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Gmail Vs. Outlook – Which Is The Best For Business and Personal Use?

Which is the best email service for both business and personal use? That’s a tough question nowadays, as there are lots of email services on the Internet. While many opt for the most popular ones, such as Yahoo, Gmail, or Outlook, there are also others who prefer less known email clients. Given the enormous amount of time that we spend each working day sending, reading, and replying to emails, having the right email client is essential for you to be as productive as possible. Today, we’ll compare Google’s Gmail and Microsoft’s Outlook.

Gmail Vs. Outlook – GUI

Aesthetically, both Gmail and Outlook have a clean interface, which differs in the default color themes – Gmail comes in white and red and Outlook in blue.

Outlook follows the style of the Windows modern user interface, also known as the Metro user interface, while, until recently, Gmail was considered the “ugliest” of the two. However, a recent redesign of Gmail has dramatically improved its aesthetics and user experience, with a look much more in line with Outlook.

Gmail Vs. Outlook – Folders, Tags, and Searches

The critical thing Gmail did to differentiate itself from the competition was to have labels instead of folders. That means that messages could be tagged with multiple keywords instead of being placed in a specific folder. Most people still believe that Gmail, having labels, doesn’t have folders, which isn’t strictly true. In some email clients, Gmail comes with folders instead of labels.

Outlook, on the other hand, comes with the more traditional folders in comparison with Gmail’s labels.

Gmail Vs. Outlook – Connectivity and Storage

Gmail supports both POP and IMAP, which means that virtually any email clients on most operating systems will work seamlessly with this email service, and even Microsoft Outlook will work correctly with it.

Outlook is also compatible with both POP and IMAP, although in the past, some complaints referring to connectivity problems and lack of compatibility with IMAP, have emerged on forums. Outlook also supports Microsoft ActiveSync.

Gmail offers 15 GB of free storage, but this counts on Gmail and Google Drive. You can buy more storage, anyway. Microsoft, on the other hand, also offers users 15 GB of free storage per Outlook account but if you have an Office 365 subscription, you’ll get 1 TB of storage to cover all Microsoft products, for example.

Gmail Vs. Outlook – Managing Spam, Filters, and Emails

Spam filtering in Gmail works effectively. It only allows one or two spam emails per year, so it’s efficiency is the highest among the email services.  It’s also excellent for filtering out unwanted emails that are not quite spam emails.

Outlooks email and spam filtering are less sophisticated, and much of the filtering has to be done manually. However, it has some features that put it ahead of Gmail. For example, Outlook has the sweep function which helps users get rid of all emails, all from ten days ago or keep the last of a particular sender or block future emails from a sender.

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Hyper Presented The First USB-C Hub For The New iPad Pro 2018 Models

Both iPad Pro 2018 variants now use a USB-C port instead of a Lightning port for the first time in the series’ lifespan. The accessory manufacturer HYPER has just announced one of the first USB-C hub attachments specially developed for the iPad Pro 2018 models.

The hub was introduced as the HyperDrive for iPad Pro 2018. This USB-C hub plugs into the iPad Pro’s only USB-C port and expands to a wide array of ports, all in a pocket-sized accessory. Before you go any further, please notice that we have not yet checked this product, physically.

This USB-C hub for iPad Pro 2018 has the following ports: HDMI, 3.5 mm jack, SD, micro SD, USB-A 3.0, USB-C Power Delivery. The latter will allow the iPad Pro 2018 models to easily be plugged into your wall outlet using the USB-C power cord while the other ports remain usable. The SD and micro SD ports provide the user with the possibility to extend the device’s storage far beyond the iPad’s built-in internal capacity.

Hyper Presented The First USB-C Hub For The New iPad Pro 2018 Models

With the USB-A 3.0 port, the end-user can plug in a keyboard, microphone or Ethernet adaptor. Alternatively, you can also connect a USB cable from a DSLR camera to display photos on your iPad Pro 2018 models. You can also attach a Lightning cable to charge your iPhone, for example, while it would also permit you to connect external storage, but only to access photos and videos.

The HYPER USB-C hub for the iPad Pro 2018 models would probably work with other devices with a USB-C port. Although it is not unique, its design is ideal for the new iPad Pro 2018 models. Indeed, Hyper has just become the first company to promote its USB-C hub as being specially designed for the iPad Pro 2018 models.

The HYPER USB-C hub for the iPad Pro 2018 models come in silver and grey color schemes and work with both with 11- and 12.9-inch models of Apple’s new tablet. The hub will be available from December at a price of $99.99.

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Google Maps Tests A New Crash and Speed Camera Reporting Function

Google Maps is testing a crash and speed camera reporting function, one of the features in Waze, the app bought by Google. So, Google has not one, but two main navigation applications, including Google Maps, which it developed from scratch, and Waze, which it bought a few years ago.

The latter has a crucial advantage over Google Maps as it provides real-time traffic information, which is very useful and can be very convenient for getting a route. Traffic information, such as speed cameras, accidents, traffic jams, etc., can be reported directly by other Waze users. And it seems that Google wants to integrate some of these features into Google Maps.

According to Android Police, Google is currently testing a feature that would allow users to report accidents and speed cameras.

Support for incident reporting in Google Maps was first discovered several months ago, but this feature is currently being tested by some Google Maps users, as shown in the following screenshot.

Google Maps Tests A New Crash and Speed Camera Reporting Function

The new crash and speed trap (speed camera) report buttons should appear at the bottom of the maps. That allows users to tell Google if they have witnessed a road slowdown due to an accident or speed camera. The feature only works in navigation mode.

You can only notify a speed camera if you follow the path taken by the application. Since we do not need directions to find our place of residence, this means that we cannot map a radar if the navigation is off. Waze, on the other hand, allows you to report speed cameras even if the users are not in navigation mode.

The new Google Maps functionality is still being tested, and it is not known when it will be available to all Google Maps users. If you drive a lot and can use more live updates on what’s going on around you, then Waze can be a much better solution than Google Maps for reporting crashes and speed cameras.

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Updating Apps While You’re Using Them Is The Next Goal for Android

Among the news coming from Samsung, Google also presented an upcoming feature in Android that would allow users to use applications as the system is updating apps. The presentation took place at Android Dev Summit as part of Android’s In-App Updates API, which is at this moment under testing by Google.

“You’ll have two options with this API; the first is a full-screen experience for critical updates when you expect the user to wait for the update to be applied immediately. The second option is a flexible update, which means the user can keep using the app while the update is downloaded. You can completely customize the update flow, so it feels like part of your app,” said Stephanie Cuthbertson, Android’s Director of Product Management.

According to The Verge, the new Android feature is a fail-safe against users who refuse to keep their apps updated as the process is requiring a few steps.

Updating Apps While You’re Using Them Is The Next Goal for Android

The In-App Updates API is currently in its testing phase at Google. When it comes out, this new Android feature will allow updating apps while you’re using them, easing up the Android apps update process.

Besides this upcoming function, at the before-mentioned Android Dev Summit, Google also presented its Foldables technology with which the company wants to support the forthcoming Samsung folding smartphone announced by Samsung Senior Vice President Justin Denison at the 2018 Samsung Developer Conference.

Even though Justin Denison did not disclose an exact release date for Samsung’s foldable smartphone, Galaxy F, Android and Google’s devs reported that the upcoming folding smartphone would hit the shelves in 2019. Also, the new Google’s Foldables technology is specially designed to support the forthcoming Galaxy F with a GUI and apps that would work with the device’s folding display.

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Nexus and Pixel Smartphones Received the Latest Security Update for Android

The beginning of November bought exciting news for Pixel smartphones. Starting from the 5th, this month, the line of handsets received the most recent security update available for Android. Thanks to this event, 17 issues that were waiting to be solved were fixed.

The flaws were noticed in the Pixel 2 and the Pixel 3 smartphones from OG Pixel series. With them, a part of Nexus devices and some gadgets from Essential Phone received the update. What do all these handsets have in common? They are all ran by Android 9 Pie.

The security update comes with many improvements in the smartphone’s functionality

The event which took place on November 5th is also mentioned in the monthly bulletin where Google publishes news about Pixel or Nexus. The source states that the devices which received the security update have a more enhanced picture-in-picture feature. It’s not surprising since the mode came with the Android 8.0 update.

The picture-in-picture mode allows people to perform multiple tasks on their device at the same time: watch videos and use the screen for other apps as well. In addition, the update stabilizes a part of Pixel handset’s notification capabilities.

Last, but not least, we should mention that Pixel and Pixel 2 come with a quick Google search bar which includes the Assistant logo. After giving improved functionalities to Pixel and Essential Phone handsets, the security update from November will be seen on Nexus 6P and 5X.

Those who want to update their devices faster can perform the operation manually. The process is not complicated: go to Settings, then System, click the Advanced button and, finally, System update. You will see that Google had a good idea to bring this update now, when several issues were affecting the phones’ functionality.

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