David Vielmetter

Tag: gmail

Gmail App reporting incorrect unread count

I don’t know why, but this has been driving me nuts. Thanks OCD. When I check my Gmail on using the App on IOS or Android, it reports that I have 3 unread messages in my inbox. No matter how far i scroll down in the inbox using the app, however no unread messages are…

April 17, 2014
Check Gmail from Outlook.com

I like the new Outlook.com. In fact, I like it so much that I pretty much stopped using my Gmail account (can’t stand all the delays in loading labels and emails). I now use Hotmail with the Outlook.com UI to check my Gmail. It’s a little tricky to setup, but it works great. Here’s how…

November 7, 2012
10 Reasons to love the new Outlook.com

I’ve been beta testing Outlook.com for a month now and I like it. Finally Microsoft got it right with a simple and uncomplicated web based email experience. Best of all, now anyone can experience Outlook.com. Simply switch your Hotmail account over to the new UI or create a new account at Outlook.com. Here are the…

August 16, 2012
Merge duplicate Outlook contacts

So you’ve got a bunch of duplicate contacts in outlook, huh? I know how it happens…you’re out and about and quickly added a contact to your synced iPhone/Blackberry not realizing that he/she already existed. Now you’ve got two of ’em one with an address and one with a couple of phone numbers and an email.…

December 12, 2011
Multiple Gmail accounts in the same browser

The Google Apps (GA) infrastructure transition is finally complete and now Google Apps Gmail also redirects to mail.google.com. That means you can’t be signed into your regular Gmail and your Google Apps Gmail in one browser simultaneously anymore. Signing into another Gmail account when you’re already signed in on another tab yields the following message:…

June 2, 2011
Use Picasa to add photos to iPhone contacts

The facial recognition feature in Picasa is addictive, but it’s also useful for adding portrait thumbnails to all of your existing Gmail contacts. Since Picasa already integrates with your Google account, adding faces to your contacts is as simple as right-clicking a picture. Here’s how: What you’ll need: Picasa iPhone/iPod Touch Gmail [step 1] Get…

December 24, 2010
Keep Buzz out of your Gmail inbox

Google’s Buzz is a great new social feature, but as all of my friends are giving it a whirl my Inbox has become swamped with useless notifications I wish would just buzz the heck off! After fiddling with filters for a minute here’s a temporary way to automatically archive Buzz to its label and keep…

February 10, 2010
Five ways to better organize & use your Gmail

I rely on Gmail for all my email needs because it has great spam filters and an uncluttered functional interface. Last week I had some time to organize my Gmail and now finding, noticing and keeping track of email messages is even easier. I use labels as pseudo email folders, filters to automatically categorize messages,…

February 2, 2010
Sync Gmail, Contacts & Calendar on the iPhone/iPod/iPad

Google has push email notification capabilities for mobile devices with any Gmail or Google Mail account. Now you can get email notifications from your Google account (Gmail or Google Apps Premier) on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch just like you can on a crackberry. Here’s how to configure your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to…

September 23, 2009
GMailify your Yahoo! mail

A while ago I wrote an article on how to “gmailify” your Hotmail. In this article I’ll will show you how to “gmailify” your Yahoo! mail. Not clear on what “gmailify” even means? Well, to [jee-meyl -ih-fahy] (I totally made it up) means to apply all functionality of the Gmail interface to something other than…

September 11, 2009