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by Derek Kessler
Mar 21, 2012
There are two things that really make Gmail Gmail: threaded conversations and labels. For the uninitiated, Gmail's labels are the result of a rethink of folders, instead of filing a message away...
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by Derek Kessler
Jun 21, 2010
It’s the curse of the modern smartphone: a zillion chips and sensors and a bright powerful screen and umpteen radios all sucking power from battery tech that hasn’t seen drastic improvement in...
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by Derek Kessler
Mar 29, 2010
Welcome to Round Table, which is in fact not a table at all. Round Table is a continuing series on PreCentral where we pose a question to the staff and they provide their thoughts and insights....
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by Derek Kessler
Mar 28, 2010
CrackBerry Kevin takes out some aggression...
UPDATE: Google has issued a statement about this, and it turns out that it was kind of true.
“We share revenue on search, not on mobile applications...
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by Derek Kessler
Jan 24, 2010
Even in these days of instant communications through text messages, instant messaging, and Twitter, there’s something to be said for the robustness (and openness) of email. Thus, when email goes...
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by Derek Kessler
Dec 14, 2009
Do you want Microsoft Exchange for all that magical calendar, email, and contacts syncing and pushing onto your webOS phone, but don’t feel like paying for a server all your own? Mail2Web may be...
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by Derek Kessler
Nov 25, 2009
As we know that some of you have noticed, webOS 1.3.1 changed the way that email is handled with respect to POP access. If you’re not familiar with POP (Post Office Protocol) email, essentially...
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by Derek Kessler
Oct 30, 2009
Google’s just-announced Android GPS navigation app is more than just impressive - it’s actually quite awesome. But right now, it’s just for Android (and only on Android 2.0), but it’s still...
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by Derek Kessler
Oct 10, 2009
Since webOS 1.2 landed, those of use that depend on our phones to run our lives have encountered a new oddity: we now get calendar reminders via email along with on our devices. While this...
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by Derek Kessler
Sep 29, 2009
In all the years I’ve been watching technology, I have never seen a system update go off without a single hitch. There’s always something that goes wrong, and yesterday’s webOS update to 1.2.0 was...
