– I love Google Alerts… it is a great way to keep up with the VanDrimmelen name. I set an alert to send me notifications anytime my last name is published on the internet. I have met distant relatives all over the globe from this neat little feature.

You can also use it to keep up on a research topic, or do some vanity searching. You can even determine how often you want it to notify you (daily, weekly, etc.).

They updated their product recently and now include all news, web, blogs, video and anything else they index. Really a neat little tool.

– Google recently updated their pop-up functionality. If you pop any mail message, or even your TASKS out in a new window you can now close Gmail without closing out your tasks or anything else you pop out.

Read the following post from their main blog for more information.