Google Tries to Reinvent Email, Again!

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat!  Sign up here to get your own Follow Us This Week in Computers I got my invitation to join the private ranks of ‘Inbox’ users this week. This mobile/desktop app bolts onto your Gmail account, and offers several interesting ways to speed up your email life. It’s quite disorienting at first, as the familiar row-upon-row email appearance is gone with Inbox. But if you’re willing to climb the learning curve, Google Inbox might really grow on you! Paul Gil Computers Editor What Is This New Google ‘Inbox’? Google is looking to reinvent email again, this time with convenience features. The idea of Google ‘Inbox’ is to put an interface on top of Gmail, where the interface auto-groups your messages, filters spam, and builds in to-do list and reminder features. It even offers ‘snoozing’ emails which mimic alarm clocks. Here’s how Inbox works, and how you can line up to try it… READ NOW   Share Hack Your iPhone and iPad for Faster Browsing Well, it’s not quite ‘hacking’, but this DNS tweak can help save precious seconds with each web page you open.  By pointing your iOS device to reliable public DNS servers, you bypass the sluggishness that plagues some ISP’s.  It’s not even difficult to do this tweak. All you need to do is take 60 seconds and follow these steps on your Apple device… READ NOW   Share Kindle Touchscreens: Entry-Level Readers Just Got Better Getting a budget e-ink reader is no longer a form of ‘slumming it’!  For example: the latest base Kindle has touchscreen functionality.  It’s also a very light piece of hardware, so reading in bed is that much easier. If you’re looking for a budget e-reader, definitely consider the new Kindle from Amazon… READ NOW   Share Should You Upgrade to the iPad Air 2? The latest iPad Air 2 is a tremendous device, with very robust processor speed and graphics performance. If you have an iPad 1, 2, or 3: definitely consider upgrading to this latest iPad. If you have an iPad 4, then making the move would gain you substantial storage space. About.com explains more about the gains you would realize by switching to the latest Apple tablet… READ NOW   Share FEATURED ARTICLES • How to Record Your Skype Conversations • Excel ‘Themes’ Bring Life to Boring Spreadsheets! • The PC Games that People Want for the Holidays • What Makes Linux So Good? • JPG, GIF, PNG, or TIF: Which Format Should I Use? • What Is ‘Wireless Electricity, and How Does It Work? Advertisement About Technology   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Computers newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy Popular Posts About Food: From Sprinkles to Speculaas If you can't see this email, click here ... Best of 2014 (So Far)    Music     ... About Parenting: Thinking Ahead to . . . Summer Camp? If you can't see this email, click here ... About Fitness: 10 Tips to Get Flat Abs If you can't see this email, click here ... Quick! Grab a 40in TV – we've also got an iPad, amazing spa breaks and so many goodies for YOU! view this email as a webpage ... Fun Activities for Fall    Parenting     From ... Hoping to Connect Hi There,   My name is Kyle Doran, co-founder of PresenceMediaDenver.com . My client, Mile Hi Distilling , manufactures some of the hi... Want Blake Lively's Life? You Got It, Plus How DO You Cope With A Fringe In Summer? view this email as a webpage We have changed our email address, please ... We Planned Your Summer Vacation For You ... Cheryl Cole Goes Back To Her Straight Hair Roots, Plus Rita Ora's Revealing Moschino Look view this email as a webpage We have changed our email address, please ...