Daily Archives: July 3, 2011

Shortmail by 410Labs is a new email service that limits all messages to 500 characters. The are no attachments, no junk mail, no folder management.

Shortmail works on iPhone, Android, or in your favorite mail app, with Shortmail on your iPhone, Android, or in your favorite mail app, with access through IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.

“Email has become overwhelming for many people, to the point of being nearly unusable,” said Shortmail CEO Dave Troy in a statement. “Shortmail is designed to make email easy and usable again.”

You sign up using your twitter login details.

Shortmail will be able to:
Read Tweets from your timeline.
See who you follow, and follow new people.
Update your profile.
Post Tweets for you.

You can revoke access to any application at any time from the Applications tab of your Settings page

Shortmail.com

Mark Sullivan writing on PCWorld has posted an interesting article “9 Reasons to Switch from Facebook to Google+” suggesting good reasons to switch from Facebook to Google+.

“The reason Google calls it the “Google+ Project” is that Google+ will become a central part of Google’s whole identity. It will reshape the company. So the real question is “can Google beat Facebook?” Put that way, the contest seems a lot more even.”

The article covers:
Integration with Google Services
Better Friend Management
Better Mobile App
Easier to Find Stuff to Share
You Can Get Your Data Back
Better Photo Tagging
Strong Group Chat Features
Safer Content Sharing
Google Is a Better Steward of Your Personal Data

Read full article article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/234825/9_reasons_to_switch_from_facebook_to_google.html?tk=rel_news