IMAP4 is a little discussed but widely used protocol for accessing and managing email. As it turns out, IMAP is also a great way to deliver information to mobile applications, by repurposing mobile IMAP clients for use in a wide range of mobile applications.…
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Take Control of Your Inbox: 9 Ways to Sort Email
I make extensive use of smart folders and tags to sort my email into logical groups that I can easily process all at once. The key is to use rules and filters that automatically sort my email without any additional intervention from me.…
Read MoreBuild a Shared Knowledge Base from Your Inbox With GrexIt
One of the problems with conducting so much work communication via email is that a lot of useful information ends up being locked away inside people's inboxes. GrexIt allows Google Apps users to move specified conversations from their inboxes into a shared, searchable repository.…
Read MoreProject Slice Raises $9.4M to Tame Online Email Receipts
Project Slice, which just raised $9.4 million, is introducing an app called All My Purchases for the new Yahoo Mail that organizes a user's online receipts, shipping notices and daily deals and helps people make sense of it all like a Mint for online purchases.…
Read MoreWorkers Increasingly Accept Vacation Interruptions, Study Says
The sort of "Let's Get Away From It All" vacation immortalized in the popular song may be a thing of the past. A new study confirms that web workers are increasingly accepting of being contacted for work while on vacation.…
Read MorePsst, Twitter: Your Stickiness Problem Is Showing
Twitter's decision to send users more email notifications could be a red flag that Twitter is trying to remedy a major stickiness problem, potentially reflecting a major concession for the company: People aren't engaging with Twitter in the way the founders initially hoped.…
Read MoreFyels: Ultra-Minimal Drag-and-Drop File Sharing
Fyels is an ultra-minimal drag-and-drop file sharing app that makes sharing large files with colleagues or clients a breeze. Head to the website, and then drag and drop your file onto the dropzone. Once the file is uploaded, you'll be provided with a ready-shortened link.…
Read MoreWriteThat.Name Keeps Your Gmail Contacts Up-to-Date
Keeping an email address book up-to-date is a fairly labor-intensive task. Kwaga's WriteThat.Name, which works with Gmail and Google Apps, can automatically scan incoming emails for the contact information that's typically contained in email signatures, and then update the contact database with that information.…
Read MoreMailbox Adds Gmail to Your Mac’s Menu Bar
Looking for a way to access your Gmail inbox from your Mac's menu bar? Zentertain's Mailbox is a lightweight app that does just that, adding an envelope icon to your menu bar that, when clicked, pops open a window containing your Gmail inbox.…
Read More15 Tips for Accomplishing More in Less Time
I'm a huge fan of anything that can make me more productive, so I'm always looking for ways to accomplish more while not killing myself doing it. It's easier to excel if you can do more than your peers while still having time to recharge.…
Read MoreXobni’s Gadgets Bring Third-Party Collaboration Tools to Outlook
Xobni, a popular productivity add-on for Outlook that automatically displays additional information about email contacts, has announced that it is making available "gadgets," third-party additions to Xobni that will let well-known collaboration tools like Yammer, Chatter and Dropbox become an integral part of the Outlook interface.…
Read MoreYahoo Mail Outage: Is This Thing On?
Yahoo Mail is down for a sizable chunk of users and the company is working to fix the outage. This is another black mark against the company, which has seen its revenue slide, is selling off beloved web properties and is generally struggling to remain relevant.…
Read MoreScrubly Wants to Help Clean Up Your Address Book
If you're anything like me, you probably have several email address books, each with a daunting number of duplicate, conflicting and junk entries. Scrubly is an automated online tool that can help clean up Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail address books.…
Read MoreGet Reminders to Return to Important Email With Snooze Your Email
We've probably all had times when we've been so busy we didn't have time to deal with an important email when we we read it. The danger is that it ends up being forgotten. Snooze Your Email for Gmail may be able to help.…
Read MoreEmail Files to a Dropbox Account With Send to Dropbox
Ever wished you could send email attachments to your Dropbox account just by forwarding them to a special address? With Send to Dropbox, you can do just that. Any emails that you forward to it will be processed and their attachments saved to your Dropbox account…
Read More8 Email Replacement Technologies
Simon says that email's reign may be coming to an end, and I recently mentioned sending less email as one way to reduce email overload, so I thought it would be fun to think about ways that how can replace email with other, more suitable tools.…
Read MoreThe Email Game Wants to Make Achieving “Inbox Zero” Fun
Can making email into a game make you more productive, encourage you to develop better habits and make email more fun? That's the idea behind Baydin's The Email Game, which applies gameplay mechanics to the process of working through your inbox.…
Read MoreIs Email’s Reign Coming to an End?
While it has been widely reported that teens no longer use email, it seems that attitudes to email are changing in workplace, too. According to a new GigaOM Pro report, workers don't consider that email will continue to be such a critical tool in the future.…
Read MoreQuick Tip: Paste Images Into Gmail Messages Using Chrome
Did you know that you can simply copy and paste images into Gmail messages using Chrome? While drag-and-dropping images messages has been available in Gmail for a while now, being able to paste images from the clipboard is arguably an even more useful feature.…
Read MoreGmail Contacts Auto-Save Can Now Be Disabled
As part of a raft of small changes to Gmail, the app now has the option to disable its automatic saving of contacts. While many people find the ability find auto-saving useful, for some it ends up creating too much clutter in their contacts list.…
Read MoreSend Sensitive Data Securely With Lockify
If you need to securely share data like a password, bank account or credit card number, Lockify is an easy way to do so. Once your message has been encrypted, you are given a link that can be sent via email, SMS or Facebook private message.…
Read MoreWhere’s That Message? Track Team Communications More Easily
As we rely more heavily on a plethora of communications services, the once-practical paper trail is under threat. It's getting harder for many of us to keep track of conversations. How can teams improve communication trackability, and make the most of the tools they have available?…
Read More11 Tips for Dealing With Email Overload
A primary source of information overload is our email inboxes. While I've previously mentioned a few strategies for dealing with email overload, I think it's a good time for a post with comprehensive rundown of my tips for managing email.…
Read MoreXobni Comes to Gmail. What Took so Long?
Xobni, a popular productivity add-on for Outlook, is finally coming to Gmail and Google Apps. It works via a browser plugin that adds a sidebar to Gmail to help you search and manage your contacts while automatically creating profiles for anyone you’ve ever emailed.…
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