Gmail turns 10 today

April 1 isn’t just about the jokes and pranks. Exactly 10 years ago, Google launched Gmail in beta. It started out as an invite-only thing until 2007 and grew into one of the biggest free online email services. The Verge said it tried to set itself apart by offering bigger storage than Yahoo! Mail or Microsoft’s Hotmail and let users send out up to 25MB attachments in the beginning. It even made inbox search faster and arranged emails in a threaded conversation style.

Background refresh finally comes to Gmail for iOS

What is considered a common email feature finally arrives to iOS version of Gmail. The email app now supports background refresh. It means the app pre-fetches and syncs email so iOS 7 users can view new email as soon as they launch the app. Users must activate the feature as well as Gmail app notifications though to access it. If you don’t have Gmail on your iPhone yet, you can download it here.

Google’s latest updates integrates Google+ contacts to Gmail, automatic image load for mobile

The latest updates for Google’s Gmail service want to make it easier for your Google+ contacts to reach you and help making loading images faster on your mobile devices.

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Gmail for iOS update brings new look, full-screen compose for iPad

Google updates its Gmail iOS app to feature a more iOS 7-friendly look plus more features for iPad version. The navigation bar for the iPad has been slimmed down and allows users to switch between accounts while in landscape view. iPad Gmail users can also have full-screen Compose windows in portrait.

The iPhone app has also been redesigned a bit but the bulk of the user interface changes were done to the iPad app.