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If you are a Twitter fanatic then this is a must have; Twitter gadget for Gmail which lets you change status, follow people, look at bio, forward tweets to Gmail contacts etc all in ajax-ify way inside Gmail. This gadget resides in your Gmail page and thus could be a very productive tool for people glaring whole day at their mailboxes and Twitter.

How to use Twitter Gadget:

1. Go to Settings —> Gadgets in Gmail
2. Under Gadgets column enter the below given address into ‘Add a gadget by its URL:’ form:
{https://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml}
3. Click on the appeared twitter box on the left.
4. It will re-direct you to the twitter authentication page.  Now approve the app and refresh the Gmail page to start using the app.
5. To start using the app click on twitter button on the left it will reload a Tab with full page view in the Gmail window.

Main Features of the App:

Twitter Users can use power tools like reply, re-tweet, favorites feature inline within the Gmail Page.
Twitter users can also view the conversations, bio, and all the updates of a user by just clicking the Twitter usernames.
Users can also follow-unfollow other Twitterers.
It also supports multiple twitter accounts.
It has Twitter search inbuilt with an option to save the search. It also allows inline translation of tweets.

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: gmail, Google, microblogging, Social Networking, twitter

Back in February Google announced support for ActiveSync.  Basically if you want to have Calendar and Contact pushed to the iPhone (or any device that supports ActiveSync) when you make a change online or if you are on your iPhone and make a change, this is done by ActiveSync.  Now that ActiveSync is working how do you set up your iPhone to take advantage of this?  This is for iPhone 3.0 and up.

1. Make sure your device has version 3.0 firmware or above. You can check your current version by going to Settings > General > About > Version. To upgrade, follow the instructions at http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/.

2. Perform a sync with iTunes to ensure that Contacts and Calendars from your iPhone are backed up to your computer.

Note: Mail sync is not yet supported. You may receive error messages if you attempt to turn on Sync for Mail.

Getting Started

1. Open the Settings application on your device’s home screen.

2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

3. Tap Add Account….

4. Select Microsoft Exchange.

Enter Account Info

5. In the Email field, enter your full Google Account email address. If you use an @googlemail.com address, you may see an “Unable to verify certificate” warning when you proceed to the next step.

6. Leave the Domain field blank.

7. Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.

8. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.

9. Tap Next at the top of your screen.

9a. Choose Accept if the Unable to Verfiy Certificate dialog appears.

10. A new Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com.

11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.

12. Select the Google services you want to sync. Currently only Contacts and Calendar are supported.

13. Unless you want to delete all the existing Contacts and Calendars on your phone, select the Keep on my iPhone option when prompted. This will also allow you to keep syncing with your computer via iTunes.

You’ve set up Google Sync for your iPhone. Synchronization will begin automatically if you have Push enabled on your phone. You can also open the Calendar or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start a sync.

Calendar & Contacts Sync: Choose Which Calendars to Sync

Google Sync allows you to choose up to 25 Calendars (iPhone OS 3.0) or up to 5 Calendars (iPhone OS 2.2.x) with the Calendar app on your iPhone.

To select which calendars to sync to your iPhone, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Safari browser on your phone and go to http://m.google.com/sync.

2. Sign in with your account and select your phone from the list of devices you’ve set up for Google Sync.

3. Bookmark this page so you can return to it easily.

Google Apps alternate instructions:

1. Open the Safari browser on your phone and go to http://m.google.com
2. Click on Google Apps user? at the bottom of the screen.
3. Enter your domain name (e.g., YourDomain.com).
4. Click the Sync icon in your domain area (this section has a green background).
5. Sign in if required.
6. Select your device to configure Calendars.

**If you have a Windows Mobile Phone you can also setup ActiveSync, Link is here

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: Active Sync, gmail, Google, iPhone, iPhone 3.0