with an insider at Google, who provided some details on the Cr-48 notebooks.READ»

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Facebook's Platform Coup D'Etat of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo

One Inbox To Rule Them All: Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft can keep their @ extensions and domain names. Facebook just wants to swallow them up into a single destination. READ»