Email has changed dramatically over the years. What was once a single program on your computer that occasionally shouted “You’ve got mail” is now on the web, on your smartphone, and probably with you wherever you go. As easy as it is to dismiss the past necessity for having a standalone email client, there are still many situations where it is a good idea, especially for business.
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How to Check Your Gmail Account with Kmail
By | February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
7 Gmail Gadgets Make Your Inbox More Useful
By | July 1, 2011 | 4 Comments
Gmail’s offering is one of the best available. Its simplicity coupled with its minimal interface make it a favorite amongst geeks and newbies alike. However, users need not feel constrained by Gmail’s simplistic interface as they can easily enable enhanced features provided by Google through “Google Labs” or from third-party sources through “Gadgets“. In this article I will outline some of my favourite Gadgets.
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More Useful Gmail Productivity Tips
By | June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Email is something most people use daily. Many web workers use Gmail because it is very powerful and very easy to use. The problem is, many people don’t know what Gmail is even capable of. We have written a bunch of different articles on Gmail.
Even though there are is a lot written about different ways to use Google’s web-based email, it is ever evolving and always something to talk about. Plus, everyone has different ways of using the features. This makes for endless possibilities for you to turn it into your ultimate email program.
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How to Get Android Notifications On Your Computer
By | May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Android Mobile OS is surging forward with leaps and bounds. If you do not own one of these devices, you likely know someone who does own an Android phone. Even though you can do most everything on your phone, it is still easier to do somethings on your computer.
While you are working on your computer, it is a big inconvenience to keep checking your phone for text messages and missed calls. Even if you have it on silent, you can feel like you are missing out on something important.
To remedy this, here are a couple of ways to view notifications you may normally only see on your phone.
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11 Awesome Web Apps to Boost Your Gmail Usage Experience
By | April 27, 2011 | 6 Comments
Gmail comes with the labs features where you can activate new (and useful) features to enhance your email experience. Other than the labs features, there are also several other third party Gmail web apps that you can use to improve your productivity. These web apps can help you to organize your inbox behind the scene so you can still maintain your sanity while clearing your emails. Some of them are so useful that make you wonder why Google didn’t include them in Gmail.
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How To Send Emails Using Another Gmail Account
By | April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Many people have more than one email address. A lot of the time, these are not from the same email provider. Personally, I have about 10. As you can imagine, checking that many email addresses all the time is a huge time suck.
One way I have been handling multiple email addresses is to use Gmail as an email hub. The way I will show you will allow you to send and receive emails from your Gmail account.
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Check Your Gmail on Mac Without Opening The Browser
By | March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Email has become such an essential part of the way that we work in the digital age. It seems like the bulk of the communication that we deal with during any given work day come at us through our email accounts. Of course, you may not always want to open your web browser just to check your email. That can take up the whole of your screen, and represent a serious break in your productivity. If you want to be able to keep your eyes on your email without constantly having to open the browser then you may want to consider a free app called Mail Tab for Gmail.
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Taskforce For Gmail Converts Your Emails Into Tasks, And Helps You To Stay Organized
By | March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Ever receive an email that reminds you of a task that you need to complete? What do you do then? Open another tab, load the to-do list site (perhaps Google tasks?) and add the task into your to do list. What if there is a simpler way to convert your emails into tasks and manage them right within your Gmail? Yes, Taskforce is the one that I am talking about.
Taskforce is a Gmail extension that convert your emails into tasks and allows you to manage your tasks right within your inbox. It’s a handy tool to help you stay organized and save you time from toggling between different tabs and sites/applications.
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Integrated Gmail: Use All Google Applications From Within Gmail
By | March 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
Google provides internet users with a number of valuable services. These services include Gmail, Reader, Calendar, Maps, Analytics, and many others. Often we find ourselves using many of these web apps simultaneously. The result is a huge clutter of browser tabs between which we are constantly jumping.
Here to tidy up that situation and provide a neater way of using those Google service is a tool called “Integrated Gmail”.
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How to Secure Your Google Account With 2-Step Verification
By | March 4, 2011 | 4 Comments
Email is the centre of most people’s online identity and if it gets hacked it can have devastating consequences. Ensuring that your email account is secure is of paramount importance, however simply using a password is not always enough. Many Banks use a device which auto-generates a verification code as a second tier of security. Google has implemented a similar 2-step verification process using your mobile phone. In this article I will describe the steps used to use this new feature.
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