Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

Gmail’s rollout of IMAP is complete, paving way for synced GMail on Desktops, Laptops, Mobiles, and the web. Mine says it was activated since day one, but it’s not working yet. For those of you ...

The company now gives people some precise control over how other e-mail applications can use Gmail with IMAP. It's minor, but it shows the wisdom of Google's approach. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Google has upgraded its Gmail offering by augmenting it with IMAP, or Internet Message Access Protocol. Essentially, this level of connectivity allows users to access e-mail from multiple devices ...

TNW reports that Gmail’s IMAP service suffered an outage of several hours last night, preventing access to email through apps. The Web is awash with frustrated Google Apps and Gmail users who are not ...

IMAP (short for Internet Message Access Protocol) is an internet protocol that lets you sync your email inbox across multiple devices. Most popular email apps, like Gmail and Outlook, use IMAP servers ...

The last day or so, Mail.app on my dad's iMac (running Snow Leopard) has seen constant outgoing IMAP activity to imap.gmail.com. I let it run all last night and Little Snitch indicated that the ...