Email tools //

BrandMyMail //

Friday, January 13, 2012

Email, Socialized

For all the talk about the impending demise of email, most people still use it extensively to communicate online. BrandMyMail lets you dress your email up with themes, pictures and links to the social networks of your choice.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

2.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.5

Hacknotifier //

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Protect Yourself

Stories about websites being compromised appear in the news too often for comfort. How can you tell whether or not you should be worried? Hacknotifier is a handy tool that can help verify whether or not your information has been stolen.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

3.5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free to $7 per year

Overall Rating:

3.7

AwayFind //

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Let Your Email Find You

Email is both my primary means of communication and my biggest distraction aside from Facebook. Awayfind is a cool app that has a unique solution to this problem…simply close your inbox down completely and let only the most important emails find you.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free for now

Overall Rating:

4.2

Nutshell Mail //

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Your Online Social Life in a Nutshell

Like a nicotine patch for social networking addicts, Nutshell Mail monitors your social networking accounts and sends you a summary of what you missed while you were away being productive.

User Interface

5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.2

Gtriage //

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Triage For Your Gmail Inbox

Gtriage is an easy way to cut through the noise in your Gmail inbox. Basically, Gtriage sifts through your messages and decides how important they are, then labels them accordingly.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

$3 to $19 per month

Overall Rating:

4.0