Memories. Our present and future revolves around it. We look back either with wistfulness or woe. And these days, social networks like Facebook and Twitter ‘capture’ our memories. To be more precise, they record what we do each day that becomes the fodder for memories with time. Timehop is a new web service that helps [...]
When it comes to Gmail, I am sure that most of us have more than one account. Gmail doesn’t mind. But when it comes to email productivity, for long one had to sign-out (or logout) from one Gmail account to sign-into another on the same browser. Of course, there were workaround available – the simplest [...]
In one quick simple stroke, the cc:to me bookmarklet can help you remove your dependence on browsing tools like Instapaper and Read it Later. The cc:to me bookmarklet also gives you another way to use your Gmail account as an information powerhouse. Here’s what it does – it lets you quickly email information from the [...]
If Google is king, the Gmail is probably the best knight at the round table. Gmail has an inbox that can swallow a lifetime’s worth of emails. The last few years of mine have swallowed just over a quarter of the 7 GB inbox limit, and that’s because I usually archive most of my emails. [...]
Dropbox is a great ‘social’ way of sharing large files via the cloud. But Dropbox is not entirely in the cloud. There is a small app that resides on your desktop and if allowed boots up with your system. Personally, I hate installing a new software for a one-off exchange, or just because the herd [...]
In a previous post, I discussed with you about changing your default email client in Firefox and Internet Explorer. While changing the default email client for Firefox one can choose Gmail and Yahoo Mail as its preferred default service apart from other Windows based clients, but no such provisions are available in Internet Explorer or [...]
I bet everyone of us has clicked on a hyperlink while browsing the web. If you think these hyperlinks are only meant to redirect you to another web page you are absolutely wrong. Let’s take an example for easy understanding. Click here! What did you just notice? Your default mail client just popped up and [...]
Your email account is definitely an important asset in this information age, and you really can’t afford to loose the data associated with it. While most of the mail providers ensure that your email is backed up and safe in the cloud, nothing is for certain. Hence backing them up offline on your computer is [...]
Email encryption is serious business and it’s not only for spies and spooks. Everyday users need the cloak of privacy too. Public-key cryptography is just too perplexing for most of us; what’s needed is a simpler no-hassle, no-brainer way of sending emails for ‘your eyes only’. There are a few security minded online apps which [...]
A signature is a personal statement. With the relative demise of snail mail, the signature was starting to lose its dash and droop. But WiseStamp brings back the coolness to drab emails and allows you to make a social statement. WiseStamp and its email apps enable you to customize your email signatures with links to [...]
If anything from the internet era of 90s that has magically survived the onslaught of all sorts of communication mediums like social networks, cell phones, chat apps (all kinds of) etc, and also flourished while doing that, is the humble email inbox. Yes, email is alive and kicking. It remains the most sought after – [...]
The good thing about a site like Facebook is that you can have all your photos and videos there for everyone – like your friends and relatives – to take a look at. But the problem is that in spite of the incredible popularity of Facebook around the world, there are still people who don’t [...]
Boomerang for Gmail is an add-on that adds a whole new spin on the way we do email. It can schedule email delivery and help you set up email reminders for received mails. In our current situation, there are only two options for sending emails. Those options are you either send that email now, or [...]
If you have a huge number of friends on Facebook, which most of us do these days, you would agree that one major hassle that comes with keeping a long friend list is keeping track of the birthdates. Granted you wouldn’t need to remember each of them, but even if the number is greater than [...]
There are various ways to backup your Gmail account. You can have the emails downloaded via POP or have them auto-forwarded to another account. In this article, we’ll discuss how to use another Gmail account to backup your primary Gmail account. It’s just a one time set it and forget it method, hence you should [...]
There are times when your internet connection isn’t working but you badly need to check something in your email account. If you use email in your browser, this in when you miss a standalone mail client like Outlook the most, isn’t it. If you use Gmail, there’s another way to access your email offline and [...]
