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- Get Reminders, Updates, Wake-Up Calls and More from Alerts.com
- New Web service Alerts.com sends gas-price updates, traffic alerts, baseball scores, and more to your cell phone or inbox. The free service currently offers about a dozen alert choices, including a "free form" alert that lets you send yourself a reminder or any other tidbit of...
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Find Instruction Manuals for Computers, Phones, and Other Gear at SafeManuals
- Can't find the instruction manual for your BlackBerry? Your old HP LaserJet? Adobe Photoshop? Head to SafeManuals, an online repository of instructions and user guides for a whopping 900,000 products. (Okay, the actual count is 883,542, but still.) You can browse the guide database or search for...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Business Hacks Poll: Will You Buy the New iPhone?
- Unless you were on Mars yesterday, you no doubt heard that Apple unveiled the iPhone 3G. The big news: 3G connectivity, GPS-powered mapping, Exchange support, and an App Store. All that and lower prices: $199 for the 8GB model, $299 for 16GB. Not too shabby -- but is it enough to...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Price-Check Before You Buy with Frucall
- So you're standing in the aisles of your local big-box store, about to spring for a color laser printer, when you stop and think: "I wonder if can get this cheaper somewhere else." Frucall gives you price comparisons on your cell phone: Just call the service (888-DO-FRUCALL) and enter the product's...
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Get Answers to Tech Questions at FixYa
- Printer won't print? Lost the manual for your cell phone? Head to FixYa, a site that offers free tech support and troubleshooting. Getting started is a snap: Just type the name of the troublesome product or a brief description of your problem, then...
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Make Unlimited* International Calls for $9.95 Monthly with Skype
- Speaking of international communications (see David's recent post about free overseas text-messaging), Skype just announced a plan that offers unlimited international calling to 34 countries for just $9.95 per month. That could save small businesses a small fortune. For those unfamiliar with it, Skype is a PC-based...
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Add iPhone-Style Web Browsing to Your Windows Mobile Smartphone
- Windows Mobile smartphone users, suffer iPhone envy no more: Makayama's TouchBrowser brings finger-operated Web browsing to your device. As you can see in the above video, TouchBrowser effectively duplicates the iPhone browsing experience on Windows Mobile handsets (touchscreen models only, natch). Well, partially: You don't get multi-touch...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Get Subway and Bus Directions on Your Phone with HopStop
- You already know you can get driving directions via Google SMS, but what if you're on foot in a big city and want to get around via public transportation? Enter HopStop, a free service that lets you access subway and bus directions using only your cell...
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Block Unwanted Calls with Call Firewall (Windows Mobile)
- Feel like you're drowning in a deluge of phone calls? If you're a Windows Mobile smartphone user, you can block unwanted calls with Call Firewall. Compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and 6, this utility lets you configure your phone to handle calls in several different ways. For...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Track Your Expenses with Xpenser
- Web-based Xpenser aims to take the hassle out of expense-tracking. The free service lets you submit expenses via e-mail, instant message, text message, Twitter, or even Jott. With so many options, it should be no trouble to record expenses no matter where you are. After signing up and...
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Business Hacks Poll: What Kind of Smartphone Do You Use?
- When you hit the road, what kind of smartphone rides shotgun? Are you packing a BlackBerry? Rocking an iPhone? Talking on a Treo? (Okay, enough with the weak alliteration.) Satisfy our insatiable curiosity and vote in our latest poll. Then answer the big question: Do you like your...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- 10 Essential Numbers to Keep in Your Cell Phone
- Every now and then it's a good idea to update your cell phone address book, deleting old numbers, reorganizing your speed-dial, and so on. While you're at it, follow Marc and Angel's recommendations for 10 handy numbers to keep in your phone. For example, find a local locksmith and add...
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Turn Your Cameraphone Into a Productivity Tool
- If your cell phone has a camera built in, you can use it for more than just the occasional snapshot of the kids and dog. Indeed, you can put it to productive use during your workday, especially when you're traveling. Here's how: Remember where you parked. When you...
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Add Voice Dialing to Your Treo or Centro with VoiceDialIt
- Much as I love my Palm Centro smartphone (and before that, my Treo 650), it's almost criminal that it doesn't support voice dialing. Thankfully, there are several third-party utilities that add that coveted capability. From now until December 31, you can get VoiceDialIt for $15.95, a savings of 9 bucks...
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Use Jott to Add Events to Google Calendar
- Beep-boop-boop, beep-boop-boop-beep. Ring. Ring. "Welcome to Jott. Who do you want to Jott?" "Google Calendar." "Beep." "Meet Dave for lunch at Panera tomorrow at 12:30." In much the same way you can...
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- Daily Download: EverNote (Windows)
- EverNote for Windows lets you create notes and to-do lists, import and manage cameraphone photos, capture Web clips, and more. In short, it's a robust note-taking and document-organization tool, one that's especially useful for Tablet PC users. Normally it runs $49.95, but you can get it free of charge if...
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Send Your Questions to Business Hacks!
- You've got questions -- we've got an inbox! Wondering how to choose a smartphone? Where to look for cheap airfares? How to stay productive during these cold winter months? Maybe you've got an office-tech dilemma you're unable to solve. Send us your questions, and you might just see the answer...
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- A Hotspot That Goes Where You Go
- Remember the CradlePoint CTR-350 Cellular Travel Router, which leverages your broadband USB modem to create a go-anywhere Wi-Fi hotspot? The WAAV AirBox CM3 does more or less the same thing, except that it packs its own 3G modem. In other words, it's a hotspot-in-a-box -- or, if you prefer, an...
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- What's In Your Carry-On Bag?
- Calling all road warriors! Business Hacks wants to know what gear goes where you go. What are your travel staples, your must-have accessories for flights, train rides, even road trips? Here's a sampling of the stuff I pack when I'm headed to the airport: Palm Centro The...
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Five Killer Apps for Palm Centro (and Treo) Smartphones
- In case you missed yesterday's announcement, Palm just unveiled a new smartphone: the Centro, which goes on sale in two weeks for the tantalizing price of $99 (with a two-year Sprint contract). Like its big brother, the Treo, the Centro runs the Palm Operating System, meaning it's compatible with thousands...
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
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