Mailbox (free)
I don't know if it's still as bad, but prepare to spend at least a fortnight in the queue before you can actually use this after downloading it. Once I was in, it took me a bit to adjust to the new system but once I got a hang of it - I LOVED it. Feels so good to get to Inbox Zero, and I don't have to keep emails unread for ages if I want to deal with them later - I just schedule them for later!
The Mailbox app has finally launched on iOS, but before you start jubilating about how clean your email box will finally be, you’d better download it and start waiting, because the wait to use will be long. Currently, there are over 800,000 users waiting to start using the app. The app provides a new way to access your Gmail on your iPhone.
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After an excruciating wait, we finally have access to Mailbox, the new email client on the block that is making big statements about how "it will change the way you do email". Keep in mind that there are so many great email clients out there, including Gmail's native app, Sparrow, and even Apple's own mail client baked right into iOS (in some ways).
What does your email inbox look like? Total mess? Mildly under control? If you're like most people, your inbox is probably pretty scary. Well, Mailbox is here and it's helping people just like you and me accomplish the fabled "Inbox Zero", oh...and on a daily basis!
I'm really hoping that this method of rolling out new apps to users is not going to catch on.
What I'm talking about in particular is how the team that has developed the new Mailbox app for iPhone and iPad has gone to a "reservation" style rollout.
Basically you decide you want to get the app, it then puts you in a wait queue based on when you signed up.
American football's Super Bowl, like all major athletic events, is traditionally a huge boon for the city that hosts it. Analysts estimated that this year's game, held this past Sunday in New Orleans, Louisiana, would bring $185 million to the city, which is still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The jury is out on exactly how much money the event brought to the city as a whole.
Cloud is one of the tech buzzwords of the last few years but how many of us really understand, and use, "the cloud". If we accept that the definition of cloud computing is the use of computing resources that are delivered over a network, then we are all using the cloud every time we use an app on a network connected device that has to contact a server somewhere.
When time to deliberate is limited, having all the facts is key to making a sound decision. Soldiers, law enforcement officers and firefighters seldom get the luxury of time, and have mere minutes to assess a potentially dangerous scenario before taking action.
First responders can now employ a reconnaissance team that gathers important information and keeps them and bystanders out of harm's way.
Here is something interesting that I had pulled off of Google tonight. It was courtesy of the World Bank, an infograph dealing with the state of mobile phones around the world. I do not know how recent this came out. However, I thought it would be interesting to share and the potential for sustainable development. There were some pretty interesting statistics I found:
Dropbox is rapidly bulking up its Android app's photo sharing strength after lavishing some early attention on iOS. A newly posted refresh for the Google-friendly version lets photographers mass-select whole albums' worth of images quickly to share with anyone, whether they're Dropbox users or not. Android users who've been eager for parity just need to swing by the Google Play source link to get their fill.
