February 13, 2012

Yahoo! Mail Australia

Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo has released a beta of its mail service. Highlights include being faster than previous versions, improved spam protection technology and unlimited storage. I now consider Yahoo! Mail to be the equal of Gmail, albeit with a different style of interface. However, I’ve integrated Gmail so much into my daily life (Android phone) that I’m unlikely to make a significant switch.

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Online translation error

I would never rely on an automated online translation service to communicate with someone who speaks a foreign language. I might use it for a short sentence, or with apologies in advance, but never in a formal sense. The Israeli journalists who questioned the Dutch Foreign Minister using a web translator must be extremely embarrassed. [...]

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Bigpond and Gmail

gmail

I use Gmail for most of my personal email. In the past week I’ve been getting a lot of error messages, basically whenever I send something to a Bigpond address. At first I thought I might have had the wrong address for a particular person. I updated my contact book and tried again. In the [...]

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Yahoo! Mail unlimited

Yahoo! Mail is nearing its 10th anniversary and to celebrate the company has announced it will offer unlimited storage with its webmail accounts. This is significant news and puts Yahoo in elite company with some smaller providers. I have felt for a while the big names would move in this direction and I’m guessing it [...]

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10GB free webmail service

Jubii free email

Jubii is offering an innovative 10GB free webmail service “for a limited time only”. It’s still under development but the ultimate goal is to integrate email, chat, Voice over IP, uploading and sharing of files. The interface is a little unorthodox but I think this service is one to watch. I found it slow to [...]

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