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Better Gmail on the iPhone

Lauren Goode in Reviews on March 26 at 6:00 am PT

If you’re looking for a better email experience from the iPhone, these apps will help.

Want to Organize Your Email? Go for High Thread Count, Not Folders.

Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 23 at 12:35 pm PT

It’s Clean Out Your Inbox Week! But hang on — you don’t necessarily want to go folder-crazy.

A New Social Network Where Inquiring Minds Run Wild

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 18, 2011 at 3:38 pm PT

Katie takes a look at Quora, a question-and-answer site that encourages thoughtful—even long-winded—discussions.

Making Hotmail Hot Again

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on June 8, 2010 at 5:07 pm PT

Microsoft hopes a revamped version of the Web-based program will heat up interest among emailers.

An App With a Knack for Contacts

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on March 16, 2010 at 3:08 pm PT

Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry app compiles contact information on the BlackBerry for anyone you’ve emailed–regardless of whether or not you saved their information in your address book.

Voices

The Inbox of an Accidental Facebook Voyeur

Zachary M. Seward, Outreach Editor, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 25, 2010 at 2:01 pm PT

“Just wanted to let you know it seems like your always on my mind these days,” someone wrote to me last night on Facebook. “Sorry if thats creepy but what can I say.” It was creepy, but mostly because the message wasn’t intended for me, and its sender is an Iowa high-school student whom I’ve never met.

Google Buzz Isn’t Exactly Humming Along

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on February 16, 2010 at 4:00 pm PT

Google retooled its Buzz social-networking effort after receiving a lot of criticism about its privacy settings. Katie Boehret looks at how Buzz compares with other social-networking sites.

Twitter Tackles Spam, and Sets Its Sights on Bigger Challenges (Take a Guess)

Peter Kafka in Media on October 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm PT

Now that Twitter doesn’t have to worry about raising money ever again (right?), it can spend time tackling all sorts of projects, big and small. Here’s one of the small ones: The company has created a better way for users to flag spam accounts. The big stuff? Coming up.

A Program That Makes Your Inbox Less Scary

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on September 8, 2009 at 2:02 pm PT

Postbox, a program that sorts through your email and detects its contents, is a good option for someone who wants a fast search option built into email, writes Katherine Boehret.