Filed under: E-mail, Productivity, Google, Web

It’s been a while since we first looked at ToodleDo, an excellent web-based task manager. But as cool as ToodleDo is as standalone web page, it’s the integration with other services like Google Calendar that make it a task manager like this really useful. Recently ToodleDo launched a gadget for Gmail that makes it easy to view, create, or sort your tasks from Gmail, which is a killer feature for anyone who leaves Gmail open all day as they go about their other tasks.

In order to use the ToodleDo Gmail gadget you’ll need to enable the Gadgets feature in your Gmail Labs settings. Google also offers its own Tasks application which you can also view in the Gmail sidebar. But while you can easily create tasks from email messages with Google Tasks, you don’t have as many options for sorting and filtering apps as you get with ToodleDo.

[via WebWorkerDaily]

ToodleDo gadget brings powerful task manager to Gmail originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0, Android

A popular social network that has a strong following on the web and on the iPhone is now taking aim at the Android market. Brightkite, a slick little app that lets you check in at any location and share photos and notes with your friends, is available for free in the Android store as of this week. Current Brightkite users won’t be disappointed with the Android version, and Android users will appreciate how it takes advantage of their device’s location-based services.

The long-awaited app – there were reports over a year ago that it was in the works – takes advantage of Android’s built in Google maps to let you visualize your friends’ locations instead of reading them in a list. It also uses Android’s notifications to alert you to any new activity in your friend stream. As an iPhone owner, I’m loathe to it admit it, but this looks even better than the iPhone version of the app. The maps, especially, are a great touch.

Brightkite for Android is the best version yet originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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