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Normally, this is my place to poke fun at the idiocy that comes out of our tech industry, but today I’m going to poke holes at telecoms that find it appropriate to charge us $20,000 in our monthly phone bill without so much as a courtesy call.  SMS has become… Continue Reading »

Microsoft Outlook is more than just your basic email program.  You can manage your contacts, calendar, and messages in one place without having to use multiple programs.  Additionally, you can send text messages directly from Outlook as well as publish your calendars on the Internet.  As a stand alone program,… Continue Reading »

Google has realized mobile email these days is very important to many people, especially those with iPhones, G1s and BlackBerrys.  Today, Google announced that they have taken necessary measures to increase Gmail speeds on the iPhone as well as the Android running G1.  Some of the core updates include the… Continue Reading »

Goodmail Systems has announced the launch of their new CertifiedVideo technology which allows companies and non-profit organizations to embed streaming video into their emails.  While almost all email providers block emails with embedded videos in them, Goodmail’s new technology ensures their users’ videos are safe and secure.  Here’s how they… Continue Reading »

Google has once again added some new features to the Gmail Labs.  The first new feature is something that plenty of people would have loved to have at some time or another—the ability to change your mind after you send a message.  Now with the new Undo Send feature your… Continue Reading »

Back in January, Peek, the e-mail and texting handheld device, was on sale for $299.95 complete with lifetime e-mail service for one day only.  Right now, you can get a Peek with lifetime service for $399.99 at Costco.  The offer runs out in 10 days on March 22, 2009.  The… Continue Reading »

GMail is suffering yet another outage and Google officials say it could last as long as 36 hours for some people.  The outage started early this morning, and while Google says the problem was partially fixed for some people, an undetermined amount still are without access to their email.  Google… Continue Reading »

It’s one of those “if anyone else did this, it wouldn’t be news” stories.  Google just added the ability to upload multiple items without having to repeatedly click “Attach a File.”  Now, you can hit the button once and you can select lots of files. This is one of those… Continue Reading »

“What email? I didn’t get any email?”  Have you ever been fed that line and wonder if the person is telling the truth?  Unless you have the same type of e-mail program, it is unlikely that you can check whether they have read an e-mail or not.  Expect for that… Continue Reading »

Tough times call for tough actions.  It seems in light of all the economic bad news, lower income folks are ditching gadgets to have just one: the iPhone 3G.  Who needs two iPods?  Who needs a netbook?  Who needs a home phone line? Indeed, one could argue the iPhone is… Continue Reading »