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Forget Curating Your Own Google Reader

Google Reader is probably my second most visited site in a day after Gmail.
As much as RSS readers have and RSS feeds have gained popularity, a vast majority of people don’t want to take the pains of setting up their Google Reader account with the sites they want to follow.
Google Reader has released [...]

Share And Review Documents Online With Crocodoc

You might recollect an excellent note taking service by a group MIT alumni – WebNotes. The same people now bring us another cool web service to help collaborate on documents online easily.

What is Crocodoc?
Sharing and reviewing documents and presentations with others can be quite a pain. Crocodoc was built to change that, alleviating [...]

Find Out-of-Touch Gmail Contacts With Etacts

I am a heavy Gmail user and not shy about sharing my email with people I meet and want to stay in touch. This means I wake up to 20-30 emails every morning and go through a bunch more during the day.
With all this chatter, I have lost touch with a few people who I [...]

Do You Have a Gist of Social Media?

Gist is a new web application in beta that looks to help you build stronger relationships. It connects your email inbox to the web and gives business-critical information about key people and companies.
Gist lets you connect your contacts from your email (Gmail, Outlook), Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc and gives you valuable insights about them and [...]

Are You Screaming Please Rob Me With SN Updates?

A lot of Social Networks like FourSquare, Facebook, Twitter and more recently, Google Buzz, allow you to post your location along with your updates.
Location aware social network updates are so useful in so many contexts. But, announcing where you are at any particular time also comes with a danger.
You are telling the world one place [...]

Quick Tip: Add Facebook Updates Next to Gmail Buzz

Google Buzz has been keeping me stay inside my Gmail Inbox a lot more than I usually do.
With this new Google Chrome extension, it appears I am about to stay a lot longer!
Google Facebook Integration Google Chrome extension adds Facebook right below Google Buzz link inside Gmail.

With this Facebook integration inside Gmail, you [...]

Quick Tip: Unclutter Gmail Inbox From gBuzz Mails

Google Buzz is creating quite a buzz since Google introduced it a couple of days. It appeared in my Gmail yesterday and I started playing with it.
First thing I noticed was that any buzz update was coming to my Gmail inbox.
No, no, no, no. I am trying to do a ‘Inbox Zero’ by archiving all [...]