10 email alerts you’ll actually want in your inbox
Email is that old dog you can still teach new tricks. (Yogas Design/Unsplash/)Say what you want about email, but it has done a lot for us over the last 50 years or so—and there’s still room to grow.With the right tools, services, and apps, you can get the most out of your inbox and extend its usefulness beyond those nagging messages from your boss or the annoying updates from your local gym.1. Get Google Calendar warningsIt’s all too easy to forget birthdays, meetings, anniversaries, and dental appointments you put in your calendar months ago. So why not set up email reminders? In Google Calendar on mobile, tap an event, then the Edit icon (the pen on the top right), and choose Add notification. You can set up an email reminder one day to one week in advance, so you’ll have time to buy a present or plan accordingly.Apple Calendar also...