Some new features were announced recently and are gradually being rolled out to users across the globe. Perhaps most significant among them is the introduction of tabs to your inbox. Gmail (GOOG) will now automatically sort incoming mail into a few different groups: Primary (stuff from real people, such as friends, family, and colleagues); Social (alerts from Facebook (FB), Twitter, and the like); Promotions (sales e-mails and other marketing material from stores), and Updates (reciepts, statements and confirmations from banks, airlines, and other businesses).
The tabs sit at the top of your inbox, with preview numbers to let you know if anything new is in them. If a message is appearing in the wrong tab, you can drag and drop it into another one (or right click and select which tab you want), at which point Gmail will ask you if you’d like future e-mails from the same sender to go in the tab you selected.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-30/google-adds-new-features-to-gmail#r=rss
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