Oral SeymourEntrepreneur. Internet, Technology, Social Networking and Search Engine Enthusiast………

Gmail is rolling out a new feature that allows you to view information about the last time your account was accessed and whether it is currently open on another computer.

At the bottom of your inbox, you’ll see information about the time of the last activity on your account and whether it’s still open in another location:

You can view more information about your recent activity by clicking on the details link

You can see open sessions, when they were accessed and how the were accessed, by browser, POP, phone.

It is not yet activated on all accounts. I will be really excited when it is activated on Google Apps.

Its seems simple enough but it took me a little while to figure this out. I was getting annoyed at constantly being “annoyed” with people trying to instant message me whenever I tried to check email.

Just scroll down to the chat area on the left side you can either click on the drop down arrow to the right of your status message and select turn off chat

…or you can click on options just below the chat area and select turn off chat…

See that wasn’t hard….now you can check email without being bothered….I use Pidgin anyway