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Posted by Kevin Tom, iGoogle Product
Manager

Since we launched themes on iGoogle last March, we've enjoyed
seeing how people have connected with them. For instance, we've
gotten fan mail for the "fox in the teahouse" theme, and
seen some great blog posts generated when folks discover the Easter
egg for each theme.

Users and developers alike have been clamoring to know when they
can develop themes for the iGoogle homepage, and we're happy to
say that today is the day! Whether you like outer space, cartoons,
dogs, or anything else, you can now create your own theme and help
personalize iGoogle for millions of people.

The Themes API lets you customize many portions of the iGoogle
page. Your theme can also update the page's design based on
variables, such as the time of day or location. This makes it easy
to create a narrative that unfolds throughout the day, a landscape
that changes as the sun rises and sets, or an abstract image that
becomes more complex.

Anyone who can build a website can create an iGoogle Theme. We
worked with designers Yves Behar, Mark Frauenfelder, Troy Lee, and
John Maeda to create some href="http://code.google.com/apis/themes/#Examples"
id="yz53" >custom iGoogle designs to show some great examples of
the types of themes you can create.

href="http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/01/igoogle-themes-api.html" >
Read more on the Google Code Blog and href="http://code.google.com/apis/themes" >start creating your
theme.

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Posted by Miriam Schneider, Associate
Product Marketing Manager

Since launching Gmail in 2004, we've always supported the idea
that email should be useful, fast, reliable, and fun. But instead
of just hearing what we think about Gmail, we wanted to hear from
you. So we href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-your-story.html"
id="i2ub" >recently invited Gmail fans
to share stories about how you're using it in unique and
productive ways. Turns out that you're a creative bunch, and we
got the href="http://youtube.com/video_response_view_all?v=R1epyJsRnBM" >video
submissions (and 1500 emails) to prove it. With so many
stories to choose from, we decided to put them all together and
showcase a bit of everything you had to say. To check out the
collaborative video and some of the email stories we received, head
to href="http://www.gmail.com/yourstory"
id="bkqs" >gmail.com/yourstory. You might even discover a new
way to use Gmail that you'd never considered.

We always love hearing from you, so if you still have a story to
share href="http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=story"
id="bba5" >give us a
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