Have you ever written an email and then quickly clicked the send button and immediately regretted the action? Well, here's some good news for you. The people over at Unsend.it just created a service that you might find very useful. In a previous blog entry, I wrote something about how to make the most out of your Gmail, and one of the things I mentioned was the "Unsend" feature that's available in the labs section. The only problem is, you need to make sure to click "unsend" within 30 … [Read more...]
Techno Tidbit #18: How To Spot A Phishing Email
Techno Tidbit #18: What is phishing? Webopedia defined it as "The act of sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.". Sadly, we get this all the time, most of them goes to our junk or spam folder but sometimes they still end up in our inbox. One way to spot them is if they ask for your personal information. Organizations, especially banks, … [Read more...]
Techno Tidbit #9: Disabling Gmail’s Web Clips
Techno Tidbit #9: Do you get annoyed by those new ticker that pops up just above your Gmail Inbox? Those are called Web Clips, its main function was to be sort of like an RSS feeder, where you get your headlines and news sources from sites that you frequent, but most of the time, random ads pop up and it clogs up your monitor (slows down your gmail loading as well). To remove Web Clips, just go to the Gear Icon on the upper right section then Settings > Web Clips and uncheck the "Show my … [Read more...]
How To Increase Productivity Using Gmail
As I have mentioned on a previous post about Gmail (How to make gmail load faster), it is the most popular free web-based mail right now, and mostly because of its many features. I have listed down several features that will help you increase your productivity. 1.) Use Filters and Label Features of Gmail - Create a filter according to your criteria and label it so it is more organized. Go to Gear Symbol on the upper right corner, Settings then choose Filter tab, Create new filter, choose … [Read more...]