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- 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...
- 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:...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
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- Gmail dragged down by overloaded servers
- Gmail went down on Tuesday, causing complications for businesses and individuals around the world. Google's official Gmail blog said the crash was caused by a traffic jam on its servers, and they are working to make sure it won't happen again. The problem occurred when some recent changes...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Use Gmail Offline with Google Gears
- It's experimental, and not quite perfect yet, but everybody loves it all the same. No, I'm not talking about the Obama Administration. It's offline Gmail, which is now available via Google Gears. Here's the scoop, straight from the Official Gmail Blog: Once you turn on...
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Turn a Gmail Message Into a Document
- Ever wish you could turn an e-mail into, say, a Word document without all the cutting and pasting which invariably leads to formatting hassles? A new Google Labs feature lets you do exactly that: The aptly named "Create a document" adds an eponymous link to Gmail, giving you a one-click...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- 9 Reasons to Take Advantage of Gmail's Archive Feature
- If you're a Gmail user like me who's never really bothered with Gmail's Archive feature like me, check out the Official Gmail Blog's list of 9 reasons you should archive. A sampling: Phone numbers and addresses You never know when you'll need a phone number someone emailed you...
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Gmail Rolls Out Advanced IMAP Controls
- Â If you use IMAP to pull mail from your Gmail account (and as we've noted before, you should), you'll want to check out the new Advanced IMAP Controls. Available in Google Labs (meaning technically it's an experimental feature), this handy addition lets you specify which Gmail...
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Google Adds Voice, Video Chat to Gmail
- Want to pay zero dollars for long-distance phone calls? Google just rolled out a voice-chat plug-in for Gmail, meaning you can talk to clients, co-workers, and other contacts almost as easily as you chat with them online. And if you've got a webcam, you can engage in video chats as...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Twitter Looking To Make 'Retweets' Official
- By Andy Beal - Fri, 08/14/2009 - 16:18 If you're a new Twitter user, you've probably stumbled over the correct etiquette for "retweeting" someone else's tweet. Do you use "RT: @andybeal…." or "Retweeting @andybeal….."? And what about those precious characters lost when you retweet? We only get 140 to start...
- News items 2009-08-14
- Why You Should Create a Google Profile. Now.
- A Google profile is exactly what it sounds like: A personal profile that appears when someone does a Google search of your name. My advice: Create one now to make sure you're properly represented on the Web. What does that mean? Suppose a prospective or current employer...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- How to Choose Smart Passwords
- We frequently address the subject of passwords, and with good reason: Most users suck at choosing them. That's a problem, because compromised passwords make it a breeze for hackers to steal personal information, access private files, and wreak other kinds of havoc. Over...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Gmail outage: Microsoft laughs all the way to the bank
- Google's attempt to prove to the world that office apps inexpensively delivered from the cloud beats running PC-based clients got a big setback yesterday, when Gmail suffered a world-wide outage. The big winner: Microsoft, which is laughing all the way to the bank. Computerworld reports that the outage was in...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Gmail suffers widespread outage on Tuesday
- Google's Gmail e-mail service was down for most of its users worldwide for almost two hours, affecting not only individuals who use it for personal matters but also organizations and their employees who depend on it as their business e-mail system. Google acknowledged that Gmail had a widespread, worldwide collapse...
- News items 2009-09-01
- How to Get the Most From Google Tasks
- Sometimes I feel like Google treats its task manager (a.k.a. Tasks) like the red-headed stepchild. That's slowly starting to change, as Tasks has not only graduated from Google Labs, but also gained integration with Gmail and Google Calendar. As of today, Google Tasks has its own iGoogle...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Google Social Search Arrives to Surface Content From Twitter, FriendFeed, Yelp
- Google launches Google Social Search from Google Labs Oct. 26. The experiment is designed to make search results more relevant by mining the rich Google profile information users provide. This includes all Gmail contacts and Gmail chat buddies, as well and people users are publicly connected to on social sites...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Google's new years revolution: Six products slashed or maimed
- Well, Google picked a good day to announce layoffs and kill a bunch of products. While everyone is busy reading about Apple chief executive Steve Jobs' leave of absence for health related issues, Google has more or less killed six of its products. Let's survey the damage, shall we? Dodgeball...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Google Apps Sync for Outlook Syncs Outlook with Google Apps
- Good -- no, great -- news for Google Apps users: Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook enables Outlook users to synchronize their e-mail, contacts, and calendars with you guessed it Google Apps. That means it has the potential to replace pricey Exchange in your cash-strapped organization. There's...
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Google launches Social Search in Labs
- Google has launched Google Social Search on Labs, allowing you to check out relevant public content from your friends and contacts when you search. Mindful of Twitter's real-time search, blogs and social networks, Google has decided it's high time that you can search the public data given...
- News items 2009-10-27
- 10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs
- This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com . Whether your company is just starting out, just starting to turn a profit or already on the verge of an acquisition, as an entrepreneur you'll be...
- News items 2009-10-28
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