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Gmail has just rolled-out the priority feature that can be used to automatically sort your email by importance. By default, when you sign in your account, you are redirected to your old Inbox. This tutorial shows how you can set your Priority Inbox as your main inbox so you can see important emails right away

Application site: https://www.google.com/accounts

Prerequisite:  Google account

Process time: 3 minutes

Steps

Step- 1.  Go to application site.

Step- 2.  Sign in your Gmail account.

Step-3. . Go to “Settings” then select “Priority Inbox”.

Step- 4. Head to  “Default Inbox” option, choose “Priority Inbox” from the drop down menu.

Step- 5. Click on “Save changes” to save setting. Now, everytime you sign in your account, you will be taken to the Priority Inbox.

Although I can easily access my Gmail from my own phone, it seems to be much easier to access your account directly on the iPhone. With accessing Gmail directly I mean that essentially it is the same as accessing it on your computer, and any changes you make to your inbox from your iPhone are actually permanent.

Application site: https://www.google.com/accounts

Prerequisite: Safari browser, Google Account

Steps

Step- 1. Open your Safari browser and go to Application site.

Step- 2. Sign into your Gmail account.

Step- 3. At the bottom of the screen, you should see a “+” symbol.

Step- 4. Tap the +.

Step- 5. Now, select “add to Home Screen”.

Step- 6. Tap “Add” to confirm your choice.

Step- 7. Now, you will see a Gmail icon on your home screen, and you’re done!

Process time: 2 mins

Google has added a “Lock SafeSearch” feature, available via their search preferences page.

Application site: http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en

Prerequisite: Google account

Process time: 1 minute

Steps

Step- 1. Go to application site.

Step- 2. Select the preferred language you want to be displayed by Google in the box provided

Step- 3. In the “Search Language section”, select the preferred language.

Step- 4. In the “Safe Search Filtering”, choose from the the three  on your preferred option on blocking web pages containing explicit sexual content from appearing in search results.

Step- 5. Save all selected preferences by clicking “Save Preferences” located at the bottom right side of the page.

Shared folders make it easy for a team of people to collaborate on projects that require multiple documents, spreadsheets or presentations.

Prerequisite:  Google account

Application site: http://mail.google.com/

Steps

Step- 1. Go to application site.

Step- 2. Log in account.

Step- 3. Click “Documents”.

Step- 4. Select “My Folders”.

Step- 5. Select the folder you want to share.

Step- 6. Click “Share this folder” and choose from the given options.

Process time: 1 minute

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Instead of picking one file at a time, our new upload page lets you choose multiple files and upload them simultaneously, in just a couple of steps.

Prerequisite: Google  account

Application site: http://mail.google.com/

Steps

Step- 1. Go to application site.

Step- 2. Log in account.

Step- 3. Click ” Documents”.

Step- 4. Click the “Upload” button on the Docs list homepage.

Step- 5. Click ” Select files” to upload files from your computer. When the Browse dialog is open, press  Shift and click the files you’d like to upload to Google Docs.

Step -6. Alternatively, click the “Select more files” link that appears after you upload the first file.

Step- 7. Pick a folder to which you’d like to upload the files (this is optional), and click the  “Start upload ” button.

Process time: 1 minute

Compare:  Upload PDF Files on Google Docs

When all you want to do is write, a distraction-free writing tool can come really handy as it will automatically hide all the distractions on the desktop and you can therefore concentrate on your writing.

Application site: http://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=12642827589753955211

Steps

Step- 1:  Got to application site.

Step-2.  Click the “Use this Template” button.

Step- 3.  Press Ctrl + Shift + F followed by F11 and you are all set to do some creative writing.

Step -4. If you are interested in the details, here’s how you can quickly turn Google Docs into a online distraction-free writing tool:

1. Create a new document in Google Docs and choose “Edit CSS” from the edit menu.

2. Paste the following code into the CSS Box and save.

body {
  font: 16px "Courier New";
  color: #00ff00 !important;
  background: #000 !important;
  width: 800px;
  margin: 10px auto;
 }

3. Hit Ctrl + Shift + F to remove the menu bar in Google Docs and then hit F11 to turn your browser into full-screen mode. That’s it.

Note:

The above example uses green text on a black background. If you like to change the color of text or that of your screen, just edit the color and background property in the CSS to a different hexadecimal value. You may also modify the font-family, size, or the line-height property to adjust the text spacing and other formatting.

Process time: 2 minutes

VideoPress is an upgrade that makes it easy to upload, embed, and share video on your WordPress blog or any site around the world, even in full HD.

Application site:

Prerequiste: WordPressa account

Steps

Step- 1. Go to application site.

Step- 2. Log in your wordpress account.

Step- 3. Go to your “Upgrades” page, and purchase the VideoPress upgrade.

Step- 4. Upload videos and embed them on your WordPress.com hosted blog.

Process time: 1 minute

With a default WordPress blog setup, the front page (”Home”) of your blog will display the latest posts. You can change this so readers see a static page instead.

Application site:  http://wordpress.com/

Prerequisite: WordPress account

Steps

Step-1: Go to the application site.

Step- 2. Log in your wordpress account.

Step- 3. Click “Pages”.

Step- 4. Add New on the left menu in your Dashboard.

Step- 5. Title this page “Home”.

Step -6. Type the content you want displayed on the front page of your blog. Publish that page.

Step- 7. Write another new page.

Step- 8. Title this page “Posts.”

Step- 9. Publish the page, which will give you two pages. You don’t need to type any content, because it will not be displayed.

Step- 10. Click Settings->Reading on the left menu in your Dashboard.

Step- 11.  After making these changes, posts will no longer show on the front page of your blog. The static page “Home” will show there. Visitors will click on the link to “Posts” in your pages list to see your latest posts.

Note:

• You can change the names of the pages if you want
• If this gives you two Home links, you can hide one of the pages.
• If your front page disappears, go through the settings above and make sure they are correct.
• The Front Page options at Settings->Reading will not display until you have at least one published post.

WordPress database backup creates backups of your core WordPress tables as well as other tables of your choice in the same database.

Application site: http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup

Prerequisite: WordPress account

Steps

Step- 1. Go to application site.

Step- 2. Install the plugin on your blog.

Step- 3. Set the plugin to your desired specifications. It really is quite straightforward to setup, but you can always refer to the plugin documentation for help.

Step- 4. Click the Manage menu in your WordPress admin area.

Step- 5. Click the Backup sub-menu.

Step- 6. The plugin will look for other tables in the same database. You may elect to include other tables in the backup.

Step- 7. Select how you’d like the backup to be delivered.

Step 8. Click “Backup!” and your database backup will be delivered to you.

Process time: 1 minute

Today the Publicize feature gets a major addition: the ability to send your posts to Twitter. You can go with the default tweet or customize the message, and override the automatic settings on a per post basis as well.

Application site: http://wordpress.com/

Prerequisite: WordPress account, Twitter account

Steps

Step- 1. Go to appplication site.

Step- 2.  Log-in account.

Step- 3. Go to “Dashboard”.

Step- 4. Click “My Blogs”.

Step- 5. Click on the checkboxes for the services you want to connect in the “Publicize column”, and you’ll be shown a message telling you to authorize the connection.

Step- 6. Sign in and approve the connection between your WordPress.com blog and your account.

Step- 7. Publish the post as usual, and you’ll see it show up in the Publicize services you enabled.

Process time: 1 minute

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