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Set up custom email alerts on your iPhone

Sure, you can set your iPhone to chime when you get new mail. But if you get a lot of mail, like I do, it’s not very helpful. What you really want is a notification when you get important mail from important people. So that’s just what I created, using a few Gmail filters and an iPhone app called Boxcar.

If you get a lot of mail and use a mail service with server-side rules, such as Gmail, you can do it too. Let me show you how in this week’s Macworld video tip.

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iPhone 4S Assistant Siri Does Her Beta Best

Siri, the new iPhone 4S personal assistant, is a step closer to a keyboard-free future. Larry Greenemeier reports.

One of the most talked about features on Apple’s new iPhone 4S is Siri. It’s also one of the most talked to features. That’s because Siri is a virtual personal assistant that answers your spoken questions.

Jason Snell, editorial director of Macworld, previewed Siri last month in a YouTube video. Snell asks Siri a straightforward question: “Where can I have lunch?” Siri uses the iPhone’s GPS to answer: “I found 14 restaurants whose reviews mention lunch, 12 of them are are fairly close to you.”

Then Snell throws Siri a curveball: “How about downtown?” Siri has a little trouble with this one: “I don’t know what you mean by, ‘How about downtown.’”

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