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SimplyFile 3.0 Official Release

SimplyFile_LogoWe are happy to announce that SimplyFile 3.0 is ready for the official release. We have put a lot of work into making your trusted Inbox companion even more effective, and judging by what we heard from the Beta testers, it certainly paid off.

Thank you to Beta testers

We would like to say a big “Thank you” to everyone who participate in the Beta cycle and provided feedback. Beta feedback on usability and stability of SimplyFile 3.0 has been overwhelmingly positive. Here is one of them:

Your product is absolutely amazing and quite literally has changed the way I work with email (for the better).  It is the most useful application I have ever downloaded, and I will never be without it.  Over one weekend, I have cleared (organized and filed, not deleted) over 6,000 messages, and am on track to clear a two-year backlog in the next day or two.  What a relief … thank you for developing such a useful and well-thought-out piece of software.

 Thank you, we really appreciate all the support and encouragements.

What is new in SimplyFile 3.0

SimplyFile 3.0 includes a number of great new features. Outlook 2010 Ribbon UI support; powerful new filing commands, such as “File Thread”, “File Sender” and “Batch File”; interesting usage statistics and much more. We are confident that you will feel even more productive with this new version. Read an overview of new features here and download the new version.

Upgrading from previous versions

As with every new release, we will offer upgrade discounts to current customers. Please watch your Inbox for the upgrade announcement email in the next few days.

Note: Unlike the previous versions, SimplyFile 3.0 does not have a separate full version download. The trial version is unlocked using a license key.

 

As always, we are looking forward to your feedback! And thank you in advance for recommending our products to your friends and coworkers.

 

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How to find and disable Outlook 2016, 2013 and 2010 Add-ins and plugins

Disabling unnecessary plugins is a great way to make your Outlook start faster, run more reliably, take less memory. In Outlook 2010 and 2013 Add-ins are listed under “File Tab->Options->Addins”.

To Disable Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010 COM Add-ins

  • Select “COM Add-ins” in the Manage drop-down at the bottom of the “Options->Addins” window and click “Go”. Note: To get to the Options window, click on the File tab first.
  • Uncheck any add-ins that you are not using.
  • Click OK.

Do not forget to restart Outlook for changes to take effect.

See more tips on improving Outlook performance and stability.

 If you are using an older version of Outlook, see:
How to find and disable addins in Outlook 2007
How to find and disable addins in Outlook 2003

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TwInbox now supports OAuth authentication – upgrade today

TwInbox LogoAs many of you know, Twitter is changing the way they perform authentication for API calls. They are changing from using so called Basic Authentication to OAuth. The old authentication mechanism will be disabled on August 31st, 2010.

We have made the necessary changes in TwInbox. All you need to do is simply install the latest version and your TwInbox will keep running as smoothly as it did before. Remember, download and install the latest version by August 31, otherwise your copy of TwInbox will stop working.

Download TwInbox. (version 2.1.0.115)

Tell your friends to upgrade

Please tell you friends and coworkers who are using TwInbox to upgrade as well, so that they do not suffer from Twitter withdrawal on September 1st :). 

Do not forget to follow @TechHit to receive update notifications.

 

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SimplyFile 3.0 Public Beta starts today

SimplyFile_LogoToday we are starting the first public beta of SimplyFile 3.0. You can learn more about new features and download it here – what is new in SimplyFile 3.0.

We have spent a lot of effort making the product that you know, love and rely on every day, even more powerful and effective. Feedback from the private beta test group has been super positive. We hope you like it too.

We are looking forward to hearing what you think about the new version! Please submit your feedback via this page.

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TwInbox now supports sending new-style retweets (Version 2.0.1.112)

TwInbox LogoToday we released a new version of TwInbox – 2.0.1.112. This release includes one frequently requested new feature – an ability to send new-style retweets.

 

New-style retweet support

When you select a tweet and click the RT button, you will see a dialog which will let you select between the new-style and old-style retweet. It looks like this:

Select the type of retweet you want to send
Select the type of retweet

Next time you click RT, this window will remember your previous selection, so you can simply hit Enter.

Note that this retweet type selection window is only shown when you retweet tweet messages. If you hit the RT button when a regular message is selected, you will see the old-style retweet. This is because only tweets can be retweeted using the new-style RT.

Download TwInbox  (version 2.0.1.112).

We are looking forward to your feedback

As always, we are looking forward to hearing your feedback.  If you enjoy using TwInbox, please show your support by telling your friends about it. Thank you for your continued help and support in making TwInbox a success!

Do not forget to follow @TechHit to receive update notifications.

 

 

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TwInbox 2.0.1.111 release

TwInbox LogoToday we released a new version of TwInbox – 2.0.1.111. This release includes several small but important usability-enhancing features.

 

Selecting recipients and hash tags

TwInbox will remember sender names and hash tags for all messages you receive. The “Post a new Tweet” window now has buttons for picking recipients and hashtags using convenient selection dialogs. 

Click "@" or "#" to insert @recipients or #hashtags
Click "@" or "#" to insert @recipients or #hashtags

To select a recipient, click the “@” button. In the “Select a recipient” window, type a few characters of the person’s name to select it, then click OK.

Type a few letters to select a @recipient
Type a few letters to select a @recipient

 

Selecting hashtags works in a very similar fashion.

Note: In order for a tweeter user to appear in the selection window, you have to have received a tweet from them after installing this new version. The same applies to hashtags. 

Sorting retweets into recipient folders

This version also includes a small change to the way tweets are sorted into recipient-based sub-folders. (Applies only if you enable that option). Now tweets are stored in the folder for the person who retweeted it, instead of the folder for the person who sent the original tweet. This change is a result of feedback of many of you who said that you would prefer this behavior. It will only create folders for the senders you follow.

Download TwInbox 2.0.1.111

Download TwInbox 2.0.1.111.

We are looking forward to your feedback

As always, we are looking forward to hearing your feedback.  If you enjoy using TwInbox, please show your support by telling your friends about it. Thank you for your continued help and support in making TwInbox a success!

Do not forget to follow @TechHit to receive update notifications.

 

 

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Performing a location-based Twitter search in TwInbox

When you do a Twitter serach using the website, you can use the “near:” operator to find tweets related to a particular location. For example, here is how you can look for a happy hour near One Market Street in San Francisco.

Unfortunately, the “near:” operator is not supported by the Twitter search API. So when you perform a search from TwInbox, or another Twitter client, you cannot use it. However, all is not lost. There is a relatively simple workaround. You can find coordinates of (geocode) the location you are looking for, and then use the “geocode:” search operator.

Step 1 – Geocode the location

Geocoding a location is very simple. Here is an article that shows how to find latitude and longitude of a location using Google Maps. Using that method you can determine that coordinates of One Market Street in San Francisco are 37.794108,-122.39511.

Step 2 – Configure a search

Using the coordinates, you can perform the search. For example, you can use Twitter website search.

Or you can configure a search in TwInbox:

TwInbox location-based search using geocode
TwInbox location-based search using geocode

 

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How to find latitude and longitude (geocode) for any address using Google Maps

There are many scenarios that require mapping an address or location to geographic coordinates (geocoding).  For example, we had a need to do that in order to search Twitter using TwInbox. There are literally thousands of other cases that require latitude and longitude of a particular location.

There are websites out there that let you type an address and see the geocode for that address. However, they are usually limited in some way. For example, they only work within a particular country.

In this article we show you how to find geocode for any location, using Google Maps. All it takes is a few simple steps.

Step 1 – Find the location in Google Maps

Start by looking up the address or location in Google Maps. In this example, we lookup “One Market St, San Francisco, CA”.

Find address in Google Maps
Find the location in Google Maps

 

Step 2 – Click on the Link hyperlink

Click on the “Link” hyperlink in the upper-right corner of the map.

Click on the Link
Click on the Link

 

Step 3 – Click on Customize

Click on “Customize and preview embedded map”.

Click Customize and Preview
Click Customize and Preview

 

Step 4 – Find latitude and longitude (geocode)

In the preview window, scroll down to section 3 (HTML embed code). Look for the fragment that starts with “ll=”. In our example, it is “37.794108,-122.39511” (See the screenshot below). That’s it. Pretty simple!

Note: be sure you are looking for “ll=” and not for “sll=”.

 

Get latitude and longtitude
Get latitude and longitude

 

You can verify your result by entering the values back into Google Maps:

Verify your result
Verify your result

 

 

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TwInbox 2.0.0.109 release supports Favorites, new-style RT and Outlook 2010 Ribbon UI

TwInbox LogoToday we released a new version of  TwInbox – 2.0.0.109. It introduces three new features which have been subjects of many improvement suggestions from you. As always, we value your feedback and are looking forward to hearing from you in the future.

What is new in this release

  • Favorites. An ability to mark tweets as favorites and to have TwInbox fetch your favorite tweets into Outlook, like it does with other timelines. To mark a tweet as favorite, use the “*” button on the TwInbox toolbar. To have TwInbox fetch favorites, enable the corresponding option on the Account Preferences tab.
  • New-style RT. TwInbox will now fetch new-style retweet messages in your timeline. Please note that it does not support sending new-style retweets at this point.
  • Outlook 2010 Ribbon UI support. We have added a preliminary support for the new Outlook 2010 Ribbon UI. If you using Outlook 2010, you will see TwInbox controls on the “Home” tab.
  • A number of usability tweeks, performance and bug fixes

Download TwInbox 2.0

Download TwInbox 2.0.

We are looking forward to your feedback

As always, we are looking forward to hearing your feedback.  If you enjoy using TwInbox, please show your support by telling your friends about it. Thank you for your continued help and support in making TwInbox a success!

Do not forget to follow @TechHit to receive update notifications.

 

 

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Should you install 32-bit or 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010?

How to choose between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office 2010?

Microsoft Office 2010 is the first version of office that will ship in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) flavors. If you are running a 32-bit version of Windows, you can only use a 32-bit version of Office. However, on x64 Windows, you can decide to install either 32-bit Office or 64-bit Office, but not both. Microsoft has just published an article which helps you make that decision.

In short, they recommend installing the 32-bit Office, even on 64-bit Windows, unless you have special needs that require the use of 64-bit Office apps. For example, one of the cases where 64-bit helps is working with huge (over 2GB) Excel or Access files. Read the article for more information.

 

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