If you’re looking for a free email solution, your main choices might well be Hotmail or Google Mail, also known as Gmail. While other providers offer free web based email – and you might also have an email account provided by your ISP – these two choices offer the largest degree of compatibility with other services and devices, from Windows Phone 7 and Android phones (and beyond) to social networking services like Facebook or LinkedIn. There are of course differences between these two email solutions, both in how they’re used via your browser and how they can be accessed

Compared to the kind of outages that generally tend to occur on the net, (with the likes of paid services like Skype and Netflix at times), it seems that people might have over-reacted a bit to the Google Gmail outage that happened a little while ago. Of course, this is not to undermine the inconvenience caused to those who suffered, but when you consider the number of people who were affected, it does not seem as “massive’ as many would have you believe. From the estimated numbers, only 0.02% of Gmail users across the globe have suffered because of the outage and to their

There’s a bug in your email! If you are on Gmail, chances are that you might have come to know of that already. In case you haven’t, good for you! However, many Gmail users had been put to suffering yesterday after having been witness to emails, chat history, labels, folders and all personal settings vanishing into thin air. The blame is on some potent bug. Many of these users saw Gmail’s welcome messages as if the account has been just created when they logged on. Close to 5,00,000 Google Mail users are said to have experienced the bug. Though engineers at Gmail labs had

With Microsoft Outlook 2010 setup on your PC, you have access to the world’s most popular office email client, suitable for use with virtually any email account type. As well as being suitable for use with Hotmail accounts and Microsoft Exchange email, Microsoft Outlook 2010 can also be used to view standard POP3 and IMAP email accounts. Gmail is a very popular free email solution provided by Google. Generally accessed via a web browser, emails in a Gmail account can also be viewed in mobile devices and other clients such as Thunderbird. You can also access a Gmail account in

In time for the holidays, Gmail users in the US and Canada have got a free gift from Google. The company has extended its free calling service for US and Canada-based Gmail users. If you would remember, the service was due for expiry this month. Now, with the free calling initiative extended through the end of 2011, Gmail users are in for some good times. Google has said that the free calling service has been in the US and Canada. What users get to enjoy is that all calls made from within Gmail goes absolutely free. Let us also tell you this is not to be confused with Google

This is interesting! Whenever you hear about a new Gmail feature, we know you tend to take it in your stride. We know this is because Google has been frequently bringing in fresh and welcome additions to the way you email friends and office.  If you are among those who love Gmail, the just revealed feature has all in it to make you dance! It’s called Gmail Delegation and  it allows you to share your inbox with anyone you choose. How about that? The person you delegate will be able to view messages, respond to them and forward messages too. Don’t worry about your password,

With Windows Phone 7 devices you can easily sync a Windows Live/Hotmail email account and calendar or even an Exchange calendar, allowing you to keep track of all of your tasks and appointments while you’re on the move. These appointments will update the Calendar tile on your device, as well as popup as reminders. Further management of the items is possible via the Calendar tile, where you can browse in day and month view as well as add new appointments and edit ones you already have setup. As the new mobile platform from Microsoft also features support for several other

Google has launched the redesigned version of its YouTube application into the Android market. Prior to this move, core applications such as Gmail and Google search were already introduced by the company in the Android market.  The recent update allows the users to have freedom and decide on matters regarding the applications that they do/don’t want on their phone. The Youtube update will bring significant changes in the YouTube application along with a refreshed user interface and functionality. The users will be allowed a personalized video feed based on general popular

Many of us run into a terrible problem when we delete emails in desktop productivity email clients like Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird or Evolution. However, sometimes we can find where the deleted email files went. Usually, all emails deleted end up in a trash folder, similar to the recycle bin folder in most cases that is available on the desktop on your computer. So the first and foremost simplest method to recover your deleted emails would be to check the trash folder. If this didn’t work for you then we will have to search through your system to recover any such

Gmail is most probably the most widely used free email service in the cloud space after Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail/Livemail. Users are allowed to maintain their email accounts with a considerably amount of storage space and associate multiple email accounts to their Gmail account. Similarly, users can maintain a detailed address book but may face problems when trying to send a single message to multiple address book contacts; such as sending an email to a group. This how-to provides information on how you can send an email to a group in Gmail. Gmail provides an interesting feature