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MobileMe to Go Down Tonight Due to Maintenance

Cupertino, California-based Apple has announced on its MobileMe Support page that the service will go down today. According to the company, users will be unable to access MobileMe applications from 10:00 PM Pacific Time on Thursday, August 26 to 12:30 AM Pacific Time on Friday, August 27. For those living in the East Coast, that’s 1:00 AM Eastern Time to 3:30 AM Eastern Time on Friday, August 27.

The company states:

“Due to scheduled maintenance, MobileMe members will be unable to access MobileMe applications at me.com. Normal service is expected to be restored at the end of the maintenance window. We apologize for any inconvenience.”

Google Improves Gmail ‘Undo Send’ Feature

Gmail’s ‘undo send’ feature is perhaps the most useful of all features in Gmail Labs, and it’s just gotten a little bit better. Initially starting off with an ‘undo’ period of a mere five minutes, Google has extending periods for which users can select to time how long it takes before the message really goes out.

Users can now select time periods of 5, 10, 20, of 30 seconds in which they can ‘undo’ a message, you know, just in case they send something that don’t really mean to send.

The possibilities are endless, and you too can enable the feature in Gmail by visiting the ‘Labs’ menu.

Yahoo Mail Goes HTML5 For iPad

In attempt to offer “the best possible communications experience across all the devices” in use by Yahoo mail users, the company yesterday launched a revamped version of Yahoo Mail for iPad.

Yahoo Mail is now offered in HTML5, according to a blog post, which allows for faster and more reliable user interface interactions, and impressive organization.

Yahoo notes that the HTML5 version of the mail service is now available to all users, and can be accessed by visiting http://mail.yahoo.com/ from mobile Safari.

The company intends to continue adding features and functionality.

Aol Launching New Version of Mail Service

Aol is apparently testing a new version of Aol Mail internally, according to sources of BusinessInsider. Codenamed “Phoenix”, the new version of Aol Mail is said to bring better integration with Aol Instant Messenger, feature improved SMS functionality, email archiving (made famous by Google), increased integration with MapQuest, and better search.

The company also plans to reduce the amount of advertising on the service. Earlier this year, the company removed about 60% of advertisements on their interface, and plans to now focus on getting users to Aol websites chock full of banner advertisements.

If Aol wants to retain whats left of their users, they ought to act quick. Unique visitors to Aol Mail are down approximately 32% year-over-year, and Aol Mail is now ranked fifth among top email providers, behind Yahoo, MSN/Hotmail, and MySpace.

Verizon Wireless to Reward Patient Droid Incredible Buyers With $25 Gift Card

As many of you have already found the hard way,Verizon Wireless is not currently shipping HTC Droid Incredible units because of supply shortage issues. In an effort to keep customers happy, Verizon Wireless has reportedly begun sending apology letters to those who purchased the HTC Droid Incredible and have not received it yet. In the letter, the carrier promises to rewards those customers with a $25 gift card for their patience.

As of this writing, the Verizon Wireless website states that the Droid Incredible will be shipped by July 29. The carrier is indicating that if customers ordered their device on June 28 or prior, they “may experience an additional delay of up to 7 business days.”

Additionally, it was reported yesterday that Verizon Wireless was allowing HTC Droid Incredible buyers to replace their delayed orders with the upcoming Motorola Droid X at no extra charge.

MobileMe ‘Mail Beta’ Interface Looks Like iPad’s Mail Client

Apple’s MobileMe is now offering subscribers the opportunity to join a “mail beta” program on the service, according to various reports from users.

Quite interestingly, the beta will take you to a page with an interface nearly identical to that of the iPad’s default mail client, signaling that Apple may be attempting to unify interfaces between devices.

According to TUAW, features include:

• The ability to have both widescreen and compact views.
• Rules to help keep mail organized on any device you use MobileMe. Note that any rules set up on the beta may override rules already in place on OS X Mail, so disable duplicate rules on your Mac before giving this a test drive.

Upcoming Windows Live Wave 4 Named Windows Live Essentials 2011

Microsoft has apparently confirmed in a blog post yesterday that its upcoming Windows Live Wave 4 — coming out in August of this year – will be named “Windows Live Essentials 2011″ instead of Windows Live Essentials 2010. The post goes on to state that Microsoft reached the end of the Milestone 3 phase of Windows Live Wave 4 development. From there, the bundle of products is expected to enter beta stage soon. A public beta is expected to be released in June.

LinkedIn App for BlackBerry Now Available

A few weeks ago, Research In Motion announced in the March 2010 issue of  the BlackBerry Connection – Business Edition newsletter that its native Twitter and LinkedIn applications for BlackBerry were coming soon. While the Twitter application is nowhere near ready for its public debut yet, the LinkedIn application version 1.0 has been released. The announcement was made yesterday on the official LinkedIn Blog.

The interface of the LinkedIn app is very similar to that of other social networking applications for BlackBerry such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. The LinkedIn application itself allows users to perform many basic tasks such as messaging, searching, and invitations. Additionally, the LinkedIn application takes advantage of BlackBerry Mail, Contacts, and Calendar by deeply integrating messages, connections, and events to the aforementioned native services.

Apple Posts iPad Guided Tours for Your Viewing Pleasure

There are only a few days left before the iPad is officially released to the public on April 3. Apple has already begun shipping the iPad units to those who order it as soon as it was available for pre-order, and informed us that the iPad will be available at various Best Buy stores nationwide. But now, the Cupertino-based company has just surprised us all by posting a new set of several iPad guided tour videos. This is great because while we have all seen plenty of iPad photos, we have rarely seen the device in action.

Besides viewing pleasure, the videos give you a thorough walkthrough of many core applications that will be found on the iPad out of the box including Safari, iBook, iTunes, Mail, Photos, iPod, Videos, et cetera.

All of the videos are available to watch on the iPad Guided Tours page. Additionally, you can watch all of the videos after the break.