The Shift Blog

How to Keep Your Data Secure with Gmail Confidential Mode

What better to fight off the dangers of data-breaching technology than technology, itself? Gmail confidential mode is here, and it's about to rock our worlds.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 26 Mar, 2019

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Redesigning Your Workflow for Productivity

Productivity apps are some of the most powerful tools modern companies have. Used well, apps can streamline a company's workflow and speed up the pace of business. There is the temptation to add more and more apps until every step in a process has been automated, and you hardly need human intervention at all. The market has responded to this pressure, and now there are more apps to boost your productivity than ever before. Thousands, in fact, and more are always being developed. This can lead to overload.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 14 Mar, 2019

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How to Switch Back From Inbox for Gmail to Gmail

For four years, Google's Inbox app has single-handedly changed the way we look at email. Now, their mission is to make Gmail just as amazing - if not better. With Shift, you can seamlessly transfer from Inbox for Gmail to Gmail in seconds!

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 04 Mar, 2019

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Dropbox vs Google Drive: Which Cloud Storage Option is Right for You?

Dropbox has 500 million active users, 11 million of which pay for the service. Google Drive, on the other hand, has more than 800 million active users. If those stats tell you anything, it's that these two cloud storage providers are definitely the best of the best. But which is best for you?

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 22 Feb, 2019

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How to Get Grammarly for Chrome

One of Grammarly's biggest benefits is its number of integrations. One of its most popular applications - its Chrome extension - is now even in its Beta phase for Google Docs. It's also really simple to start using...

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 21 Feb, 2019

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How to Get Google Drive on Mac, Windows, and Linux

Google Drive might be the best invention since sliced bread, but do you know what's even better? Having Google Drive in the palm of your hand.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 15 Feb, 2019

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5 Ways to Add GIFs to Your Emails

The GIF is an interesting part of our how we’ve come to express ourselves. Equally captivating and relatable, GIFs—which is short for Graphics Interchange Format—make our conversations far more entertaining than basic text. The reason for this has everything to do with the way GIFs can more closely convey our feelings, ideas, humor, situations, etc.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 08 Feb, 2019

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Your Guide to Custom Slack Commands

Did you know that you can customize just about everything with Slack? Slash commands included...

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 29 Jan, 2019

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New Year, New Goals & 120 New Apps To Help!

We’re hitting the ground running this year with 120 new apps and updates, now available in Shift!  

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 24 Jan, 2019

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A Quick Guide to Shift Keyboard Shortcuts

Whether you’re already a productivity—or just learning the tricks of the trade— pro, there’s something so satisfying about navigating between accounts, zooming in and out, switching views, and all the rest,  all the while keeping your hands on the keyboard.

Olivia Scholes

Marketing Associate - 23 Jan, 2019

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