You can now 'unsend' Gmail messages

MANILA - Have you ever made the mistake of writing a very personal e-mail and then accidentally hitting "reply all" to everyone?

That will not be a problem anymore as Gmail now gives users the option to cancel the delivery of an e-mail within five to 30 seconds from having hit the send button.

You can enable the "Undo Send" function by navigating to your "Settings" menu located directly below your profile picture. There, you'll be given the option to "Enable Undo Send."

Google has already started updating accounts but it could take two weeks for everyone to see the changes.

The feature has been available to Google Labs' users for some time, and was inserted recently into the app version of the web-based email service, "Inbox." -- with a report from ANC Alerts

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Gmail available in Burmese, the email's 74th language

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Google said Wednesday that Gmail is now available in Burmese, marking the 74th language for the popular email service.

"As a country of 53 million, Myanmar's recent opening-up has triggered an explosion of people coming online," Google product manager Brian Kemler said in a blog post.

"As recently as 2011, a mere 500,000 Myanmar citizens were able to access the Internet, which was less than one percent of the population," he added.

He said the number of people in Myanmar who can get online has grown to 2.6 million, as the availability of mobile phones has increased.

Kemler noted that "our team has been working hard to ensure Google is ready to support this new community in their own language."

"To capture the nuances of this language and make sure the translations were accurate, consistent and complete, we relied on an array of Myanmar speakers from within the country, and around the world," he said.

"In April 2013 we launched Google Search in Myanmar, and today we're excited to announce that Gmail now supports Myanmar (Burmese), our 74th language."

A quasi-civilian regime that came to power in 2011 has ushered in a new era of political openness in the Asian country but a clause under the junta-era constitution still bars Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency.

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Microsoft moves Hotmail accounts to new Outlook.com

NEW YORK - Microsoft said Tuesday it had begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service.

"Starting today, Microsoft will begin to upgrade every Hotmail user to Outlook.com.," the company said in a statement. "The upgrade is seamless and instant for Hotmail customers; everything including their @hotmail.com email address, password, contacts, etc., will stay the same."

Microsoft said last year it was overhauling its email service as it adapts for mobile users and social media.

The number of active accounts on Outlook.com grew to 60 million in just six months during its preview period, Microsoft said, adding it lets users connect to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Outlook.com is also "designed to make it easy to send hundreds of photos and videos in a single message," it said.

Launched in 1996, Hotmail was among the first Web-based email services.

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