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Mass Unsubscribe From Spam Emails With Unsubscribr

I’m a Gmail junkie. Yet, even with all the labels, filters, and bells and whistles I’ve configured over the years, my inbox can get occasionally cluttered with spammy messages. You can always unsubscribe from each undesired mailing list, one by one, or you can try something better.

Unsubscribr is the tool you are looking for. Read more

Help Secure Your Online Communications With HTTPS Everywhere

Any online transaction (e.g., loading a web page) is not inherently secure. This means that any personal information that is transferred to and from your computing device is susceptible to being captured and read by a third party.

As many users know, one way to add a layer of security is to ensure that the site you are visiting has a secure (i.e., encrypted) connection, denoted by the https:// at the beginning of the site’s URL. Many popular sites now offer such a type of connection, but may not have it enabled, by default, putting an unnecessary burden on the user to check off the appropriate account setting.

A Chrome/Firefox extension, called HTTPS Everywhere, aims to remove this barrier to security. Read more

Experience Google Chat, IMs and Hangouts Independently Of Browser Tabs With Official Google Chrome Extension

In regard to communications tools, Google offers a boatload of options. You can chat, instant message, make traditional voice/video calls, and even attend video conferences with Hangouts. Yet, these tools are, to an extent, tied to an individual web page (i.e., Gmail) and don’t operate independently of the browser tab.

If you refresh the page or accidentally close the tab, all associated tools and conversations will end, abruptly. Now, Google has addressed this weakness, and made an extension that enables these key products to operate similarly to any other application you have installed on your computer. Read more

Consolidate Multiple Email Addresses Into One Gmail Account

If you have been reading TechEdified for awhile, you know that I am a Gmail addict. You’ve read the passionate posts lauding its myriad features, and your curiosity is piqued. Yet, there is a major source of hesitation, i.e., the numerous other email accounts you have accumulated over your digital lifetime.

There is a way to combine these accounts so that you can monitor their inbox contents and send email from their addresses via a master Gmail account, although the process might be intimidating for Gmail noobs. Today, we’re going to walk through how to setup such an account. Read more

Keep Track Of Your Online Purchases With Slice

E-commerce is a significant contributor to the global economy and, odds are, if you use the Internet, you have probably made a purchase online. If this is something you do with increasing frequency and you’d like a way to organize your online receipts, you should try out Slice. Read more

Boomerang For Gmail Update Adds Notes, Reminders and Recurring Messages

If you are a long-time reader of TechEdified, you probably know that I am a huge Gmail fan. Even though it is a great product on its own, there are ways to make it even better with extensions.

One previously discussed example is Boomerang from Baydin Software, a Chrome/Firefox extension that enables you to put a delay on when your messages are sent and, even better, to have sent messages re-delivered to your inbox at a time of your choosing (i.e., like a boomerang).

Now, Boomerang for Gmail has updated and brings even more useful features into play. Read more

Experience Mail Merge Nirvana With Gmail And Google Docs

Mail merge, the term either makes you cringe or sends rippling waves of pleasure throughout your body. The fact is that a mail merge program can facilitate the sending of personalized email messages to multiple contacts in a single stroke.

How can this benefit you? Well, if you’re organizing a party, you can send personalized invitations to your guests, or, if you run a small business that is getting ready to launch a new product, you can easily invite potential customers to the launch of your ingenious invention.

Today, we’re going to learn how you can use a handy tool from Digital Inspiration to create a mail merge by harnessing two of the Web’s most useful, online apps. Read more

Gmail For Beginners

Aside from their search engine, Gmail was the first Google product I became enamored with and has become a fundamental part of my daily workflow. It’s convenient, fast, flexible and powerful, and after years of use, it is painful to even think about relying on another application for my email needs.

While it has millions of users, there are many people that are still content with comparable offerings from Microsoft, AOL (yikes!!) and Yahoo. As Google continually expands their offerings and branches out into new areas (i.e., Google+), more people may wish to try something different.

If you think you may be one of these people, this post is for you. Read more

Create A Convenient Menubar Task List For Google Tasks

Mac only: If you’re a Gmail fan, you probably appreciate the numerous gadgets that Google is continually adding to its already stellar product. One such addition is Google Tasks.

This convenient little pop-up menu gives you the ability to manage multiple lists, add due dates or notes, link back to important email messages, and it integrates well with other Google products, such as Calendar and iGoogle.

Although it is a great product, you are still limited to using it in a web browser. Mac OS X Hints has an excellent tip for creating an OS X Menubar application that syncs with your Google Tasks list. Read more

Create Backups Of Your Web-based Email With Mozilla Thunderbird

For many of us, email remains one of our primary means of correspondence. More importantly, we have years of conversations stored on a server somewhere out in the ether. Whether you use your ISP’s web-based service or popular offerings from Google or Microsoft, it is a good idea to create local backups of your web-based email in case the third party you rely on suffers serious technical difficulties, or worse, permanently loses your data. Read more