ToneCheck for Gmail and Outlook Makes Sure Your Emails Sound Just Right
New plugin for Gmail lets you make sure your emails can’t be easily misinterpreted.
Cosmic Panda: YouTube Gets an Experimental New Look
YouTube, the world’s most popular video streaming site, just launched a new experimental design that brings a fresh look to virtually every part of the YouTube experience, including videos, playlists and channels. The new look, called Cosmic Panda, introduces a darker look, with an emphasis on black backgrounds that make the videos stand out more…
Why Twitter Should be Very Worried About Google+
When Google unexpectedly launched its new social network Google+ earlier this week, many pundits were skeptical about the company’s latest attempt to enter the social arena. Given Google’s dismal track record when it comes to these kinds of products, that kind of skepticism made sense, but after using it extensively for the last few days,…
Courteous.ly: Let People Know How Backed Up Your Inbox Is
Managing email isn’t just about wading through incoming messages, writing replies, filing messages into different folder, but it’s also about managing the expectations of the people who are writing to you. Courteous.ly, a new research project by Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing professor Eric Gilbert wants to make it easier for you to manage these expectations by giving those who want to email you a better idea of what your inbox looks like right now and when they can likely expect a response. The service, which currently only works with Gmail, regularly scans your inbox for incoming, unread and answered email. Based on this data, it then decides whether your current email load is light, normal or high and publishes this info to your personal Courteous.ly page (here is mine). Users can then add this page’s address to their email signatures and websites to advice people about the current state of their inboxes.
Mobile Gmail Gets Undo Feature on iOS and Android
If you use Google’s mobile website for Gmail on your iOS or Android smartphone, Google just launched an update that will make your life a bit easier. You can now undo a number of actions in mobile Gmail, including whenever you archive, move and delete a message or conversation, or when you add a label to an email.
Mobile Gmail Gets a Priority Inbox
Gmail’s Priority Inbox has been a major hit for Google and, according to the company’s own research, saves its users a lot of time. Until now, though, it was only available in the desktop and Android version of Google’s email service. Starting today, however, you can also access in the Gmail mobile web app on most mobile browsers that support HTML5. These include early Android devices that don’t natively support Priority Inbox yet, as well as Apple iOS devices (version 3 and up).
Let's Cut the Hype: Facebook's Email Service Won't be a "Gmail Killer"
Facebook is launching an email service on Monday. While that’s only a rumor for now, I think it’s a well substantiated one and there is little doubt in my mind that that’s what we are going to get. But this won’t be a “Gmail killer” as the project is apparently internally known at Facebook. Sadly, though, the meme that this could really be a Gmail killer is already making its rounds and won’t let up until Monday – when exhausted bloggers will likely split into two camps: those who think Facebook just killed Gmail and those who are disappointed that it didn’t.
Just Got Access to Google Voice in One of My Gmail Accounts
Works just as advertised, but here are a few observations: the new phone icon is inconspicuously placed in the “Chat” box – if Google didn’t point it out so clearly when the feature is activated, you could almost miss it Gmail doesn’t auto-recognize phone-numbers and so you can’t just click on a number in an…