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How to “Arrange by from” in Gmail the way it’s done in Outlook
Last week a reader emailed to ask me if there’s a way to sort email by Sender in Gmail like the way it is in Outlook. People who use Outlook for their work probably use the “Arrange By From” function a...
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India’s Report Card on Google Transparency Report
Google Transparency Report is a lesser known Google initiative where they compile data on content removal requests and user identification requests at a country level, and publish it on the web. The...
View ArticleHow to unlock a Blackberry in India?
A lot of US carriers subsidize smartphones and sell them to customers with a contract, and the catch is that the phone can’t be used with another carrier. In an Indian context, this would be...
View ArticleFacebook’s 51 million Indian active users and other interesting numbers
Facebook filed the fourth amendment to its S-1 today and I found some really interesting numbers going through it. I’m sure everyone has read the 901 million and 500 million number which is the number...
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Twitter Transparency Report
Twitter released a transparency report today much like Google’s transparency report and this describes how governments around the world request Twitter for information on users and also request them to...
View ArticleSystems versus Goals: There’s an app for that
I had reviewed “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life” written by Dilbert creator Scott Adams a few months ago, and one of the key ideas in that book was...
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Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule – How to Add it to Google Calendar
Cricket World Cup 2015 has started with a big bang for India. India have beaten its biggest sporting rival Pakistan by 76 runs. It seems that Pakistan cricket team require some kind of commando...
View ArticleNet Neutrality in India
Ever since Airtel launched the ‘Airtel Zero‘ program, there has been a lot of anger against this program by netizens, and the anger is not going unnoticed either. In fact, Flipkart which was one of the...
View ArticleOla and Uber: Win – Win For Everyone
I’m a fairly heavy user of Ola Cabs and Uber; I really like their service, and often feel that they are currently under pricing and making a loss to gain a lead on each other in the taxi aggregator...
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How to skip rows in an Excel formula?
There is nothing more frustrating in MS Excel and Google Spreadsheets than their inability to recognize a pattern in referenced cells. For example, if you type 1, 3, 5 and 7 in four cells and then drag...
View ArticleA practical way of generating strong and unique passwords
A few days ago OneMint was attacked, and embarrassingly enough someone or some machine had simply guessed my password. I now know that this wouldn’t be too hard as it would have taken a desktop PC just...
View ArticleRedmi Note 4 – 4 GB RAM, 64 GB ROM Launched @ Rs. 12,999
After the grand success of its Redmi Note 3, Xiaomi has launched its much awaited Redmi Note 4 here in India today just a while back from now. It will be available in three versions – 4 GB – 64 GB for...
View ArticleRead this before you get the iPhone 4 from US
The iPhone 4 is not yet available in India, and a few of you would be asking your relatives or friends to get an iPhone 4 from the US to use it in India. Before you do that there are at least 4 things...
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How to apply filters in Gmail automatically?
You can use a combination of Gmail Labels and Filters to automatically label incoming messages, and make them stand out from the rest of the conversations. So, if you get a large number of funny...
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Gmail Chat List: Stop Adding Contacts Automatically
Gmail has this annoying feature where it adds everyone you reply to on your Chat list. This is very inconvenient as your regular contacts get lost in your long list, and it also forces you to be...
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Reply to All by default in Gmail
Most people who use MS Outlook as their work email probably use the “Reply to all” option a lot. You probably get a lot of email addressed to more than one person, and are expected to reply with...
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My Top 10 iPhone 4 Apps
The iPhone 4 will soon be released in India, and I thought this is a good time to write about some great apps on the iPhone 4. I’ve moved from the iPhone 3G to iPhone 4 some time ago, and for me the...
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How to “Arrange by from” in Gmail the way it’s done in Outlook
Last week a reader emailed to ask me if there’s a way to sort email by Sender in Gmail like the way it is in Outlook. People who use Outlook for their work probably use the “Arrange By From” function a...
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India’s Report Card on Google Transparency Report
Google Transparency Report is a lesser known Google initiative where they compile data on content removal requests and user identification requests at a country level, and publish it on the web. The...
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