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Shortwave wants to bring back Google Inbox

Google’s Inbox experiment was a glorious thing while it lasted. Launched as an invitation-only service in 2014, it was the company’s next-gen email client. Because it was so good, it&#8217

New email service, OnMail, will let recipients control who can send them mail

A number of startups over the years have promised to re-invent email only to have fallen short. Even Google’s radical re-imagining, the Inbox app, finally closed up shop last year. Today, anothe

At long last, Gmail starts converting addresses and contact info into links

Gmail is packed with a lot of time-saving features, like Smart Replies for mobile users. So it’s a bit surprising to realize that Gmail will only now start to automatically convert addresses, phone

Rapportive founder’s new startup Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today

Reinventing the email experience is an area numerous startups have tried to tackle over the years, with some apps focused more on triage, others on making a better desktop alternative to Outlook, and

Google brings Smart Replies to Gmail on iOS and Android

When Google launched Inbox, its more experimental next-gen email client for Gmail, one of its flagship features was Smart Reply. With Smart Reply, Google’s machine learning algorithms look at

Notion raises $9.5M for a smarter email app, now live on mobile and soon, Alexa

A startup aiming to offer a better email experience by prioritizing the messages that are most important to you, Notion, is today publicly launching its service, which is available as a mobile app for

Google brings its nifty Smart Reply feature to Inbox on the web

Inbox by Gmail, Google's next-gen email client for Gmail users, includes a number of features that aim to make handling your incoming messages easier. One of the best of these has long been Smart Repl

Inbox By Gmail Gets Smarter Search With Quick Answer Cards

Inbox by Gmail, Google's next-gen email client for mobile and the web, is getting a nice little update today that will make it easier to find information like addresses, membership numbers and package

With Smart Reply, Google’s Inbox Can Now Respond To Emails For You Automatically

Some believe that email is bloated and dying, but by implementing advances from its machine learning and AI teams, Google has been using Inbox — its Gmail-based mobile email client — a

Google Opens Inbox To All, Adds Smart Reminders, Trip Bundles, Undo Send And More

Google today announced that Inbox, the Gmail-based mobile email client the company launched late last year, is now open to all. Until today, you still needed an invitation to use the service, though i

Google Launches Invite Program To Bring Inbox To Google Apps For Work Customers

Last Fall, Google started its (slow) rollout of Inbox, its completely redesigned email experience for Gmail on the web and mobile. Even today, it’s still an invite-only service (but invites a

Next-Gen Email Platform Nilas (Previously Inbox) Grabs $8 Million, Preps Its Own Email Client

Nilas, the startup founded by Dropbox and MIT alums, previously known as Inbox and focused on offering developers a better API for building email client applications, has raised $8 million in Series

Google Inbox Team Promises Support For Google Apps Accounts, Says User Demand Sped Up Efforts

Every single time I write about Google Inbox, I see the same two comments on repeat: a good chunk of readers saying "Meh. Tried Inbox, wasn't into it", and another good chunk saying "If only it worked

Gillmor Gang: Cash or Charge

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Hard not to talk about Uber, given the clash between hubris and transformational momentum. The Gang swims i

Why Did Google Decide To Split Inbox From Gmail?

A couple of years ago, right around the time Google's Gmail team decided to start working on a standalone email app, the recently announced Inbox, a major redesign of Gmail was launched. As is the cas

A Quick Look At Google Inbox

A few weeks ago I managed to get my hands on Google’s new app, Inbox. So far I love it, but it is not quite ready to be my go-to email app for a few reasons. But first, let’s start off with the go

Google Guarantees Inbox Invite By 5 PM PT If You Ask During Today’s ‘Happy Hour’

Google is expanding its Inbox invite program, having issued another collection of invites to existing members already today, with a new ‘Happy Hour’ taking place between 3 p.m. PT and 4 p.

Google Inbox Invite Hits eBay

On a scale from one to ten, how desperate are you to try out Google’s new Inbox app? Would you pay for it? eBay user bpatel90, who has listed the invite on the online auction platform, will sell

Hands On With Google Inbox: Useful Email Triage Tools For A Mobile Workflow

Google’s Inbox email app is now available, and we have access to the limited release, which is being distributed via Google’s tried-and-true invite system. While many will have to wait to

Google’s Inbox is A New Email App From The Gmail Team Designed Not To Be Gmail

Google has introduced a new email app, from the same team that builds Gmail, but intended as something completely different from Gmail. Inbox is the app, and it looks like it might owe some inspiratio
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