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THE NEW GMAIL STEALS SOME GREAT IDEAS AND INVENTS SOME FRESH ONES

In April, Google launched its first major Gmail redesign since 2013, and in a sense it was an acknowledgment of all the ways Google had fallen behind.

With 1.4 billion users logging into Gmail at least once per month, the service has become resistant to change. This in turn has been a boon to the email software business, allowing third-party apps like Mailbox, Spark, Astro, and Newton to invent new features on a more regular basis. Several of Gmail’s most notable new features come straight from these apps, and from the broader software world in general. And while some have previously appeared in Google’s more forward-thinking , others are new to Gmail entirely.

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