There are a lot of options out there to send secure and self-destructing messages to others. But what if you really just want to send them a message using Gmail? Snapmail is a Chrome extension that allows you to send messages just like you might otherwise, only they will destruct in 60 seconds.

Big fans of the cloud as we are, there's no doubt relying solely on keeping your stuff stored remotely is a risky strategy. Accounts get hacked. Companies fold. And if you don't have backups of your most precious Snapchats and Gmails, then they can disappear in a puff of data center smoke. Here's how to make sure you've got local copies of everything.

Google has a long history of introducing, then forgetting about, and finally officially killing off its products. Most recently, that included Google Spaces, a service that most of us never knew existed to begin with. Let's take a tour of some of our favourite services Google's killed off over the years.

Gmail is free, in part because Google has always scanned the contents of users' inboxes in order to serve targeted ads. It's a sleazy business model, but Google certainly isn't alone: Most other free email services (and, hi, social media platforms) do the same thing.

Unroll.me, the newsletter unsubscription service, was just busted selling off more data than most of us thought possible, so it goes without saying that many are dumping the service altogether. Good news though, a Google Script can unsubscribe you from a ton of emails almost just as easily.

Yesterday, The New York Times went deep into some of Uber's shady business practices. In the article, one small section revealed that one service we've talked about extensively over the years, Unroll.me, has been mining and selling off your email data, and Uber used that data to gain intelligence on Lyft.

Gmail is almost always reliable when it comes to attachments, but on the odd occasion a file or image you've sent is corrupted, you do have an option that essentially guarantees no problems — uploading to Google Drive first.

Even if you don't personally use Gmail, someone you know does. The service is perfect for people who need an email address independent of their work one, and a far better alternative than security nightmares like YahooMail. Yet Gmail, despite the name, isn't just a great platform for email.

Windows/Mac/Linux: If you use multiple Gmail accounts, you're used to having to open several tabs for everything. Shift alleviates this problem by opening up several accounts in one handy desktop client.

There's no doubt Google runs a tight ship as far as security goes, if you're hacked using Google services its usually (but not always) because of something you did, not Google. If you want to keep your emails on Google's services more secure you'll need to do more than just enable two-factor authentication. You need to practice safe browsing, steering clear of sites and emails that could steal your info.

You probably have a second email address you use for blocking spam and other junk that you don't want in your primary inbox — but that's not the only reason you should set up an alternative address for yourself. Here are three more ways you can put a second email account to good use.

With a little know-how, most phishing scams are pretty easy to detect. This one, on the other hand, is devilishly clever and just might dupe you if you're not careful.

Not all emails are what they seem. Many messages come with embedded code designed to tell the sender when (and even where) you open them up. It's a trick often used by marketing companies to work out if you're actually paying any attention to them, but there are ways of spotting this kind of email tracking.

Google has bumped up the attachment size limit for emails that you receive from 25MB to 50MB. However, the sending size limit for Gmail has not changed. Here's what you need to know.

Chrome: Favicons are great in browsers because they make it easy to discern one site from another in your tabs at a glance. Gmail Sender Icons takes that same approach to your Gmail's inbox.

With the rise of malicious JavaScript email attachments, Google has decided to block them all together on its Gmail service. Here's what you need to know.

Find yourself buried under hundreds of mismanaged emails in Gmail? That’s what ActiveInbox was designed to tackle. This handy app streamlines all the to-dos sitting in your inbox, bringing a new level to functionality to your Gmail you didn’t previously think possible. It’s also rarely discounted...but we’ve got subscriptions for up to 67% off.

When you're searching for a specific email, any type of search parameter that can help you find a message is useful. Digital Inspiration shows off how to really focus your search with an undocumented Gmail search trick that lets you look for emails from a specific time.

Chrome: You can save any email as a PDF by printing it as such, but if you need to save emails to your hard drive quite often, this Chrome extension lets you PDF an email with one simple click.