Tag Archives: Google Gmail

About 662 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Internet and Online Business

Google Responds to Bad Press About Google+ Suspensions

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Last weekend Google was getting some bad press for suspending a large number of Google+ accounts for violations of its strict real name policy. Tech blogger Robert Scoble on Sunday wrote about his conversation with Google VP Vic Gundotra who admitted Google has made some mistakes. Then on Monday Google VP of Product Bradley Horowitz made a public statement regarding some changes that Google will be making. “We’ve noticed that many violations of the Google+ common name policy were in fact well-intentioned and inadvertent and for these users our process can be frustrating and disappointing. So we’re currently making a number of improvements to this process – specifically regarding how we notify these users that they’re not in compliance with Google+ policies and how we communicate the remedies available to them,” Horowitz wrote. READ MORE »

About 667 days ago Managing Technology | Tools on Managing Technology | Web Analytics

Google Winding Down Google Labs

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In an effort to prioritize product efforts, Google will be slowly shutting down Google Labs — home to such experimental projects as Google Body, Swiffy, and Docs and Spreadsheets. READ MORE »

About 682 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Internet and Online Business

Tumblr Is Drinking Wine; MySpace Is Huffing Spray Paint

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Why is Tumblr like wine? “A quiet night with a couple of friends, and a couple of their friends. Spilling nostalgic stories, flipping through photo albums, singing favorite songs,” explains the new Internet Vices chart from HappyPlace. READ MORE »

About 691 days ago Apps | E-Commerce | Internet and Online Business | Tools on Managing Technology

Pokki, an Apple-Style App Store for PCs

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Pokki, an application store with Apple-like design, has launched and now brings rich mobile app experiences to the desktop, with a Mac release slated for later this year. Created by San Diego-based startup SweetLabs, Pokki gives PC users access to “Pokkis,” the service’s web-connected desktop applications via the Pokki store which sits conveniently alongside installed Pokkis in the menu bar where users are presented with an always-connected, browser-free interface to web content. READ MORE »

About 697 days ago Apps | Business Software | E-mail

Tout Makes Repetitive E-Mail Painless

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You’ve just come back from a conference with 100 or so great sales leads. You don’t want to send a mass e-mail to all of them, but you dread the thought of writing 100 individual emails, even if you can cut and paste portions of them. READ MORE »

About 705 days ago Business Software | E-mail | Managing Technology

If You Missed It: Gmail Priority Inbox

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Gmail’s Priority Inbox provides email users with a way to distinguish important emails from those detailing the cheapest rates for a rhinoplasty in the tri-state area. The email service automatically marks emails it judges important with a yellow tab based on which emails the user chooses to read and respond to. READ MORE »

About 712 days ago Business Software | E-mail | Managing Technology | Tools on Managing Technology

New Service Shows People Your Email Load

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If you’ve ever been drowning in emails, you know the feeling of not being able to respond to messages in a timely manner. A new service called courteous.ly shows people your email load so they can consider when is the best time to send a message, or understand why you haven’t answered a query. READ MORE »

About 716 days ago Data Security | Internet and Online Business | Network Security

Google Gets Hacked

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When even the mighty Google can’t ward off cyber attacks, you know the recent hacking frenzy has reached its peak. Google announced on its official blog that hackers originating from Jinan, China amassed “hundreds” of passwords for personal Gmail accounts to change their forwarding and delegation settings. The attack targets senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries, military personnel and journalists, among others. READ MORE »

About 719 days ago Apps | Blogging and Social Media | Business Software | Office Software

Google’s People Widget Lets Gmail Get Social

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Google has become the E.F. Hutton of the tech world: whether it’s a widget, an app, or an idea, when Google talks, people listen. In the case of the company’s new Gmail feature, People Widget, email startups are also taking notice. The feature lets users see social details of their contacts while using Gmail. READ MORE »

About 720 days ago Mobility Tips and Tricks | Smartphones and PDAs

Answering the Invisible iPhone

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Imagine you’re floating happily in a hotel pool when the iPhone you left by your beach chair rings. You know it’s an important call, and you want to answer. Maybe someday you can, by simply drawing your index finger across your palm. That’s the idea behind some new research at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany, which shows that users familiar with their smartphones can easily reproduce familiar functions with 80 percent accuracy even if they’re not actually holding a phone. READ MORE »