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Five tips for email efficiency

Gmail users will shortly be given a better way to manage the flood of emails that come their way. A new ‘priority inbox’ will sort your messages based on how important Google thinks they are. This ‘importance’ will be calculated in a number of ways, including how often you email the sender and which messages you reply to. Many users will welcome this but there are other ways to deal with email overload. I can’t claim to operate the world’s tidiest inbox but as someone who receives hundreds of emails each day, allow me to offer some tips based on how I deal with them. 1. Archive as much as you can If you’re a Gmail user you can select any email and archive it. This doesn’t delete it, it just removes it … Read entire article »

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10 European technology companies to watch

10 European technology companies to watch

PROfounders Capital’s Brent Hoberman, famous for co-founding of Lastminute.com, and Rogan Angelini-Hurll, take us through their top10 European technology companies of 2010. Hoberman and PROfounder’s general partner, Angelini-Hurll, who formerly headed the Citi Pan European Media Research team, give us their choice of the 10 European tech firms you should be tracking, or even using, during the next year. 1. Wonga … Read entire article »

Spotify ‘will launch in US by end of 2010′

Spotify ‘will launch in US by end of 2010′

On Jul 29th, Billboard, a US music industry magazine, reported that Spotify’s “licensing negotiations with the major [US] music labels have reverted back to square one”, citing multiple sources. However, Spotify, talking to The Telegraph, has denied the allegations in the report, saying the service is still on course to launch by the end of 2010. A Spotify spokesman said: “Regarding … Read entire article »

Google Android apps ‘collecting personal data’

Google Android apps ‘collecting personal data’

According to Lookout, a US-based security firm, more than 80 Google Android wallpaper apps were collecting mobile phone numbers and personal details, including unique subscriber numbers. Many of the apps also “dialled home” to their developers, transmitting unencrypted sensitive data back to remote servers. One such app, called Jackeey Wallpaper, was downloaded millions of times, and sent data back to China, … Read entire article »

Microsoft turns on Yahoo!

Microsoft turns on Yahoo!

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s senior vice president and general counsel, said of the new partnership, which was announced yesterday: “This agreement is even more anti-competitive than Google’s deal with Yahoo! in the United States and Canada that the Department of Justice found to be illegal. The 2008 deal would have locked up 90 percent of paid search advertising. “This deal gives … Read entire article »