Tag Archives: gmail

Google Buzz and the whole Google Accounts fiasco

By Colin Devroe | Published: February 10, 2010
Yesterday Google began to release Google Buzz to its Gmail users. Buzz appears to be a compelling service – especially since it plugs right into something many of us use already. For more information about what Buzz is and does visit the Google Buzz site for a nice demo. I can’t have much more of an [...]
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The best of 2009 as told by me

By Colin Devroe | Published: December 24, 2009
In November 2008 I put forth a list of things I thought were the best Web sites, applications, and various other things that I came across in 2008. I said “They are simply works that I feel should be awarded with the recognition of being the best that I’ve personally found this year.” I’m doing [...]
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How to find the message count for a search result in Gmail

By Colin Devroe | Published: November 3, 2009
Like I’ve said before I’ve been on Twitter since November 2006 and I wanted to know the total number of followers my account has ever had. Even though I’ve only (and I say that with humility) got 1,700+ followers currently – how many times has my account been “followed” over the last three years? Well, [...]
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New labels in Gmail

By Colin Devroe | Published: July 7, 2009
I’ve never used labels but Google’s recent updates to Gmail may lead me to use them. Do you use labels? If so, how?
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The best of 2008 as told by me

By Colin Devroe | Published: November 14, 2008
A relatively short list of some of the best things I've found online this year.
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Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Mail.app’s speed

By Colin Devroe | Published: September 16, 2008
Today while starting up the Macbook and sipping my coffee, I noticed Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.5 as a free software update.
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Turning on Address Book syncing to Gmail on Mac OS X 10.5.3 without an iPhone or iPod touch

By Colin Devroe | Published: June 3, 2008
Sync your Mac Address Book with Gmail, on Mac OS X 10.5.3, whether you have an iPhone / iPod touch or not.
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Setting up IMAP on my iPhone and Mail.app using Google Apps

By Colin Devroe | Published: November 6, 2007
Setting up IMAP was easy to do on my iPhone and Mail.app - however I made the mistake of marking all of the messages as read which led to four days of frustration.
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Should web applications offer versions?

By Colin Devroe | Published: November 5, 2007
I'd like to be offered the choice to use the latest version of a web application or the previous version that I am used to. Is this too much to ask?
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Thoughts on the iPhone

By Colin Devroe | Published: July 3, 2007
My thoughts on the iPhone and what I'd like to see in the first software update from Apple.
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