Gmail Rolls Out Awesome Priority Inbox Setting

Drowning in mail that's not junk but definitely isn't important? You're not alone.
Spam isn't the only thing that clogs up your inbox. Because only a fraction of the emails we get are high priority, they're sometimes lost in the barrage of regular emails that we get. Google is trying to fix that with a new feature that sorts your important, high priority emails that need addressing straight away from the not so important correspondence that you can probably take a few days to get back to.
Dubbed the Priority Inbox, the beta feature acts sort of like a turbo spam filter, learning your Gmail habits by looking at what emails you read and who you frequently respond to. It then splits your inbox into three sections, showing the most important in the first, top section. Underneath that are your starred emails, and under that is an 'everything else' inbox with all your regular emails. You can also add more boxes to this (such as 'unread and important') and tweak a number of other Priority Inbox settings.

Obviously it doesn't get everything right, but it's reportedly pretty accurate. If it does mislabel something, all you have to do is mark it unimportant/important yourself (by clicking the little yellow label seen above) and all mail going forward will be affected by your interferance. The more you use it, the more accurate it will become.
You should see Priority Inbox hit your Gmail in the next week or so as Google is rolling it out to all users. Let us know what you think!

Easypaisa Launches ‘International Home Transfer’ Service

Tameer Microfinance Bank and Telenor Pakistan made another addition to the bouquet of easypaisa services with the launch of ‘International Home Transfer’ in collaboration with Xpress Money, UK.

This service adds on international home remittances receiving facility in Pakistan.

Microsoft Announces Price Hikes for Xbox Live

Bad news for Xbox Live users as Microsoft has announced a price increase for the service.
Microsoft's Larry Hryb, known to the Xbox Live community as Major Nelson, today announced that Redmond would be increasing the price for Xbox Live Gold members by an additional ten dollars. This brings the price for a yearly membership from $50 to $60 for U.S. gamers.
The good news is that the changes don't apply to all countries. The bad news is that they do apply to the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. All the changes are listed in the tablet below and will come into effect on November 1, 2010.

Major Nelson went on to say that those affected by the price hike might want to lock in their current price by renewing now. Doing so will get an additional discount, so click through to renew.

Microsoft Investing Billions in Windows Phone 7

Microsoft is hoping to give Windows Phone 7 the start it needs by pumping about a billion dollars into the launch.

Microsoft is investing a huge amount of time and effort in Windows Phone 7, that much is obvious. But it looks like the company is going to spend two boatloads of money on it too. Rumor has it, Redmond will be sinking at least half a billion dollars on Windows Phone 7 advertising along with payments to developers and handset manufacturers to ensure all is as it should be when the operating system launches.

Google Files for Trademark On SpeedBook Computer Hardware

Is Google working on a Netbook for Chrome OS?

Google is targeting netbooks and notebooks with its new, lightweight operating system, Chrome OS. However, it seems the company could soon venture into the hardware side of things, as a recent trademark filed by the search giant indicates the company's interest in the term 'speedbook'.
BNet reports that Google last week filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Application Office for a trademark on the name 'Speedbook' for computer hardware. Editor Erik Sherman points out that through you can patent a product without having to actually produce it, a trademark application must be linked to a product or service that is launching in the reasonably near future.