Tag Archives: Gmail

Exchange Unwashed Digest July 2015

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Sorry for the delay in publishing the July 2015 digest for my Exchange Unwashed Blog on WindowsITPro.com. A small detail called vacation (hot sun, cool pools, and chilled rose wine) got the way. C’est la vie. In any case, here’s … Continue reading →

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Gmail as Gaeilge

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I was charmed to learn yesterday that Google has added Irish (Gaeilge) to the list of supported languages for Gmail (the local news report is here). Not that I speak much Irish, even after having it drummed into my skull for … Continue reading →

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The need for a cloud Plan B

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Tony Redmond

For most important decisions that you take in life it’s wise to have a Plan B. Something that you can do to reverse course should the unexpected occur and you need to revert to a previous position. And so it … Continue reading →

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GAMME – an unfortunate name for Google’s new migration utility

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I know (because I have visited the Dublin Googleplex several times) that Google employs several thousand people in Ireland. Couldn’t one of them have looked at the acronym for their new Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) service and … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – May 2014

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Tony Redmond

May 2014 brought a TechEd North America event and produced some interesting news from that conference. But there was lots of other stuff to discuss during the month. Here’s what I published on my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com. Learning about … Continue reading →

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Enterprise-grade cloud services are the new battleground between Microsoft and Google

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Tony Redmond

The first day of any large vendor-centric technology conference is invariably accompanied by a great deal of hype as the vendor takes full opportunity to strut their stuff and spread the good news. Keynotes full of bold new announcements are … Continue reading →

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User interfaces are no way to assess Google vs Office 365

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I’m always interested when companies put their technologists forward as the public face of the company’s expertise in different areas. The idea is that the technologist will wow the readership with deep insights into technology that causes the readers to … Continue reading →

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Do LinkedIn smartphone apps harvest contact data from Gmail?

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Is anyone else irritated by the way LinkedIn appears to harvest email addresses in an attempt to persuade you to transform correspondents into LinkedIn contacts? I’ve often wondered where LinkedIn got its information about people that I might like to … Continue reading →

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Email’s about to die? I think not

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Ho hum: the recent Wired.com article “The Next Big Thing You Missed: Email’s About to Die, Argues Facebook Co-Founder” seemed to be one big advertisement for Asana, a startup based in San Francisco. Asana, led by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, … Continue reading →

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The elimination of web bugs (well, for Gmail anyway)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I read Google’s post of December 12 announcing that Gmail would now display graphics in messages automatically with some interest. It seems like a very good idea to me to address the “web beacon” or “web bug” problem that has … Continue reading →

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