Why ISP email services are terrible, and what to use instead

The email address provided by your ISP comes with a host of drawbacks. So if you're still using it, here's why it's time to switch and what you should consider as an alternative.

Alex Baggott 3 years ago 30

Monthly Google Workspace subs are about to get more expensive

Business users of Google Workspace are seeing their monthly subscriptions rise 20%, unless they commit to an annual plan.

William Gallagher 3 years ago 2

If you're having trouble with Gmail, you're not alone

Users of the highly-subscribed Gmail may not be able to access their emails on Monday, with an outage making access to the Alphabet communications service intermittent.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 8

Gmail will let politicians beat spam filters

Google is launching a trial that will see Gmail users getting more emails from election candidates whether they are wanted or not.

William Gallagher 3 years ago 13

Google updates Gmail for iOS with widgets and privacy 'nutrition' label

After going months without an update, Google's Gmail app for iOS was refreshed on Monday with support for widgets. More importantly, the revision delivered long-awaited information regarding the app's collection of user data.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 16

Google's reluctance to add privacy labels to Gmail, other apps might put users at risk [u]

Google has taken so long to update its popular Gmail app for iOS that a new in-app warning informs users that the title is "out of date" and does not include the latest security features.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 23

Google may be skirting Apple's privacy disclosures by not updating iOS apps [u]

Google hasn't updated its iOS apps since early December while still keeping its Android apps up to date, in what could be an attempt to avoid supplying information for the App Store's privacy nutrition labels.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 13

Google suffered hour-long wide outage in nearly every service, cause unknown

On Monday morning, a large percentage of Google service users worldwide were unable to use services while logged in, spanning YouTube, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Classroom, and more.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 18

iOS 14 will forget that a third-party app is the default, if the app is updated

If a third-party email app is updated, iOS 14 no longer will keep it as a user-set default, and instead reverts to using Apple's own Mail.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 13

Users can now select Gmail as their default email client in iOS 14

Google on Monday announced that its Gmail service can officially be set as the default mail client in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 4

Google integrating Apple Business Manager, improving Gmail security with BIMI

As part of increasing security for G Suite apps, enterprise customers can now administer them through Apple Business Manager, and for everyone Gmail gains new authentication graphics to identify emails sent from brands and companies.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 0

Apple considering allowing third-party apps to replace defaults on iOS, HomePod

The HomePod may be opened up to third-party music services, and Apple may also allow iOS users to permanently swap the default email and browser apps for alternatives.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 58

More email apps caught 'processing' and selling user data [u]

Apps such as Edison Mail are gathering data under the guise of providing personalized features, but then turn around and sell this information to big business.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 21

Some macOS Mojave 10.14.4 users having problems with Gmail & G Suite authentication in Apple Mail

While it does not appear to be affecting all users, a number of people are reporting being unable to access their G suite or Gmail accounts when using Apple's Mail app, since updating to macOS Mojave 10.14.4.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 39

Google Plus joins Ping, Groove Music, and Clippy in the graveyard of failed services

The social network that Google built is the latest of a startling number of much-vaunted services that Google, Apple, and Microsoft launch only to later shut down early. AppleInsider talks about what we've lost and what, if anything, has replaced it.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 19

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