I believe that everybody knows how important backing up online data is. I truly understand that storing an extra copy of online data is not a basic thing to do but an essential task that everyone should be aware of. The existence of different social media applications and online accounts have boomed the internet and more people rely on it. Google’s services for example is such a great thing, having a free gmail account, free blog and a free office tool(google docs)  is a great blessing. Although I haven’t experienced any problems with regards to data loss in using different google applications and other web applications provided by different companies, I always make sure that I have an online backup of my data. The only problem with this is that organizing it is such a hassle. The good thing is that there’s now a solution for a hassle free backup management.

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I was thinking if Google was playing on this one but realizing that the feature has been in G-Labs for almost a year now ruled out my suspicions about this idea. And I think the word “Idea” is not the proper term for use since it’s officially launch last December 7 according to  Gmail’s Blog. The technology is now existing and it’s all thanks to Gears and the programmers behind Gmail’s offline mode.  It requires an installation of Offline Gmail and that’s where Gears will be installed in your computer. After that, you’ll be able to use the usual Gmail interface and use the basics of reading, organizing, searching and writing without an internet connection. Continue reading →