Gmail’s advanced search feature is extremely powerful. I usually use this for for searching for emails from recipients or with certain labels. Today, Gmail rolled out a new feature on searching through your emails. This feature allows you to search for attachments of a particular size and from a particular period. This means, for example, to find emails larger than 5MB, you can search for size:5m or larger:5m or to find emails sent over a year ago, older_than:1y. Do you find the feature useful. For me searching for attachments would be much less used. But, I would most likely be…

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Last week we covered 7 apps to check email on your Nexus 7. With both the 16Gb or 32Gb, you have sufficient storage space for your music files. However, if you’re looking to listen to something different and are wanting for choice, then radio is an excellent choice. In this post, I’ll cover some of the popular radio apps you can install on your Google Nexus 7 or any other Android smartphone or tablet. TuneIn Radio This is my favourite radio app. TuneIn gives you access to music, sports and news from every corner of the earth, with over 70,000…

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I bought the Nexus 7 (32Gb) last week when Google released the new model. At £299, it is perfectly priced and you receive a powerful tablet power by Google and Android. This is my first Android based devices and I spent a good portion of my weekend exploring the tablet and the Play store. I’ve been hunting for a good Mail app and I present below some of the popular apps that allow you to check mail on your Nexus 7 or just about any other Android device including smart phones or tablets. Gmail This is the default app that…

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Composing emails in a desktop client like Thunderbird or Postbox allows you switch back and forth between windows easily. Look up your other emails for reference or just let the Compose window sit in the background while you check new mail. By contrast most web-based clients don’t give you this flexibility and Gmail hopes to remedy that with the new compose feature. The new compose pops up in a window. It works the same way as chats allowing you to write multiple messages at once and minimise a message to finish it later or browse through your email which sits…

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Google announced the release of their official tag managing tool. Titled Google Tag Manager, the tool lets you manage tags (such as tracking and marketing optimization tags) on your site. You can add and update AdWords, Google Analytics, Floodlight and non-Google tags from the Google Tag Manager user interface instead of editing site code. Tags are tiny bits of website code that let you measure traffic and visitor behavior, understand the impact of online advertising and social channels, use remarketing and audience targeting, test and improve your site, and more. Features include: Asynchronous tag loading—so your tags can fire faster…

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On my Windows machine, I use FeedDemon to browse my RSS feeds saved in Google Reader. In Mountain Lion, Apple got rid of their RSS reader support in Safari. If you’re already using Google Reader, then switching is extremely easy. You can use Google Reader directly in your browser window. It has a good interface that allows you to read your feeds with absolutely no client. However, if you’re looking for more power and ease of use, then the following free apps for Mac can making reading feeds a breeze! iReader This is a simple news reader for your Mac….

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Sparrow, the popular mail client for Mac and iPhone has been acquired by Google for $25m. It should be a matter of time before Google integrates its features into Gmail. We’re excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google! We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience. Now we’re joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision — one that we think we can better achieve with Google. We’d like to extend a special thanks to all of our users who…

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Your iPod and iPad comes inbuilt with Apple’s mail program which allows you to configure your email accounts including Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc. However, if you’re an exclusive Gmail user or is your main email account, like many people I know, you might want to consider the official Gmail app from Google. The latest version of the app includes: Notification Center support with Banners, alerts and lock screen notification options “Send-as”: Alternate sender support, if configured within Gmail Persistent logins so that you don’t need to keep logging in at very frequent intervals For those who have Gmail as their…

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Gmail introduced themes back in 2008. Since then there have been several enhancements including the addition of HD images. Taking this yet another step further, Google announced that you can now create custom themes in Gmail. You can upload your own images directly, select from your Google+ photos or simply paste any image URL. Or, if you don’t have a particular image in mind, you can browse our searchable Featured Photos section to find one that speaks to you. Check out the video below which gives you an idea of how to go about creating your own custom theme for…

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WordStream has an infographic that takes a detailed look at Facebook Ads network and Google Adwords and Adsense as it stands today. Google is a clear winner currently. But, does Facebook stand a chance? I’ve tried both Facebook Ads and Google Adwords in the past, but unless you’re pushing in a lot of money into the pipeline the effectiveness for both is limited. Have you had success with either Adwords or Facebook Ads? © WordStream, provider of a Google Keyword Tool for Search Engine Marketing