Tag Archives: Google

How to set up SMS alerts on Google calendar.

Google calendar is one of those applications which is seldom navigated by Google users.Gcalendar offers to remind you of events and birthdays of friends and saves your reputation at times when it is most needed.Google calendar offers free SMS updates …

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5 reasons why facebook is better than google plus.

Google is trying its trying hard to keep up with the giants in the social media space. Before the rise of Facebook, myspace and Orkut ruled. Orkut was the first social network in which I was a member, and it …

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Merge duplicate contacts in gmail

Finding duplicate contacts was a cumbersome task , but now Gmail has made everything so simple. To clean up your contact list, just click the “Find duplicates” button in the contact manager, review the merge suggestions  and hit the “Merge” …

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Use in your preferred language in orkut,gmail

Some features in gmail and orkut are under utilized,preferred language setting is one of those. Using Indian languages in emails can be a new and wonderful experience, especially while conversing with family members and relatives. I was ignorant of this function even though it appeared on the upper left hand side of compose message.

Just type in English and gmail will automatically translate it into your preferred language. Since malayalam is my mothertongue, I use malayalam in my emails. I just have to type in english ie Manglish and I get a neat malayalam output from gmail.

How to switch between english and your language

When I started using malayalam, I had a doubt, how to revert back to english while composing a mail?

I got the answer soon enough
Just use Ctrl+G

Using Ctrl+G helps you toggle between English and your language, in my case Malayalam.

This tool has improved my productivity and my emails are more personalized now.Hope this tip helps you a lot too.This tip also works in Orkut, iGoogle,Blogger.

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