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Get Organized With Remember the Milk
Looking for a good Web-based task-management app ? You might want to check out Remember the Milk RTM. The folks at Black Belt Productivity rave: "Remember the Milk is an excellent task management app that excels with its use of tagging and smart lists through the use of its...
Tags: Telephony, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, CC Holland, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS
Blog posts 2008-07-29
How to Send Free Text Messages on Your iPhone
If your iPhone service plan doesn't include text messages or you routinely burn through your monthly allotment, here's a trick for getting unlimited SMS without spending a penny. In a nutshell, you install the iPhone AIM client iTunes link, then add new AIM contacts in your desktop instant-messaging program (iChat, AIM,...
Tags: Rick Broida, Networking, Personal Technology, Digital Media, Digital Music, Cellular Phones, Instant Messaging, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, AOL Instant Messenger, Apple iPhone, Internet, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics
Blog posts 2008-07-15
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...
Tags: Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Alert, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-06-19
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...
Tags: SMS, Barcode, Frucall, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-05-29
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...
Tags: Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Smart Phones, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, SMS, Direction, Phone, Online Communications, Networking, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-04-04
'Too Much Information' Costs $650 Billion Annually
Research firm, Basex has declared 2008 the "Year of Information Overload," and to add a cherry to the top of that sundae, they say $650 billion in productivity was lost in 2006 due to email, SMS messages, and IMs. One could guess it was even higher in 2007 (no thanks...
Tags: Jonathan Haeber, Internet, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sundae, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Networking, E-mail
Blog posts 2007-12-30
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...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Google Calendar, Jott, Google Inc., Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-12-05
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...
Tags: HotSpot, Modem, AirBox, Wireless LANs, Modems, Wi-Fi, Wireless, GPS, 3G, Ethernet, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Networking, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-11-07
Is GOOG-411 better than Google SMS?
Both Rick and I have pointed out the great newish Google products for cellphones: 1-800-GOOG-411 and Google SMS. Deciding which one to use is more than a matter of preferring to talk or use your thumbs, though. I use GOOG-411 when I'm driving or walking and need...
Tags: Google Inc., Google SMS, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, David Goldenberg, Goog-411
Blog posts 2007-10-05
Organize Your Travel Itinerary with TripIt
The more you travel, the tougher it gets to keep track of all your flights, hotels, car rentals, and other reservations. TripIt keeps everything organized under one roof, and without all the hassles of manually entering the details. All you do is forward the confirmation e-mails you...
Tags: Cellular Phones, Productivity, E-mail, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, TripIt, Itinerary, Rick Broida, Online Communications, Networking, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
Blog posts 2007-09-20
Cellcom Israel Ltd. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Instructions. The first question is from Tom Ehrlich of RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Tom Ehrlich - RBC Capital Markets Hi, Amos and Yaacov, congratulations on another good and steady quarter of performance. I have a few questions. The first one is, can you provide us...
Tags: Revenue, Growth, Call Transcript, Video, Israel, Earnings, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Corporate Communications, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Operational Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Networking, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Celsis International Plc.
Earnings calls 2009-11-16
EchoStar's Ergen Hands Off CEO Post; Will Stay On As Chairman
Charlie Ergen (pictured, left) is handing off his duties as president and CEO of satellite TV company EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) to returning exec Michael Dugan. Ergen will stay on as chairman, a post he also holds at Dish Network, which spun off EchoStar in January 2008. Dugan serves on...
Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., Dugan, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, TV, Satellite, David Kaplan
External links 2009-11-18
Prisa ready to extend Digital Plus stake sale
Prisa, Spain's biggest media group, is in talks with other potential investors in Digital Plus, after agreeing last week to sell part of its satellite television business to Telef by Financial Times
Tags: Satellite, Satellite Television, Satellite TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Financial Times
External links 2009-11-29
Karmazin: Sirius XM Could Team Up With WorldSpace
Over the last year, Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) has come to the rescue of two satellite radio companies: the U.S. dominant Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) and WorldSpace, which is biggest in Asia and Africa. So, it only makes sense that Sirius XM and WorldSpace may work together in some...
Tags: Team, WorldSpace, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, Satellite Radio, IPO, Digital Music, Litigation, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing, Networking, Media & Publishing, Radio, Money, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-30
Microsoft Launches A Twitter-Like Service In China
At least for now, Twitter has pretty much locked up the microblogging market in the U.S., but a couple of big players seem to think they can still get traction in some foreign countries. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is launching a Twitter-like service in China, IDG News Service reports. The...
Tags: China, Twitter Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Microsoft Windows, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Microsoft, MSN, Countries, Asia, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-12-02
Ericsson still has mountain to climb
Over the summer, Hans Vestberg climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak - which may be good preparation for his next job. As Ericsson's incoming chief executive, he has the task of keeping the Swedish company at its peak - maintaining its position as the world's largest manufacturer of mobile...
Tags: Mobile Network, Mobile, Network, Ericsson Inc., Services Unit, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Company News, Financial Times
News items 2009-12-06
@ UBS Media Week: AT&T's De La Vega On The Defense
Maybe Ralph de la Vega would have delivered the same presentation to investors and analysts at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference without Verizon’s clever—sometimes brutal—ad campaign targeting network quality. Maybe, but I doubt it. De la Vega came out swinging on the subject, shifting between boasting about...
Tags: AT&T Corp., UBS AG, Keyboards, 3G, Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Mobile, Events, UBS Media Week, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-12-09
TechHome Broadband: The Teleworker's Guide
With the World Wide Web, it is easy to find and buy an obscure item from a vendor halfway across the world, or search for the best price on a new car. But in the beginning, access to the Internet was stymied by slow "dial up" connections using old-fashioned telephone...
Tags: Broadband, Consumer Electronics Association, Broadband Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Personal Technology
White papers 2004-04-22
Truncated Power Control in Code-Division Multiple-Access Communications
This paper analyzes the performance of truncated power control in a code-division multiple-access CDMA communication system. This power control scheme compensates for propagation gain above a certain cutoff fade depth. It assumes a channel with fast Rayleigh fading and slow lognormal shadowing plus path loss, where truncated power control is...
Tags: IEEE, Performance Management, Cellular Phones, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Networking
White papers 2000-05-01
The Theatre Independent Tactical Army and Air Force Network (TITAAN) Solution: A Cisco Intelligent Network White Paper
This white paper describes the concept of a military mobile communication network as accomplished by the TITAAN project. It includes a short description of the operational context that made the development of TITAAN necessary, followed by an explanation of the global technical concept of TITAAN and information about future system...
Tags: Network, Air Force, Mobile Communication, Cisco Systems Inc., Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
White papers 2004-03-12
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