Google Tidings !!

1.Multiple Gmail Accounts Just Got a Lot Easier to Manage !!

Google’s announced yet another awesome Gmail feature today. Called e-mail delegation, the feature will allow you to easily manage multiple Gmail accounts without signing in and out of Gmail and switching accounts manually.

Originally, e-mail delegation was useful for granting others access to your primary Gmail account — personal assistants, for example.

With today’s changes, this basic feature is going to be more useful for any Gmail user with multiple accounts of his or her own.

When you sign into your primary Gmail account, you can choose to grant access to another account. Just navigate to your Gmail settings by clicking the link in the top right corner of Gmail’s web interface.

Under the Accounts tab, there’s now a new section entitled, “Grant access to your account.” Here, you can add any other Gmail accounts you control to your primary Gmail account.

When you add an account, you’ll have to accept access from a verification e-mail sent to the to-be-added account. Once the account is successfully added, you can simply toggle between your Gmail accounts without logging in and out.

Also, when you send a new e-mail message while signed into a secondary account, your primary address will also appear in the e-mail details.

You can delegate access to your Gmail to another person so they can read, send, and delete messages on your behalf. For example, you can delegate e-mail rights to an admin in your organization, or you could delegate your personal email access to your spouse. The delegate can also access the other person's contacts by clicking the Contacts link. Clicking the To,Cc, or Bcc links in the mail compose window will also bring up your contacts.
You won't be able to give anyone permission to change your account password or settings, or chat on your behalf. Also, you can specify up to 10 users. Here's how:

1. Click the Settings link, and select the Accounts tab.
2. Under 'Grant access to your account,' click the Add another account link.
3. Enter the email address of the person you'd like to access your account and click Next Step.
4. You'll see a confirmation message. Click Send email to grant access if you're sure.
5. The delegate will receive a verification email explaining that you've granted access to them.
   • After the delegate confirms this request, it may take up to 30 minutes for the verification process to be completed. To see if the delegate has confirmed access to your account, look at the Accounts tab in Settings

Any messages someone else sends from your account will have your name listed in addition to the other person's name, so they'll show the sender as: Your Name (sent by Delegate).
If someone has granted access to their account to you, you can access it by clicking the down-arrow next to your email address in the upper-left corner. Select your delegate's email address from the drop-down menu

2.Gmail Now Lets Users Restore Deleted Contacts

In a nod to human error, Google is now letting Gmail users reverse any changes they’ve made to their contacts over a 30-day period.

That means if you’ve gone on a regrettable contact-deleting binge within the past 30 days, you can go into your Gmail account and restore the desired version of your contacts list.

It’s a relatively small change, but one that — like the ability to“unsend” an e-mail — gives wide berth to user error and even intentional missteps.

This new feature will also come in handy if you’re trying to switch devices and sync contacts but accidentally end up deleting contact information from your Gmail account.

To try the feature out, just go to Gmail’s Contacts section and click on the “More actions” menu. From there, you can select “Restore contacts.” When you do, you’ll see a dialog box a lot like this one:

When you select a time frame, all of your Gmail contacts will be restored exactly as they were at that time. Any new contacts you’ve added since then won’t exist, and any contacts you had deleted will be back again. You can also undo a contacts restoration, if you like.