Gmail has a feature that enables you to play your Google Voice voice mail right from within the Google Mail email message.
1. Login to Gmail.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Labs.
4. Scroll down to Google Voice player in mail and check Enable.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.
Note: This also enables the Google Voice player feature in Gmail on your Android phone.
Want to know which people in Gmail Chat are using an Android device to chat with you. Enable the Green Robot lab with these steps.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select the Labs tab.
4. Scroll down to the Green Robot lab and select Enable.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Save Settings.
Now you’ll have an Android robot next to the users who are logged into Google Talk using an Android phone.
Gmail has a feature where you can recall a sent email message. I’ve needed this feature several times, but never knew it existed.
1. Login to Gmail.
2. Click the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
3. Click the Labs tab.
4. Enable the Undo Send option, then click Save Changes.
5. Now an Undo link will appear at the top of the page after you send an email message. Use it whenever you wish to recall an email.
See also: HOW TO: Undo “Send” in Gmail
Today I was asked a question about using the Facebook For Android app to update a Facebook brand page for which you are an admin. You can’t access many of the features on Facebook with the Android app, but you can do this to access the full version of the web site.
1. Open the Browser.
2. Visit http://touch.facebook.com
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
4. Click the Full Site link at the bottom of the page.
You’ll then be able to access all of the features on Facebook right from your Droid.
I couldn’t figure out how to send a Google Voice invite to a friend. I searched under every menu imaginable. It turned out that Google will only allow certain people to send invites at certain times.
Finally I have the option.
1. Login at the Google Voice web site.
2. If you have invites to send, it will appear on the left pane.
3. Enter the email address for the friend, then click Send Invites.
Are you mentioning a friend of yours in your Facebook status updates? You can now tag a friend in your status updates similar to tagging others in Twitter. This will create a link to the persons profile and allow for a deeper experience for the reader.
1. At the point where you wish to use your friends name in your post, type the ‘@‘ symbol.
2. Start tying the name of the friend.
3. You will be presented with a list of friends whose name starts with those letters.
4. Now when you post your status update, it will contain a link to the persons profile.
Many people got a little scared about privacy issues with Google Buzz and either didn’t try it or disabled it. If you want it back though, you can turn it back on with the turn on buzz link way at the very bottom of the Google Mail page.
If you were just fine with the old Google Mail mailbox and you don’t want to deal with any of this Google Buzz stuff anymore, it’s simple to turn it off.
Scroll way to the bottom of the page and there is a link to turn off buzz.
Enable Twitter to see where you are to make you part of a local conversation with its geotagging feature. Here’s how to enable it.
1. Login to Twitter.
2. Click Settings.
3. Under the Account section, scroll down to the Location area.
4. Check the Enable geotagging box.
5. Click Save.
I own a Motorola Droid smartphone that runs Android OS. It seems there are quite a few people wondering how to create groups for contacts. The manual for most Android phones references this, but doesn’t tell you how to do it.
Well, it looks like there really isn’t a way to do it on the phone. You will have to bring up a Browser (either on your computer or the device) and perform these steps:
1. Login to Gmail.
2. Click Contacts.
3. Click the plus sign with the two heads to create a group.
4. Give the group a name and click OK.
You can add Contacts to groups individually by clicking on the contact, then clicking the Groups button.
A security feature in Yahoo Mail prevents images from loading on certain messages. You can disable this and allow images on your messages with these steps.
1. Sign into Yahoo Mail.
2. Click the Options link in the upper-right corner.
3. Click Mail Options.
4. Click Spam on the left side.
5. Check Always show images, except in Spam folder.
6. Click Save Changes when you’re ready.
MySpace has become a wasteland. It’s useless to me. Time to remove the account.
1. Login to your account.
2. Click My Account toward the upper-right side.
3. Click Account.
4. Scroll down and click Cancel Account.
5. Give them a reason you’re cancelling, then click Cancel My Account.
6. Click Cancel My Account again on the next page.
7. Click the link in the email MySpace sends you.
8. Click Cancel My Account for the third time.
Well, that was annoying. They really make it hard to cancel these days since people are leaving in droves. All the more reason to leave.
Facebook just redid it’s site. Now you don’t see ALL of the updates from your friends. You only see things that people have responded to. If you want it back the old way, follow these steps:
1. Login to Facebook.
2. Click the More link on the left pane.
3. Drag Status Updates back to the top.
You’re all done. Now you’ll see ever friend update just like before. Thanks to Shawn Knoll for the tip.
If you find that the hot blonde you started following on Twitter really turns out to be an 18 year old male spam peddler, you can report the account to Twitter admins.
1. Click on the username of the spammer to visit their main page.
2. Click on the gear.
3. Select Report username for spam.
If the chat feature in Google Mail annoys you, you can disable it with a link at the bottom of the page.
1. Login to Gmail.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
3. Click the turn off chat link.
Your friend posted a picture of you on Facebook that you don’t want anybody to see. Even worse, they tagged you. So now the photo is out there for your friends to see. Luckily you can untag the photo.
Just view the photo and use the remove tag link next to your name.
You may ask “What happens if somebody else tags me in the photo again?”. Well, they won’t be able to. Once you remove your tag, anybody after that will get an error when they attempt to tag you again.
Some of the folders in my Gmail account disappeared. The Spam folder was one of the folders that were gone. I could still click the More link to access it, but this was annoying. I wanted my Spam folder back. Here’s how I did it:
1. Login to Gmail.
2. In the upper-right corner, click Settings.
3. Click the Labels tab.
4. Click the Show or Hide link next to the folder you wish to show or hide. In this example, I am choosing the show the Spam folder.
Gmail went down for a long time today. Be prepared for the next time it happens by enabling offline support. This will make your email available to you in cases where Gmail is down or you don’t have Internet access.
1. Login to Gmail.
2. Click the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
3. Click the Labs tab.
4. Next to Offline, select Enable.
5. Click Save Changes.
6. You will now have an Offline link in the upper-right corner. Click it to copy your email messages to your local computer.
See also: About Offline Gmail
Q: How do you add an RSS feed to my Facebook account? I want to add each entry from my blog.
A: 1. Login to your Facebook account.
2. Mouse over the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
3. Click Application Settings.
4. Click Notes.
5. There is a pane that says Notes Settings. Click the Import a blog link.
6. Type the URL to the RSS feed in the Web URL box.
7. Check the box and click Start Importing.
You’re done! Items from the RSS feed will now be imported and displayed on your account.
Did you block somebody, then decide that you want them to be a part of your Facebook experience after all? Unblock them with these steps:
1. Login to your Facebook account.
2. Click the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
3. The people you have blocked are listed on the Block List. Click Remove next to the person you wish to unblock.
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