Posts made in July, 2011


When looking for an apartment, Craigslist can be your best friend.  But despite the plethora of posts, the search process can be frustrating.  You have to check the listings constantly so you don’t miss out on any posts—which means at least daily if you are looking to move to one of the big cities.  You usually end up looking at some of the same exact posts because you forgot where you left off last time.  And even when you are lucky...

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As much as I love Twitter, I have always hated the 140 character limit. Yes, I know. The limit encourages real time spontaneous sharing, light banter, and fluid commentary. I acknowledge Twitter’s role in breaking news of revolutions and natural disasters. I didn’t imagine where Twitter would be today when I started out with it but it’s a big part of my online identity now. But aside from link sharing and instant...

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Google Apps introduces Read Receipts

Google Apps introduces Read Receipts


Posted By on Jul 22, 2011

This week, Google announced the launch of a new optional feature: read receipts.  Apparently the feature was heavily requested on Google’s Product Ideas, and this time Google answered. Read receipts inform senders whether their messages have been read and allow recipients to acknowledge that they received something.  The receipts are either automatically generated when a message is opened or manually approved, depending on the...

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Hey everybody!  Just wanted to share the email we sent to our beta customers, hopefully it answers some of your questions and gives you a kick…   We are excited to announce that Boomerang for Gmail has graduated from Beta and is now a 1.0 service! The plugin should update automatically, and you should notice many improvements (more details below). Now that our beta period has ended, Boomerang is incorporating new pricing...

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Howdy folks! I’m thrilled to announce that we deployed Boomerang for Gmail 1.0 tonight! The team worked incredibly hard, over very long hours to put together the release. We’re really proud of how smoothly the improvements make everything run, and we hope you’ll enjoy them! As part of our conversion from a beta service, we’re also announcing new pricing plans. For more information about the new plans, check out...

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