Gmail

Why people thought Gmail was Google's April Fools' Day prank when it first launched 20 years ago?

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin unveiled Gmail 20 years ago on April Fools' Day. What seemed like another whimsical prank turned out to be a game-changing email service that defied the norms of its time

Google to delete millions of Gmail accounts next month. Is yours safe?

Google has said it will delete Gmail accounts to prevent security threats including hacks. Only those accounts that have not been opened in two years are at risk of being deleted. This does not apply to organisations such as schools or businesses

Explained: Why is the US’ Republican National Committee suing Gmail

Google and Gmail have been sued by the Republican Party and the Republican National Committee over how their emails are being filtered out by the tech giant's spam filters. This is the first time that a political party has sued a tech giant like this.

Don't like how Gmail's new version looks? Here's how to switch back to the old view

Gmail is now pushing its latest design overhaul, which was introduced in January this year, to all users. Here’s how users can revert back to the old design.

Explained: Gmail now works without an internet connection, albeit with limited functionalities. Here's how

Google now allows Gmail users to use the service without a proper internet connection. It is a lot similar to how the app works, but now will also be supported on the desktop version of the service.

Republican member fumes about emails directly going into spam folder; internet has a field day

The former White House physician also claimed that the "Big Tech is out of CONTROL". So far, Jackson has not provided any evidence to back his claim

Gmail and related services down for several users in India, Gmail responds to outage queries on Twitter

While many users were unable to send or receive emails using the free service on Tuesday afternoon, Gmail maintained Google’s Workspace Status dashboard showed no outages.

Google apps no longer functional on select smartphones: See if your device is on the list

Individuals using smartphones running Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread or older will no longer be able to access Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps on their devices.

Google Drive will now automatically delete the files sitting in ‘Trash’ for more than 30 days

The update will come into force from 13 October for end-users of Google Drive.

This new Gmail phishing scam is tricking even tech-savvy users: Here's the trick to detecting it

A popular developer of security tools have spotted what they call is a "highly effective" phishing scam that has been fooling Google Gmail customers in revealing their login details.