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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
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
The Business Case for Mobile DRM: Implications of the DRM Technology for Actors in the Telecom Sector
DRM is a way of controlling the intellectual rights of digital content over its lifecycle. Control of digital rights enables a more widespread distribution, and further consumption of the content. Can digital rights management DRM help the 3G dreams come true? That is the underlying question in this paper. The...
Tags: Business Case, Mobile, Digital-rights Management, Telecommunications, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Telephony, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking
White papers 2002-09-01
Cutting the Wires to Enterprise Systems
A growing number of organizations are turning to wireless tools to extend the reach of their core enterprise systems. Like Chase-Pitkin, many companies are arming their sales force and technicians in the field with Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and smart phones that enable them to place orders, view schedules and...
Tags: WLAN, Penton Media Inc., Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Smart Phones, PDAs, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Handhelds, Hardware
White papers 2004-05-01
Text Message Advertising: Response Rates and Branding Effects
The development of internet-based mobile electronic commerce mcommerce has been slow, but commercial applications for text messages have developed rapidly. This paper explores the role of SMS or text message advertising. Although SMS advertising is strictly a form of telemarketing, it shares features with e-mail marketing and mcommerce. An analysis...
Tags: Advertisement, SMS, Henry Stewart Publications, SMS Advertising, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Telemarketing, Branding, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Marketing, Marketing Research
White papers 2005-02-16
Global Telecommunications Financial Performance Tracker
Throughout the world, as companies face up to the implications of massive investments in 3G, fiber and other technologies at a time of sustained price competition, they are beginning to address a number of questions. What is their core business - is it owning and operating high volume, low margin...
Tags: KPMG International, Telephony, 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
White papers 2005-10-25
Casting a Wider Net
While both traditional wireless local area networks WLANs and mesh nets have limited range, mesh technology can be easily and cost-effectively expanded to cover a lot of ground. Experts say the networks can provide coverage over a few thousand square feet - or dozens of square miles. Unlike conventional radio...
Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., WLAN, Cell Phone, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
White papers 2005-01-05
Booty Call: How Marketeers Can Cross Into Wireless Space
Opportunities to make an impact in the SMS space will never be better. The widely deployed mobile text messaging technology offers a fertile channel for communicating with interactivity-hungry 15-24 year olds through innovative campaigns and strategies. Puca is at the forefront of developing compelling application in this area. When the...
Tags: Text Messaging, SMS, IndusMobile, Puca, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
White papers
SMS Wrks: Marketing and Promotions
While new business will certainly be created in wireless space, under the present arrangements, the most obvious area in which SMS may be useful to a wide range of companies is in marketing and promotion. A recent study by wireless services company, Quios, discovered a very ready acceptance of advertising...
Tags: Marketing, SMS, Promotion, IndusMobile, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
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