To send an email as a text, write your email as usual. Then in the "to" field, enter the ten-digit phone number followed by "@" and then the gateway domain of the intended recipient. Finally, hit Send ...

You can open Google Hangouts in Gmail to chat with others, but you will need to send an invite if the contact is not yet on ...

— -- Google has reintroduced its text messaging service for Gmail after a failed launch in late October. Once again, Gmail users will be able to send text messages to their friends' cell phones ...