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.

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 ...

So I just got an announcement what looks a bit like the beginning of the end of the world. Apparently, after May 30th Google will no longer allow good old IMAP connections. That really peeves me ...