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		nailer on July 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is anyone building Apps on Gmail GMail doesn't have a proper API (POP and IMAP obviously don't count) so things are hard. Xobni and Rapportive (since purchased by LinkedIn) have GMail apps, both scraped and injected themselves into the DOM via Chrome extensions.

smashing on July 29, 2012 [–]

OK, thanks! I was looking to build something that combined gmail and craigslist. Haven't seen anything thus far.

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