Twenty years ago in 2004, I vaguely remember Google’s announcement of Gmail as a topic of conversation. Was it another of Google’s infamous April Fool’s pranks? I was a young reporter, about a decade ...

In context: Because email is so public, many users receive scores of emails daily, making it difficult to focus on what matters. Google attempted to address this with Inbox by Gmail, but that was ...

Outlook couldn’t keep up ...

Email stands at the center of my online life and, like most of the world, this has meant Gmail. Of all the options, Gmail is one of the most convenient choices since it integrates with many other ...

Discover 7 hidden Gmail features—confidential mode, snooze, automation, advanced search, and smart compose—to streamline email management and dramatically improve productivity in 2026.

I might be a dinosaur, but email is still my jam. I prefer communicating via email to any other means of interaction (other than face-to-face). Email is efficient, used globally, isn't OS-dependent, ...