In principal the API looks like a good thing. In principal, Google wants to make it easier to let internet applications use information in your email, with the user’s permission.

Registering an application with Google API is easy. Go to the Google API console, log in, create a new project, and enter it. Enable the Gmail API; it should be suggested on the front page.

What does the new Gmail API mean for Internet standards? Google quietly released a new set of Gmail APIs today, giving developers access to some of the building blocks of its popular Gmail protocols.

Google is locking down API access to Gmail data (and later, Drive data) soon, and some of your favorite third-party apps might find themselves locked out of your Google account data. The new API ...

Google is rolling out an updated Gmail API today that will give app developers more access to settings for filters, signatures, auto-replies, IMAP and POP settings, forwarding addresses and auto ...

The new version of Gmail -- which was more of a back-end update -- has given developers access to an easy Greasemonkey API that makes developing plugins or changing the appearance of Gmail a breeze.

The Gmail API won’t be enough to make you love your email, but it might help you hate it a little bit less. With email, the most ubiquitous form of electronic communication, even that seemingly ...

Gmail has always had a slightly different take on email ever since its inception. Instead of traditional folders, Google imagined a new way of leveraging its search product for the communication ...