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Google Apps Marketplace Integrates Third-Party Cloud Apps with Google Apps [Google Apps]

Google just launched a new Google Apps Marketplace where users can discover and deploy third-party cloud applications that integrate with their existing Google Apps accounts.Give the video above a watch for a full overview of how Google Apps Marketplace apps work, or, summed up from the Google Apps Marketplace homepage:

Manually Refresh POP Mail Fetching in Gmail [Gmail Labs]

Gmail uses a common timing algorithm to fetch messages from POP accounts, one you can somewhat game, but sometimes you want to get at a message you know has arrived. A new Labs feature adds a manual refresh button for POP grabbing.

Better Gmail 2 Updated [Updates]

Google's Gmail tweak broke some of the more popular features of my Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension this week, including Folders4Gmail and Hide Spam Count. Thanks to the quick work of Arend v. Reinersdorff, the problems have been fixed.

Rapportive Replaces Gmail Ads with Contact Info, Is Very Cool [Downloads]

Firefox/Chrome: Sure it's nice and all that we get Gmail for free, but those ads to the right of open messages aren't really all that helpful. Free browser add-on Rapportive replaces Gmail ads with contact info about the sender.

Gmail Adds Search Autocomplete, Navigation Shortcuts, Attachment Detector, and More [Gmail Labs]

Gmail has officially integrated several of our favorite Labs-only features into Gmail proper, including previously mentioned features like search autocomplete, Go to Label (one of the biggies in my Gmail master redux), forgotten att

Inbox2 Desktop Combines and Task-ifies Your Email and Social Networks [Downloads]

Windows: Like its original webapp, the Inbox2 beta for Windows does a great job of combining your email, Twitter, Facebook, and other social messages into one sortable stream. It also respects your email labels and stars and adds simple task management tools.

Unofficial Better Gmail for Chrome Bends Gmail to Your Will [Downloads]

Chrome: We love Gina's Better Gmail Firefox extension, a bundle of user scripts that improves the Gmail experience. Now that Google's beefed up support for Chrome extensions, reader Dimitar Gruev has taken a shot at bringing an unofficial Better Gmail to Chrome.

Stop Google Chat Status Messages from Displaying in Buzz and Other Buzz Tips [Social Networks]

Google continues its push to make Buzz better (and convince people to use it), today announcing five tips for making Buzz work just how you like it.

How to Go Google-Free on the Web [Google]

Last year, Gina switched to Yahoo for her search because she felt Google already had enough of her data. Over at our gadget-obsessed sibling site Gizmodo, blogger John Herrman discusses taking things a little further, ditching all of Google's apps. He explains:

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