Since I posted this.. Hi! I'm Sung and I work on One Cent Movement (onecentmovement.org) where we are turning everyday transactions into opportunities to do good and Method (methodnow.com - website revamping) where we digital products/services that people enjoy using.
Hey guys, we just created a browser plugin that aims to turn everyday transactions into opportunities to give to charity. Click the link below and the big orange button to start. Your SMALL change will make a BIG difference.
A breakdown of how it works after you have downloaded the plugin.
1. Shop as usual at your favourite local online stores.
2. At checkout, you will see a pop-up option to round your purchases up to the nearest dollar.
3. Click OK and proceed to purchase your goods!
4. Once you’ve accumulated $10 worth of round-ups, you will be notified on exactly how you can make a difference in the society.
5. Give, make a difference and smile! = The world is a better place.
Push notifications from the GMail app and Mailbox are not the same as what you get with Mail.app. With Mail.app, mail is downloaded in the background and immediately available when you launch the app. With the others, you launch the app and then stare at the screen for 5 - 10 seconds while mail is downloaded.
iOS 7 is adding a feature that will allow downloading data in the background and hopefully Mailbox and the GMail app will take advantage of that. But in the meantime: fetch, get Google Apps for $5/mo, or deal with the annoying wait
I found the gmail iphone app operates very poorly with a slow or spotty internet connection. It seems that google assume everyone is connected all the time with a fast connection. With the ios mail app it can download mail in the background slowly when it can and I'm able to read it offline.
I agree that the push functionality seems to instantly notify you about incoming mail, however it doesn't seem to integrate as well with iOS. Have you been able to get email forwarding in other apps to use the Gmail app rather than trying to use Mail?
