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Declutter Gmail’s web interface by using the Simplify Gmail Chrome extension

By Kathleen Chapman / April 29, 2019 / Articles / Gmail, Google / Leave a Comment

ARTICLE – In the past, my Gmail web interface looked a bit cluttered (shown in the above screenshot). I was curious about streamlining this look and stumbled upon several tech news articles that pointed me toward the Simplify Gmail Chrome extension. This extension was written by a former lead designer of Gmail, Michael Leggett, with […]

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Newton Mail review

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 14, 2018 / Reviews / Apps, Email, Gmail / 14 Comments

If you’ve been reading The Gadgeteer for any length of time, you know how I like to drone on and on about how I can’t use a tablet or smartphone as my only “computer” when I travel because of one main reason. That reason is Gmail. I use Gmail as my email client of choice

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Julie’s gadget diary – Gmail will be updated soon and I’m worried

By Julie Strietelmeier / April 11, 2018 / Articles / gadget diary, Gmail, productivity / 16 Comments

I’ve been seeing a lot of headlines this afternoon about Google updating the web-based Gmail interface for the first time in years. I can’t remember any changes to Gmail since I switched to it as my only email client back in 2009. Software updates are usually something that I enjoy and look forward to, but

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Gmailify your Yahoo and Outlook Mail – One inbox to rule them all

By Ian Lim / February 18, 2016 / News / Gmail, Google / 2 Comments

Gmail has become the defacto standard for email these days because of its ease of use and great features. But some people still have legacy Yahoo and Hotmail/Outlook accounts. Google has supported these other email systems in their Gmail app for around a year now, but they have just announced on their blog that they’ve

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Gmail Android app adds new Unsubscribe and Block email address features

By Kathleen Chapman / September 25, 2015 / News / Gmail / 2 Comments

The Gmail Android app has recently added Block email address and Unsubscribe to the list of menu overflow items. To block someone who bombards you with unnecessary emails, all you have to do is open the email, tap on the menu overflow icon (three vertical dots) located within the email next to the reply button

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Sender’s remorse? Not if you use Gmail.

By Leslie Hosmer / June 29, 2015 / News / Email, Gmail / Leave a Comment

We’ve all been there…with our finger hovering over our mouse…conflicted. Should I send? Then, the feeling of intense fear and anxiety that courses through every part of you when you actually hit send and you see a typo, or you realize you should have just deleted the whole thing and not told your boss how

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Julie’s gadget diary – Is Gmail sucking the life out of your Android smartphone?

By Julie Strietelmeier / February 16, 2014 / Articles / Android, gadget diary, Gmail / 27 Comments

This is a quick tip for all my fellow Android users. Have you noticed that your Android smartphone is always warm to the touch or that your battery life has taken a nose dive? When I was using the Samsung Galaxy S3 as my primary phone, it would often feel warm even when I had

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Manipulate your Gmail from the Android notification bar

By Ian Lim / March 19, 2013 / News / Android, Android app, Gmail / 4 Comments

Got the latest Gmail client for your Android 4.1.x (Jellybean) device yet? The new version allows you to choose if you want to archive or reply to a new email directly from your notification bar without having to open the client. Handy for short emails but not quite so good for longer ones 🙂 I’ve

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New Gmail Compose window(s) – preview it before it’s released

By Ian Lim / November 2, 2012 / News / Gmail, Google / 10 Comments

Gmail’s been my primary email since the days when people were still bartering things just to get an invite to the beta. 🙂 Since those days, there’s been a number of updates to the web interface. Google has recently put up a list of upcoming changes for the next few months, and you can preview one

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Google 2 Step Authentication Review

By Ian Lim / January 2, 2012 / Reviews / Gmail, Google, Security / 27 Comments

One of my friends had her email account hijacked recently. The hijackers had obviously got hold of her password somehow and were sending out emails to her address book claiming she was stuck overseas and needed money sent to her. I’d read about this sort of thing but never had it happen to myself or

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Gboard Review

By Jackie Cheng / January 13, 2010 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Gmail, Keyboard / 1 Comment

Emailing is a very important part of everyday life and Google’s Gmail is wildly popular in the emailing realm. I use it heavily for work and personal emailing. One interesting functionality of Gmail is the use of keyboard shortcuts to help save time in issuing common commands like new mail, delete, send, reply, etc. The

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Would you use a special keyboard just for GMail?

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2009 / News / Computer Gear, Gmail, Keyboard, Laptops and Gear, Spotlight Gadgets / 8 Comments

The Gboard is a plug and play USB keyboard that has 19 multicolored keys that map to a variety of Gmail shortcut commands. It’s compatible with both Windows and Mac computers and costs $19.99. Would you buy one? Personally, I would just learn the built-in GMail key press combinations that this keyboard is mapped to.

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Three reasons why I love GMail

By Julie Strietelmeier / August 12, 2009 / Uncategorized / Gear Diary, Gmail / 18 Comments

I guess it’s no secret that I’m in love with GMail. Earlier this year I posted an article about my experiences switching from my server based email over to GMail for domains. Since then, I’ve been trying out several experimental features in the GMail Labs area. Today I want to briefly tell you about my

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Gmail labels are now more like folders

By Julie Strietelmeier / July 1, 2009 / Uncategorized / Cloud, Gear Diary, Gmail / 15 Comments

Yay, my favorite cloud app is getting some new features. I just read on the Gmail blog that instead of having a collapsible label list, that labels are now moving under the Inbox. Don’t worry though, you can hide the labels you don’t use that often. Which is great if you’re like me and have

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I’m Floating in the Clouds Now with GMail for Domains

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 12, 2009 / Uncategorized / Email, Gear Diary, Gmail / 23 Comments

I finally did it. I have untethered myself from my server based email. It’s something I had been thinking about for a very long time, but just never pulled the trigger. Two weeks ago The Gadgeteer server had a hiccup that made everything inaccessible for the better part of a day. That experience of being

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