In this release

• small bug fixes
• workflow changes in Team Collaboration
• Improved usability for Notifications stream
• Drag and Drop file attachments now in Message Preview

Guest Post: Toby Ruckert (CEO and Founder of Unified Inbox) Reposted from "Toby's Blog"

When Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, sends a memo about the "myth of working from home", the blogosphere reacts. There have been many articles published in recent days on Yahoos declaration of a ban on the remote working culture the company had so feverishly promoted in the years before. One such article that seems to sum up the position of many of those writing simply states: "After years of predictions, why is working from home not the norm?"

In this release

• roll back of 'undo' functionality (with exception of 'undo send')

I've just had a real life lesson on what information overload is. It's 20 instant messages. 5 text messages. 15 phone calls to return. 100 work emails. 10 social network messages. 12 social network status updates. 11 pieces of junk mail. Last but not the least minutes from the previous meetings and time schedule for the new meeting.

I'm pretty sure that counts as information overload!

2012 has been an exceptional year for Unified Inbox. The team, based around the globe, released a significant product upgrade that attracted over 3000 users to its open beta. And yet, we've recently made the decision to move back to Private Beta. Which begs the question – why?

Everybody loves going on holiday. It gives you a chance to leave the stresses of your normal everyday working life behind and the well-deserved chance to relax. Or does it?

Having read many times of people returning from vacation to find an overflowing inbox, I started to dread returning home from my upcoming holiday. A large proportion of my work is through email and I feared returning to hundreds of messages with no idea which were important, so I started looking for ways to solve this problem. Having read many blogs on the subject I was amazed to find the answer closer to home.

Email stress is the latest in a long line of stresses that seem to plague our modern lives. It is plaguing the lives of the self-employed and the employed. We've seen studies conducted by the Glasgow University and University of California, Irvine which show that people who check their emails frequently are under tremendous stress compared to those who don't.

Unified Inbox is sponsoring the Palmerston North Startup Weekend on the 24th of August and here are our reasons why. We see startup events as a key part in developing a thriving startup ecosystem in New Zealand and beyond. They are the risk-free, well-supported playground that allows our fledging entrepreneurs the chance to flex their wings before they take flight and create benefits that all of us will reap in coming years.

It is a fact that people love to talk about other people and they also show a great interest in hearing about the business of other people. It's simply human nature. Recently, I had the opportunity of watching an American movie named 'Gossip' directed by Davis Guggenheim. Though it had nothing to do with work email gossip, it showed how a rumor or gossip that is nurtured and dispersed efficiently can become a mighty weapon. If you are working in an organization, think  for a moment how gossipy emails effect you and the morale of your team members.