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Spruce Up Gmail with Gmail Redesigned 2.0 (Firefox)
Gmail Redesigned 2.0 gives everyone's favorite Web-mail service an extreme makeover, transforming it from ugly duckling to sexy starlet make that applet. To use this free Gmail "skin," you'll need two things: Firefox 3 and the Stylish extension. After installing...
Tags: Google Gmail, Mozilla Firefox, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-07-21
How to Make Gmail Your Default Client in Firefox 3
The Official Gmail Blog explains how you can make Gmail your default e-mail client (meaning Gmail will launch whenever you click an e-mail link) in the recently released Firefox 3 browser. It's a pretty simple process: All you do is sign into Gmail, paste a snippet of...
Tags: Google Gmail, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Official Gmail Blog, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-07-07
Should You Use Gmail IMAP?
Last year, Google added IMAP capabilities to its beloved Gmail service, thus making a good thing significantly better. Not sure what all the fuss is about or why IMAP beats POP hands down? The Official Gmail Blog has a primer you should definitely read: Getting Gmail anywhere:...
Tags: Google Gmail, Official Gmail Blog, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-06-03
Learn to Use Google Apps with 'The Missing Manual'
From Gmail to Calendar to Google Docs, Google Apps offers small businesses a wealth of communication and productivity tools. But figuring out how to use them all can be tricky, especially if you're more accustomed to traditional software. Enter O'Reilly's Google Apps: The Missing Manual, a new book that teaches you...
Tags: Google Apps, Rick Broida, Productivity, Internet, E-mail Providers, Google Inc.
Blog posts 2008-06-02
Learn Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts with New Keyboard Shortcut
Gmail just made it easier to learn its large assortment of keyboard shortcuts: Press the question-mark key on your keyboard and a shortcut reference guide pops up. It's even transparent, so it doesn't fully obscure the Gmail goodness behind it. Before you can...
Tags: Keyboard, Google Gmail, Keyboard Shortcut, Keyboards, E-mail Providers, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-12-06
Gmail Adds Colors to Labels
Oh, happy day. Gmail just added a fantastic new feature: colored labels. It might not sound like a big deal, but for anyone who relies on labels for organizing their mail, it's a major improvement. To assign a color, just mouse over any label, click the little...
Tags: Google Gmail, Label, E-mail Providers, Web Browsers, Mice, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-12-04
How to Use Gmail for Online Storage
As you may have read in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Google may start offering free Web-based storage in the near future. Of course, savvy users have long been leveraging Gmail for exactly that purpose. Wait a sec -- how can you use an e-mail service for data...
Tags: Google Gmail, Storage, Webware, E-mail Providers, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-11-29
Get More From Gmail with Better Gmail 2
Much as we all love Gmail, there's always room for improvement. Lifehacker's Better Gmail 2 is a compiled collection of hacks (actually, Greasemonkey scripts rolled into a single Firefox extension) that adds optional extra features to the Web-mail service. These features include: Attachment icons Instead of the...
Tags: E-mail Providers, Better Gmail 2, Lifehacker, Google Gmail, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-11-09
Keep Your Gmail in Sync with IMAP Access
Internet Message Access Protocol, or IMAP, is a wonderful thing. It provides immediate two-way synchronization between your mail server and one or more mail clients (Outlook, Apple Mail, your mobile phone, or whatever). Any changes made in one location are automatically reflected everywhere else. So, for instance, if you compose and send a...
Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Outlook, Rick Broida, IMAP, Official Gmail Blog, Google Gmail
Blog posts 2007-10-24
Access Gmail on Your Phone with Gmail Mobile 1.5
It's a gala day for Gmail users (cue Groucho Marx: "I don't think I could handle more than a gal a day."). Gmail Mobile 1.5 works with all Java-compatible phones and brings much of the functionality of desktop Gmail to your cell. Among the key features of this new release:...
Tags: Gmail Mobile 1.5, Gmail Mobile, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Access, Phone, Rick Broida, Internet, Google Gmail
Blog posts 2007-10-16
Get More From Gmail, Part 2
A couple weeks ago, Gmail marketing manager Bill Kee listed five little-known Gmail features. Now he's back with five more, including this little gem:Conversation update notification  It can be really annoying to write up a whole response to an email and click send -- only to discover that someone else...
Tags: E-mail providers, Google Gmail, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-09-13
Declutter Your Gmail Mailbox
Running out of Gmail space? It happens to everyone eventually. Web Worker Daily offers four quick tips on freeing up extra space in your Gmail mailbox. For example:Clear out the old stuff. I personally don’t need any emails older than 6 months, so I did a search with the "before"...
Tags: E-mail providers, e-mail, Google Gmail, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-09-10
Get More From Gmail with Five Little-Known Features
Gmail Associate Product Marketing Manager Bill Kee lists five cool Gmail features you probably didn't know existed, including "reply by chat":Most people know that you can chat with your contacts in Gmail if they're using Gmail too. But there are some subtle features that make chat particularly useful in the...
Tags: E-mail providers, chat, e-mail, Google Gmail, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-09-04
Making Use of Viral Marketing on the Internet
Viral marketing is another name for word of mouth or, on the Internet, word of e-mail. It can work in mysterious ways, but the Internet offers significant potential for viral marketing, particularly with the growing popularity of blogs. Yahoo did little or no advertising in its early years; instead, people...
Tags: Web site development, E-mail providers, Web technology, BNET Editorial, Web site, Web, spamming, Skype Technologies S.A., newsletter, MSN Hotmail, movie, marketing, Internet phone, Internet, instant messenger, incentive, hyperlink, e-mail, brand, blog, benefit, advertisement
Articles 2007-08-13
Gmail Adds Storage Space
Good news for Gmail users: You can now increase your storage space. If you've been using your Gmail account as a place to store files and photos, you may have noticed that you're bumping up against the 2.8 gig limit. (Click here to check how much space you've got left.)...
Tags: David Goldenberg, Google Gmail, E-mail providers
Blog posts 2007-08-10
Turbocharge Gmail with These Apps and Add-ons
Businesses are flocking to Gmail in droves, and with good reason: It's arguably the best Web-based mail service on the planet. If you're one of the cool kids (i.e., a Gmail user), check out Lifehacker's list of the top 10 Gmail applications and add-ons. Many of them require Firefox (which...
Tags: Web Tools, Time-Savers, E-mail providers, Google Gmail, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-07-19
View PowerPoint Slideshows with Gmail
Gmail proves its awesomeness yet again: The Webmail service now enables you to view PowerPoint presentations as slideshows, without the need to run or even own PowerPoint. When you open an e-mail that contains a presentation (i.e., a PPT file), you'll see a "View as slideshow" option alongside the usual...
Tags: Documents, Web Tools, Google Gmail, Microsoft PowerPoint, E-mail providers, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-06-12
Three Ways to Share Large Files
Large attachments tend to wreak havoc with mail servers, many of which balk at anything larger than 5MB. So what happens when you need to send a big file or batch of files to, say, a client or co-worker? Here are three free and easy solutions: Gmail - The beloved Webmail...
Tags: General, Time-Savers, Web Tools, AllPeers, Google Gmail, E-mail providers, Peer to peer (P2P), Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-05-31
Should billg Stop Bullying?
In a comment on my post on Bill Gates’ management style, reader Kempton asked:“..do you think has billg got mellow out a little as he aged, got a great wife and partner, and also kids? He still seem quite geeky but I sure hope with age, he got mellow out...
Tags: Books, Entrepreneurialism, General, Management, E-mail providers, Tom Evslin, management style
Blog posts 2007-05-06
Map Your Life with "My Maps"
One of the coolest things about the new features that Google recently released is something called "My Maps." It lets you create your own maps—including landmarks, routes, etc.— and share them with whomever you want. Just sign up for a Gmail account which should have anyway and go...
Tags: Time-Savers, Travel Tips, Web Tools, E-mail providers, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2007-05-01
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