Evernote is a great tool for productivity and with an amazing price of $0.00 for the standard version, it’s easily in my top 10 of favorite freeware apps. Although we introduced Evernote to you a few months back, today I will show you how to easily integrate Evernote into your daily routine using email to [...]
As more and more applications integrate with Evernote, it’s important to have the correct Notebook set as the default to ensure messages and notes end up in the correct one. First, open Evernote and Right-Click on a notebook you want to set as your default. From the context menu, Click Properties. Check the box Make [...]
Around this time of year, the non-techy media outlets start railing out their back to school checklists and to-dos. Each time I get to the section in these articles about computers and laptops, I can’t help but roll my eyes. It’s always the most pedestrian and inactionable tips in the world: Mac or PC? Doesn’t [...]
One of my favorite things about Outlook is the reading pane. Emails can be opened instantly and switched around quickly. With Gmail, each message has to be opened individually or in a new window/tab. Sure, Gmail isn’t exactly “slow” but with this new lab feature it can be even faster. Additionally, if you have a [...]
A few weeks back, Google Software Engineer Corey Goldfeder posted a blog about a groovy Apps Script that he had put together: Gmail Snooze. Essentially, what this does is allow you to “snooze” a conversation and have it return to your inbox within a day or two or three or four or five. This is [...]
Earlier, we reviewed CloudHQ, a one-stop cloud-based storage management service that lets you wire together your SugarSync, Dropbox, Google Docs, Basecamp and other files. As I mentioned during my first look, CloudHQ is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s still in beta, though, and there are a few kinks to work out here and [...]
Here at groovyPost, I use Google Apps for Business to host all my email and documents online. Today while checking email, I noticed all these annoying ads and thought- Why are there so many ads in my Gmail client??? I’m a paying Google Apps customer! Turns out, Google Apps for business (perhaps edu version as [...]
Google must have got a lot of sleep over the weekend because since Monday, they have been releasing 1 update after the other across their online service product line. Below are a few which caught my eye as fairly significant. If I missed one, feel free to drop me a note in the comments or [...]
Gmail has had the same look since its release back in 2004, and while it’s friendly and familiar – it’s getting a bit aged…. At least, Google thought so! Google just announced that Gmail will be receiving a facelift in the next few weeks in order to “remove the clutter and make it as beautiful as it [...]
Here at groovyPost we like keeping our data safe. From basic methods of protection, like a password, key, or a hidden directory, to heavy encryption methods and professional solutions to keep our data away from the wrong hands. Today we’ll review an incredibly easy to use encryption software, called BoxCryptor. Note from groovinJackman: This groovyReview [...]
Today Microsoft launched their new online productivity suite, Office 365, that runs entirely in the cloud. Formerly a similar service known as Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) was Microsoft’s primary online offering, but 365 is here as the new replacement. Office 365 simplifies the offering by adding features a few new features and retiring a [...]
Since launch, Gmail has been notorious for offering more space and features than other email providers. At present, you can get close to 8GB of space for free with a regular account. Now, Google is giving education organizations a further incentive to “go Google.” All email accounts signed up through a Google Apps for education [...]
CloudHQ is the service I’ve been impatiently awaiting for months. Basically, it’s a cloud storage aggregator that keeps your Google Docs, Dropbox, SugarSync and Basecamp files all in sync via the web. It does so by plugging into the APIs for each of these services. In practice, this is a bit of a roundabout solution. [...]
There’s a whole bag of tricks that your Dropbox public folder makes possible, and here’s one of my favorites: if you have a simple, static HTML website, you can host it entirely via Dropbox. Don’t believe me? Take a look: My Dropbox Hosted Website It works! Now, there are some things you should notice about [...]
