Google has always wanted its users to have a seamless transition from one service to the other. Over the years, Google has redesigned its services and apps to not only look like one another but also to function in similar fashions to make it easy to go from one place to another. Most services have even introduced storage space where a user can take advantage of Google's generosity and store photos, music, ...

Every once in awhile Google adds a feature to one of its services that makes users scratch their heads and say: “Wait, that wasn’t already there?” Now, Gmail users can add events from their e-mail directly into Google Calendar. In one of those scratch your head moments, many Gmail users thought this was already integrated but really wasn’t. We’ll show you how to quickly add events from Gmail to ...

Although there is nothing particularly unsafe about email or Gmaill in particular, there is no doubting the fact that email security breaches occur on a daily basis across the world. Safe Gmail is a Google Chrome extension which allows you to totally encrypt your emails before sending them, thus protecting any sensitive content. Encrypting your emails makes them completely inaccessible to your email service provider, as well as malicious and unauthorized interceptors of the message. What's more is, Safe Gmail remains encrypted once sent, meaning only your intended recipient can read the ...

Windows 8 can't keep Gmail down. Even though Microsoft has banned Google from natively working on the operating system, Google and third party developers have created apps to let Windows 8 users get the most from Google services. You can even add Google Apps and services yourself, check out our guide here.  Gmail Touch is one such stand alone app and we'll show you ...

Windows 8 can host many applications and services, just like Windows 7 and all systems before it. Google Apps is no exception to this. To take advantage of the design in Windows 8 and incorporate all Google Apps has to offer, follow the below instructions. Installing Google Apps Install Google Search from the Windows Store by opening the Start menu and typing it in and choosing to "Install." You’ll find a tile on the Start menu that you can ...

If you've been using Gmail lately, you may have noticed the opportunity to start using the new compose window. Gmail has often worked to streamline things and make them more like other services, so everything flows together. Gmail has undergone a lot of changes in the last few years and the addition of the new compose window is just another step to make Gmail look even better. Let's take a look at ...

Attachments are a big part of the way some people email. The problem is, if you want to keep that image, it’s a several step process to download it and add it to some sort cloud storage service. Attachments.me is a Google Chrome extension out to change that. Basically what happens is Attachments.me scans your incoming emails for attachments. When ...

If you have decided to go from using Gmail in your browser to using Mozilla's Thunderbird, you may want to import your contacts to make life easier. After install, Thunderbird will ask you if you want to import settings but this only works with other clients or if you have the data already available to you. You can import your contacts from Gmail and other e-mail providers, too. You just have ...

A feature many Outlook users adore is the read receipt feature. This lets you know if the recipient of the email has read it or not. For the Gmail user who wants to track emails, there is no built-in option. This means adding an extension like Bananatag is the only way to add this feature. Previously here on TechNorms, we have talked about another add-on called 

Gmail is without a doubt one of the most popular web-based e-mail options available.  To top off all of the built-in features and ease-of-use Gmail has to offer, numerous browser add-ons are also available.  Some add-ons are geared towards specific tasks whereas others are little more general. Power Inbox works with a bunch of different web apps to help you get a lot more out of what used to be a boring e-mail. Let's take a look at how much better your e-mail inbox will look ...