We looked at the new Firefox 3.1 beta 3 features last week. Did you know Firefox 3.1 is being renamed to Firefox 3.5? While we wait for that to come out of beta, let’s look at a few cool Firefox extensions, shall we? Firefox Extensions of the Week About:Tab (experimental): Firefox 3.1 is going to […]

Remember the Milk For Gmail Google Chrome Extension
on November 18, 2012 in Gmail, Google, Remember the Milk, Web Apps
Remember the Milk is my favorite online to-do manager and even has a great RTM iPhone app too. I use Gmail and Remember the Milk extensively everyday. So, naturally Remember the Milk for Gmail Firefox extension has been such a wonderful tool for me. I can access RTM from within Gmail. This is pretty huge […]

5 Great Ways to Use Google Alerts
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Google Alerts in an excellent service by Google that is not often talked about like GMail or Google Reader. It has to be one of the hidden treasures in Google’s suite of web applications. Google Alert is a simple service where you get an email alert for any search term you specify. You can choose […]

Quick Tip: Save Google Reader Stories as PDF Documents
on November 18, 2012 in Google, Google Reader, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
Google Reader just introduced a few useful features. They have made it easier to share Google Reader stories in your social mediat sites like Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc. You can turn this on by going to Google Reader Settings page and selecting the services you want to use. They also added a very useful […]
Top Greasemonkey Scripts for New Gmail 2.0
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Gmail has been seeing some excellent improvements lately with color coded labels, improved Ghat features, improved performance, etc. We can say some of these new features were actually been driven by the community through Greasemonkey (?) scripts to improve Gmail functionality. Gmail team is smart enough to recognize some of these scripts and actually integrate […]

Gmail Keeps Getting Better – Multiple Inboxes & Merge Duplicate Contacts
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Once you have enabled Multiple Inboxes, go to Settings Tab to find ‘Multiple Inbioxes’ tab. Now you can enter different labels or filters to open in different pane.
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the week
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
I still find new Firefox extensions every day and some of them make it to the list of Top Firefox Extensions and some don’t depending on my experience with it. But, I am starting to think that even though I can’t find a use for an extension doesn’t mean some of my readers can’t. So, […]

Quick Gmail Tip: Recover Password via SMS
on November 18, 2012 in Gmail, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
You’d hardly forget your main Gmail account password. But, if you had multiple Gmail accounts for various passwords, it might be hard to remember them all especially when you set different passwords for them. Also, forgetting passwords is easy when you have just changed your password to something really secure and you don’t login to […]

Gmail Goes Offline – In a Good Way
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Gmail has been seeing some exciting improvements quicker than ever after the advent of Gmail Labs. The latest being the ability to access Gmail offline even after you have lost your Internet connection! Gmail Labs was a new feature introduced in Gmail a few months back. It follows the same lifecycle as most Google products […]

Top Firefox Extensions
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
As we all know. looking for the best Firefox extensions in Official Firefox Add-ons is like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. I am a Firefox extensions addict and I try a lot of extensions every week. You can see my periodic new extensions in the Firefox Extension Picks series that I feature […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2007-12-20
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Christmas is almost here and I am sure a lot of us are getting read for the holidays! Here is another batch of Firefox Extensions that I came across in the last couple of weeks. Remember the Milk – The biggest one for me is the Remember the Milk‘s extension making use of the recently released […]
Keyboard Shortcuts Fiesta
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
I like to find out how I can be more productive with all the tools I have at my disposal. One of the key things that help me with my productivity and me from getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is Keyboard Shortcuts. I use keyboard shortcuts for my Windows Desktop, Firefox, GMail, GreatNews, GReader, Remember the […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-08-09
on November 18, 2012 in Good Reads
Let’s take a look around and see what other bloggers are talking about lately. Ultimate Guide to time saving for Bloggers – Tips and Resources – Shankar Ganesh Most of us are blogging after our regular work schedule and it does take its toll on our life after work. Shankar has some great tips on […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-04-09
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
There has never been a time when I found it hard to find new and cool extensions that I wanted to talk about. Here we go with some more awesome add-ons! Of course check out my Top Firefox Extensions to find some of the all-time best add-ons!
Gmail Now Previews 12 New File Formats
on November 18, 2012 in Gmail, Google
Gmail has been very adept at letting us preview common document formats such as Word, PDF, etc. This is very useful to view files with just the browser without having the software installed. Google Docs previewer that made this possible just became fluent with 12 new file formats. Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint […]
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