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What will Google think of next?
Posted by Trenton on Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Okay, so I'm sure everyone who is connected to this world in any way knows that Google is slowly taking over the planet. What once started as a research project for a student at Stanford has now become the most expensive - and possibly the most recognizable - brand in the world. The days of Google being just some search engine are long over as they now provide an unlimited sort of utilities and services such as Google Earth, Picasa, YouTube, and of course... the ever-growing popular Gmail. Gmail is very well known for it's huge amount of space provided to all users; I am currently using 372MB's (or 5%) of my total 7.2GB's available. As if the 7.2GB's of storage (along with all the other features) wasn't enough... Google has just recently released a new add-on (technically a "lab") for Gmail. It is aptly named "Mail Goggles".
We all know the consequences from sending that text message or making that phone call when you are... well, let's say... inebriated. Have you ever done the same thing with an email? If not, do you worry about it? Mail Goggles was created for this exact reason. When a Gmail user enables Mail Goggles, any emails created after a certain time (late night on the weekend by default) will require you to answer a few skill testing questions to send the message. The questions may be very simple sober, but when inebriated, they could be just what you need to save yourself from sending that embarrassing (or incriminating) email.
Mail Goggles also allows you to change the difficulty of questions asked, and has a fully customizable schedule allowing you to control exactly when it kicks in.
Link: Official Gmail Blog
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