Find Out Who You're Dealing With - Automatically

This neat little application allows Gmail users to instantly find information about people with whom you're exchanging emails. And display that information right alongside the email itself.

Rapportive extracts information from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and a number of other sources. An overview of this information is then displayed in a panel on the right hand side of your email in-box.You can even request a "connection" with your correspondent right there and then.

If there is more than one email address in a message, simply float your mouse pointer over any alternative address to get information on that person.

Twitter fanatic? You can follow, reply, and retweet all without leaving Gmail!

There are also a number of extensions available - called Raplets -  these allow your Rapportive side bar to pull in information from a number of 3rd Party applications including MailChimp, BatchBook and CruchBase.

  

As from July, you can even use Rapportive when you are composing an email. This allows you to enhance relationships with your correspondents by mentioning items from their latest posts on Twitter and Facebook.

Write Better Emails With Rapportive

For busy Gmail users, this product is a must have. Download Rapportive at http://rapportive.com/install

Easy, Secure Access To All Those Pesky Passwords

KeyPass is secure password storage software with a range of easy-to-use features.

The software and passwords reside on your own PC and are secured by advanced encryption. A master password provides access to the password details. But don't ever forget the master password because even KeyPass themselves can retrieve it for you!

This product makes it really easy to manage the wide range of passwords we all need today to secure information and resources. There is even random password generator if you can't be bothered to make up your own passwords.

Passwords can be organised into groups to make them easy to locate. You can even cut and paste passwords from the KeyPass display, saving you the hassle of re-typing (or mistyping) them when they're needed.

You can download KeyPass from http://keepass.info/download.html