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Google Labs Adds Search Icon To ‘Compose Mail’ Window In Gmail

TechCrunch  Jan 31 10

Orli Yakuel noticed that Google has quietly added a new icon in the 'Compose Mail' window of its free webmail service Gmail, enabling users to run search queries from within the interface and insert results and URLs straight into drafted e-mails or open chat conversations. This is an expansion of a Google Labs feature, simply dubbed 'Google Search', that was introduced back in April 2009 as an optional setting in Gmail. Full story...

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