On its website, Amesys says its "strategic nationwide interception" system can detect email from Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail and see chat conversations on MSN instant messaging and AIM.

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When it rolls out the product link will appear on the left hand of the Gmail page within the "chat" window.

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The social network just launched its own communications service so you'll never have to trouble yourself with Gmail or anyone else's chat services.

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Other features include the "Forgotten Attachment Detector, " which prevents users from sending messages without the necessary attached documents, and "Pictures In Chat, " which shows pictures of your friends as you chat with them in Gmail.

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In addition to Gmail, the outage also affected Google Drive, Google Chat, Google Calendar, Google Play and Google Chrome Sync.

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Google Talk (which I prefer to call g-chat) is the instant messaging service that accompanies Gmail and is singlehandedly responsible for decreasing workplace productivity by 5 to 50 percent.

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Gmail provides multiple services under one umbrella, including e-mail, chat, calendar and productivity applications.

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