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Notes on email, work and AI
Practical writing on inbox productivity, UAE data protection, and AI at work — from the team building Taskify in Dubai.
How to turn emails into tasks in Gmail and Outlook: 5 methods
Five practical ways to turn emails into tasks, from built-in Gmail and Outlook features to AI extraction, and when each one is worth using.
How to choose an AI email assistant in the UAE: a 7-point checklist
Arabic support, PDPL, read-only access, independent security checks: seven questions to ask before you let any AI assistant into your inbox.
UAE corporate tax: the deadlines that live in your inbox
Corporate tax adds new filing and payment dates to every UAE company’s calendar. Here is what to track, and why the deadline usually slips in the email thread.
Ramadan working hours in the UAE: how to protect your inbox and your focus
Shorter days, same deadlines. A practical plan for handling email and tasks during Ramadan without dropping the ball.
Why Taskify Is CASA Verified and What It Means for Your Data
Taskify has passed Google's CASA security assessment and holds a Letter of Validation from an independent, Google-authorised lab. Here's what that means for your data.
UAE PDPL and your inbox: what compliance actually requires
A practical read of the UAE Personal Data Protection Law for teams putting AI tools anywhere near their email — consent, transfers, retention and the questions to ask a vendor.
Read-only OAuth for Gmail and Outlook: a setup guide that explains itself
What actually happens when you click "Sign in with Google", which scopes to accept, how to verify what an app can see, and how to revoke access in under a minute.
Working across Arabic and English email without losing the thread
Mixed-language threads are normal in the Gulf and terrible for every tool built elsewhere. Practical patterns for search, subject lines, and AI triage that survive both scripts.
VAT season: how compliance deadlines get lost in an inbox
Filing dates, FTA notices, supplier invoices and approval chains all arrive as email. A look at where they go missing and how to build a chain that does not break.
What AI email triage can and cannot do
An honest account of where language models genuinely help with an inbox, where they fail, and why "human sign-off on everything" is a design principle rather than a limitation.
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