How to add signature to your Gmail?

Adding a signature to Gmail (infact any email service) is always handy and helpful. Many of us consider adding  "a signature to email" a time consuming activity and tend to get lazy and never do it. 

But yes, after writing every email we are ready to take the pain to write Thanks, Regards etc. I personally find it the most annoying thing in the email writing part. 

Writing Thanks and my name each time when i have to send an email. Itsn't that crazy? 

On one fine day I took 5 minutes out of my schedule and did add a signature to my Gmail to save time and effort.

In the signature you can add your name, web site link, phone number, company name etc. You can even add a thought or a quote too. An email signature not only saves time but can be a marketing tool as well for your company, business or website. 

Also, you will never miss sharing important contact numbers or address as you just have to add these one time while adding a signature. 

So, let's do it NOW.

To add signature in Gmail:

1. Open your Gmail. 

2. Click on the  gear in the top right and go to "Settings" tab.

3. Now, scroll down to the “Signature” section and enter your desired text in the box. You can format your text using the buttons directly above the text box. 

Also you can add image and can link the text to the desired website.

4. Click "save changes" and we are done!!! 

How much time it took? Just 5-7 minutes ONLY.

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A sweet treat from Android - KitKat!!!

So here comes a new sweet treat from Android…. Android KitKat, yes the brand KitKat

KitKat statue installed at Google headquarters

Google recently announced new version of its mobile operating system Android 4.4 as KitKat which is named after Nestle’s popular candy bar, trademarked and licensed by Hershey in US. The deal doesn’t involve either side to pay the other; instead the idea was to do some fun and something unexpected.

It was previously indicated that the next version of Android would be a ‘K’ letter Key Lime Pie, but the idea was dropped as a very few people know the taste of a Key Lime Pie. Now to promote this alliance Nestle plans to sell more than 50 million chocolate bars featuring Android mascot to shops in 19 markets which includes UK, US, Brazil, India, Japan and Russia.

For promotion and to make the treat even sweeter, KitKat is giving a chance to win a Nexus 7 or Google Play credit, just look for this specially branded KitKat candy bars featuring the Android robot in a store near you.

The earlier Android versions released on desserts’ name include Android 1.5 Cupcake, Android 1.6 Donut, Android 2.0 Éclair, Android 2.2 Froyo (Frozen Yogurt), Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Android 3.0 Honeycomb, Android 4.0  Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

How to use "RARELY KNOWN" features of Google Chrome Browser

Using your favorite Google Chrome web browser? So, let’s make it a bit more interesting and have a look at some of the unique features that are available only in this Google’s web browser and are often overlooked.

• Viewing Browser History

To open browser history just click on Chrome menu on browser toolbar and select History. Use this History page to see a list of websites you have ever visited in last 10 weeks. The pages visited in incognito mode, pages from secure website or deleted browsing history are not stored in history page.

• Paste and Go / Paste and Search

If have a URL in your clipboard and intend to visit that site on Chrome, then instead of doing Ctrl+v you can just right-click and click Paste and go to automatically visit that site.

Same for text i.e. if you have anything other than URL in your clipboard and you want to search using Chrome’s address bar, then just right-click and click Paste and Search. This saves the step to paste and then hit Enter.

•          Check Memory Used by Different Browsers

If you want to see detailed statistics of your browser’s open processes, i.e. how memory is being consumed by different processes in the browser, then use about:memory feature of Chrome. This interface can be accessed by entering about:memory in Chrome’s address bar.

•           Switch to iPad Interface

You can see how your favorite site will look in an iPad by changing the user agent string of your browser to that of iPad. To change user string in Chrome follow below steps:

•           Right-click Chrome shortcut icon and select Properties,
•      Now go to shortcut tab
•      In Target field replace the entire text with the following text: "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -user-agent=”Mozilla/5.0(iPad; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B314 Safari/531.21.10"

              (Note: username represents your windows username)

•      Now Press OK.
•      Now open Chrome browser and open sites that have released their iPad version and see how the site will look in iPad.

•                 Application Shortcuts

Chrome gives you the feature to create standalone apps from your favorite websites and place them on the desktop, start menu or the task bar. These webpages are opened in standalone windows without any menus, tabs or other standard browser components.

Just click on Tools  and then click Create application shortcuts, shortcut will be created based on the options selected.

10 Less Known Things Which Gmail Can Do

Gmail is one the most popular and most used email service around the world. But apart from sending and receiving emails we hardly use it for anything else, and do not know about other wonderful features of Gmail which can be very useful.

Here is the list of 10 less known features of Gmail:

1. Gmail can be used offline (with Google Gears)

Install Google Gears and you can use Gmail even when you are offline. Its obvious that you won't be able to use full functions as you are not connected to internet but you can save time as you can write or draft and email and it will be sent and delivered as soon as you get online. Also, you can read and browse through already received emails, this also saves you a lot of time and you do not have to wait to get online to read an important email.

2. Gmail can give you driving directions

No, I have not typed a wrong sentence! Gmail infact can guide us to a party, to a new office or to an important meeting if you are not sure of the driving directions. How it happens? Actually gmail automatically tracks any location or address mentioned in your emails. It then creates link to the right of the message and asks whether to link this address to the map. choose YES option if you need the the directions. 

3. Turn on Experimental Features With Gmail Labs

Gmail Labs is an experimental feature center for Gmail. The features and Gmail Apps which are not yet ready are experimented and used from here. Few of them may get popular and easily installed easily in Gmail.

4. Add Gmail Themes

As a human nature we tend to get fed up of same things easily but we cannot change or customize many things. But we can surely change the look of our Gmail by using different themes available. You can set themes as per your moods or likes. In few themes you may find readability issue but most of them are too good.

5. Task Lists

This was the most awaited feature in Gmail I guess - A to-do list. Now you can take a note of your to-do activities. You can mentioned due dates and mention the details about the tasks to be done. You can hide, float your task list. 

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6. Get Free IMAP and POP Mail

As Gmail supports both POP and IMAP, you can map Outlook or Mac Mail with your Gmail account. Many email providing services do not allow this. In this regard Gmail always has upper hand.

7. Use Google Apps to Send Gmail From Your Own Domain

This feature can be utilized if you have your own domain and do not want to bear the extra expenses of maintaining your own email server. By using free Google Apps you can turn your domain address into your Gmail account. Your client's would never be able to make difference as they will receive emails as "uraddress@urdomain.com. This looks more professional as well rather than simply using Gmail address for professional purposes.

8. Video Chat From Gmail

Many of us may be already using this feature frequently. We can use Gmail chat to send instant message to other Gmail contacts and can use voice and video chat option as well to chat to our Gmail contacts for free.

9. Check the Gmail Server Status

Gmail servers rarely have issues but rare things do happen.  If you are confused and need to check if Gmail is down or not, please check the Google Apps Status Dashboard. You will find if Gmail server is down there will be information about the expected time of getting the server up.

10. Remember the Milk

 Remember the Milk is a third party service but it integrates with Google. You can use this feature if you are not happy with the task list in your Gmail.


So now these less-known features are not new for you.

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Google Chromecast: Stream Your Videos, Music to Your TV Wirelessly

Whenever we think Google that what Google can do NEXT? They always surprise everytime by introducing something we do not think they will do. This time Google has brought Google Chromecast, the wireless streaming device for your TV (HDTV). 

Google Chromecast:

• Can stream online videos, music, movies and more to your TV using a smartphone, tablet, PC or laptop.
• Works with Android, iOS, Chrome for Mac, and Chrome for Windows
• Setup easily by plugging the device to HDTV and connecting to Wi-Fi network.
• Box includes Chromecast, HDMI extender, USB power cable, and power adapter
• Supports Google Play, YouTube, Netflix, and all content through Chrome browser.

Chromecast FAQ (which includes almost every question about Chromecast):

Q: What exactly can a Google Chromecast do?

 A: Google Chromecast is able to stream Netflix, Google Music, Google

Play movies, YouTube videos to your  HDTV using your smartphone, laptop or tablet.

Q: Can Chromecast replace all the previous streaming solutions, like blue-ray player, Roku etc?

A: Not fully right now but very soon it WILL add lots more features and may replace all the previous streamers.

Q: Any Youtube content related restrictions?

A: Well so far there is no such issue.

Q: Chromecast's best possible uses?

A: Well, first of all if you do not have any streamer so far then this is the best option. Cheap, light, small and promised to be best very soon. You can watch those online movies on the big screen of your HDTV (provided there is a Wi-Fi connection)

Q: Is there any streaming limitations?

A: Not really, you can watch/stream/play anything that works on Chrome.

Q: Can a Chromecast steam locally saved data in my PC/Laptop/Smartphone as well?

A: No, so far NO. It only streams online data.

Q: Will the streaming in Chromecast suffer if the Wi-Fi signal is down?

A: Well, unfortunately a BIG yes to it. The Chromecast works solely on the Wi-Fi network and if the Wi-Fi signal is weak than there is no option but to suffer with the slow streaming.

Q: Chromecast set-up procedure?

A: Just follow the URL with your browser and it will add Chromecast to you Wi-Fi network.

Q: Does the Chromecast powers itself off the HDMI?

A: HDMI alone can't power the Chromecast. You have to use a USB port of the provided charger to charge Chromecast.

Q: Is the Chromecast packed with all the required wires and charger?

A: Oh Yes!

Q: What is my TV doesn't Wi-Fi?

A: Ah! No not at all. The Chromecast builds relationship with your Wi-Fi router :). Your TV can stay away from this. Your TV just needs to have an HDMI port.

Q: I have connected my PC to my TV, then how connecting a Google Chromecast is going to be different?

A: Well, this is a wireless technology. You will get rid of those wire clutters and can place your TV wherever you want in our house. Just a Wi-Fi connection and the TV becomes mobile to move anywhere (withing the Wi-Fi network though)

Q: Can Chromecast be connected another receiver to which my my TV is connected to?

A: Yes, ONLY if the receiver has HDMI input.

Q: Is the quality of streaming resolution limited through Google Cast?

A: Well at this point of time the resolution is 720p, which is maximized. It also depends on the factors like WI-Fi connection speed, the speed of the laptop/PC/Smartphone.

Q: Why Chrome is in so much demand? It's mostly sold out in most of the stores!

A: Its Low price ($35), easy installation process, mobility, working ability with both Android and iOS devices makes it a real HOT deal

Q: Chromecast's main drawbacks?

A: Right now Chromecast doesn't have many optimized streaming sources (applications) like other streamers as Roku etc. But things will only improve from here for Chromecast.

So when you are ordering your Chromecaster. Right now the stock is really short, so you may have to wait for few months.