Google is rolling out a handful of changes to the way it handles labels in Gmail. First, labels are moving into the top left-side navigation area, right by your shortcuts for inbox, sent, starred, and other items. You can also choose to hide some labels while showing others.

Probably one of the biggest changes is that users will now be able to drag and drop messages into labels. In other words, you can sort your messages much the same way that you would add them to folders in almost any other webmail system. (more…)

Google just added a new feature to everyone’s Gmail accounts that allows you to open PowerPoint files (with the PPT file extension) right there in your email. This isn’t a surprise because it had peaked out about a month ago, but it is nice to finally have it available in my Gmail account.

Now when there is a PowerPoint file attached there will be a new option located between the “View as HTML” and “Download” which says “View as slideshow.” This will open up a new window or tab and immediately show you the PowerPoint presentation. (more…)

Gmail may be used by millions of people every day. But as we’re constantly reminded, the service is still in beta and lags behind other webmail services in some rather baffling areas. Case in point, up until yesterday there was no simple way to embed an inline image in a Gmail message. But now you can, by enabling the “Inserting images” feature in Gmail Labs. (more…)

Google announces a feature that gives users five seconds to “unsend” a message, if they have second thoughts about what they’re sending. The company has been adding functionality to Gmail and Google Apps in order to make them more robust, both to appeal further to the enterprise and to put Google in a better competitive position with regard to Microsoft. (more…)

A couple weeks back Gmail launched Multiple Inboxes, an experimental feature in Gmail Labs that you can use to customize the different “inboxes” you see in one view when you log into Gmail.

If you forward all your work or school email to Gmail, you can use Multiple Inboxes to see your two accounts separately within the same browser window. Here’s how: (more…)