January 22, 2011
There are plenty of reasons to love Gmail: completely free features, plenty of storage space, free POP3 access to your email as well as free offline access to your email messages via the IMAP route, and many other awesome great options. As the search geek, there’s one thing I really appreciate: the ability to use [...]
December 23, 2010
I have to admit that over the years I’ve slowly gravitated toward utilizing Google apps for just about everything. First it was Gmail. Then, it was Calendar and Tasks. Finally I started using Google Reader, Google Notepad and most recently Google Voice. While I love each of these services, the one thing that irritates me [...]
December 17, 2010
The Gmail team has clearly been hard at work with two new features released within hours of each other this week. When you thought the already feature-rich Gmail couldn’t get any better, they’ve added two new services, each aiming to make life just a little bit easier for you. The latest additions are the ability to [...]
November 27, 2010
We send and receive lots of emails daily. Many of the messages we receive are important ones requiring some further action or reply – but most of these emails are automatic notifications and updates from our social networks and subscriptions. How to make sense of all this clutter? How do we not miss something really [...]
November 26, 2010
Have you been using Gmail for a while, but you’re still overrun by an overflowing inbox? Time to sort you out! There’s a few simple tricks pro users use to make very good use of Gmail. We’ll make it clear for you. Most of us here at MakeUseOf use Gmail, whether we then import that [...]
November 20, 2010
With three email accounts, one for work, one personal and one for MakeUseOf, I find myself spending more time checking my email and trying to keep all the messages under control than actually getting much work done. Luckily, all three email accounts are Gmail or Google Apps accounts, and so in an attempt to organise [...]
November 6, 2010
Open an email and instantly see background information about the person who wrote it. That’s the idea behind Rapportive, a Gmail plugin that automatically looks up their professional and social networking links and adds it to Gmail’s sidebar. Best of all: you can leave custom notes about a person for future reference, perfect if you’re [...]
October 23, 2010
Sparrow is a lightweight email client for Mac users with a twist – it only works with Gmail and Google Apps accounts. Sparrow is ideal for Gmail fans as well as for people who don’t want to mess with POP or IMAP settings as everything is done automatically for you. Simply put in your email [...]
October 8, 2010
Gmail users are often enthusiastic email users, not just as a slightly useful technology, but as a link to the rest of the world and an extension of themselves. Or maybe it’s just me. Notification applications can help you to continually keep track of your inbox by creating an icon in your menu bar. Especially [...]
September 8, 2010
It’s been long rumoured, but it’s finally happening: Google is getting into the VOIP game. In typical Google fashion, however, you’ll find the service in your browser. If you have a Gmail account you may already have access to the service. If so, all you need to do is install a single plugin (for Windows, [...]
