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GMail has a wide reach throughout the world. A regular GMail user instead of using a desktop client for tweeting can choose TwitterGadget over a wide variety of clients available.Why should the user do that? Because having Twitter inside GMail is just awesome. TwitterGadget is a simple text box that sits on the lower left corner of the GMail window below the chat list. Most users keep their GMail open in a tab everytime they are online. So, when they need to tweet something all they need to do is go to GMail and tweet from there. Checking your mails and tweeting - both done in a single open tab! Aint it simple?

How to install Twitter Gadget inside GMail?

Installing TwitterGadget inside GMail is quite simple. Just follow the steps mentioned below.

1) Navigate to the 'Settings' section on Gmail and press 'Labs' tab!

2) Enable "Add any gadget by URL". This is a really useful tool which enables the user to add external gadgets to their GMail account similar to iGoogle.

The gadget may appear too small at the beginning and you may even start doubting whether you can properly tweet from it. But, there are an awesome lot of functionalities you may not even imagine. The 'Advanced Section' shows that you can almost modify everything in the gadget. The user can choose a variety of themes for the gadget or one can even choose to bring in his/her own Twitter.com profile colours here. The height of the gadget can be increased.

Keyboard shortcuts can be enabled/disabled. I find this shortcuts to be another awesome functionality in this gadget. Listing down the few basic shortcuts for easy tweeting:

Keyboard shortcuts:

The user can also view the trending topics, saved searches or their own statistics from the gadget too. I find TwitterGadget to be really really cool because I used to have my GMail window open whenever I am online. For me, TwitterGadget really paves a way for easy tweeting. You go, TwitterGadget.

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TwInbox is a life-saving tool for Microsoft Outlook users. An Outlook user probably keeps it open at all time. So, in case if you are a power Outlook and Twitter user as well, just forget the need to use any other Twitter client to post your tweets. TwInbox seamlessly integrates Twitter into Outlook. TwInbox is a perfect Twitter client for any Outlook user from a Twitter newbie to a business professional.

TwInbox serves as an addon for Outlook and once it is installed into Outlook, TwInbox lets you to update, reply, search, and archive your Twitter messages right from your Outlook inbox. Prior to doing all this, after installation, the user has to enter his Twitter credentials. Also, it would be better if the user creates a new folder for placing incoming Twitter messages. The really interesting feature is the ability to track keywords with a search term and filter through those messages locally.

Drilldown:

Download TwInbox here. (Very minimalistic size of 490kb, so just give it a try!)

Twittermail is a really useful service which helps the user to post to Twitter by sending an email. Login is using Twitter user ID and password. Once the user has logged into Twitter, they are supplied with a specific Twittermail email address. The Twittermail email id is unique for each and every user, hence it must be kept confidential.

Features:

Post to Twitter:

Send a message to your secret Twittermail id, which will be posted as a tweet in your timeline. Leave the subject line empty for a normal message.

Send photos:

Send a photo in email as an attachment, which will be posted in your timeline using Twitpic.

Recieve @ replies:

When a user sends you an @ reply, the message will be sent directly to your email id.

Recive the recent timeline:

Send an email with the subject 'Friends' or 'f', you will be sent a message with the last 20 posts from all your friends.

Send a loooooooooong tweet: (Innovative!)

Now, you need not worry about the 140-character limit in Twitter. When you send an email longer than 140 characters, the full message will be kept in Twittermail itself and only the first 140 characters of the message will be posted in Twitter with a 'Read More' link at the end.

Send tweets for the future: (Innovative!)

When the user has to post a particular tweet only after a while, all the user has to do is to include that particular time in the Subject of the email.

Twitter down? Use Twittermail: (Innovative!)

When you need to post a tweet very urgently, but everytime you try it says Twitter is down. It would be quite frustrating eh? Dont worry. Just send an email containing your message to Twittermail. Your tweet will be posted as soon as Twitter comes alive.


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