Sunday, August 9, 2009

Google Rolling Out Gmail 2.0?

Google's never really gone in for traditional business practices. Take Gmail, for example. The Web mail app has been in beta for three and a half years and counting. And now, the company is apparently beginning to roll out Version 2.0.

Google isn't exactly shouting it from the rooftops, the way it did, say, for the app's new IMAP functionality. But if you're one of the lucky few with the words "Newer Version," in the upper left-hand corner of your screen, you get to take advantage of the app's updates before the rest of us.

Reports of changes appear largely incremental thus far, including minor improvements to the Contact section and an anecdotal increase in load speed. There are also a few less welcome changes, such as the inability to hide Gmail chat.

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