Bing, Live.com and Hotmail blocked in China
Microsoft has confirmed that several of their web properties are currently blocked in China.
Microsoft’s just launched Bing search engine along with Hotmail webmail service and Live.com are all blocked.
Microsoft said: “Microsoft’s Bing.com, Live.com and Hotmail.com are among several Internet services that have been blocked for customers in China. [...]

Gmail traffic in US now matches that of YouTube
If you need any proof on the growing popularity of Gmail, here it is.
Hitwise has reported that the US based internet hits on Gmail are now matching YouTube.
Gmail recently overtook YouTube to become the 10th most visited website in the US market.
Gmail and YouTube [...]

Google Gmail now has themes (beh!)
After Google Personalized Homepage, Google has now added themes to Google Gmail webmail service.
Users would get a new section in the Gmail settings page named Themes.
They can then implement the themes to their mailboxes online.
Google is for now providing around 30 themes for users to choose from.
The company [...]