9. Translate -- For some reason, perhaps my last name, I get a lot of Gmail in Portuguese and Italian. Translate would automatically render these in English (or your language of choice) so that you could figure out what they actually said, and verify that spam in other languages is just as irritating as spam written in English.

These tools might sound a bit silly at first glance, but honestly, who hasn't wished for these things at one time or another? These features could attract legions of new users, and make Gmail even more profitable.

After all, fuel for the is probably going to be pretty expensive. ;)

Larry Borsato has been a software developer, marketer, consultant, public speaker, and entrepreneur, among other things. For more of his unpredictable, yet often entertaining thoughts you can read his blog at .