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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
Text Messaging Actually Good for Concentration, Study Finds
The Find: If you think text messaging is a distraction for your team, think again. A new study finds workers who use text messaging at the office actually report fewer interruptions. The Source: A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University...
Tags: Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Cellular Phones, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Text Messaging, Online Communications, Jessica Stillman
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...
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
Business Pros Fail Basic Grammar
The Find: 85 percent of written correspondence among adults and business professionals contains grammatical errors. The Source: An analysis of more than 5,000 pieces of business and other writing from software firm WhiteSmoke Inc. The Takeaway: WhiteSmoke makes grammar checking software, so...
Tags: Cellular Phones, Jessica Stillman, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Adult, Text Messaging, Grammar
Blog posts 2008-05-23
Sean Rad: Evolving Online Communication
Sean Rad is a co-founder of Orgoo, a personal communications tool that organizes IM accounts, video chat, video mail, SMS and voice messaging in one place. Rad talks about how he found his target consumer base and the most valuable lessons he learned in starting a company.
Tags: Orgoo, voice messaging, SMS, video mail, video chat, personal communications, Sean Rad, Corporate Communications, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, business, company, IM
Videos 2008-04-09
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
Pay Your Taxes via Text Message
Not looking forward to the Ides of April? A new startup called Sexat ("Taxes" backwards, get it?) has worked out a deal to let you SMS your 1099s and W2s directly to the IRS—no H&R Block schmoe needed. All you have to do is follow the simple guidelines on the...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Sexat, Social Security, Taxes, Smart Phones, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Keyboards, Cellular Phones, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2008-04-01
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...
Tags: Firewall, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Call, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Online Communications, Rick Broida
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...
Tags: Web, Jott, Expense, Xpenser, E-mail, Channel Management, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Online Communications, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-02-29
'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
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
Get Localized Search Results from Google SMS
As I've mentioned before, Google SMS is a fabulous tool for fetching information from your cell phone. Just shoot a text message to 466453 GOOGLE and you can get all kinds of helpful stuff in return: flight status, business listings, weather reports, driving directions, and so on. Of course, if...
Tags: Rick Broida, Local Search, SMS, Google SMS, ZIP Code, Google Inc., Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones
Blog posts 2007-09-17
Seven Productive Uses for Text Messaging
I know countless people who never bother to send text messages from their cell phones. Some think it's a waste of time, something only teens do, while others either don't know how or don't see the value. For all those folks, Web Worker Daily offers seven ways to improve your...
Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, e-mail, Rick Broida, SMS, text messaging
Blog posts 2007-08-29
Fetch Information Fast with Google SMS
It always surprises me how few people know about Google SMS, arguably the most useful cell-phone service on the planet. If you know how to send a text message, you can retrieve a wealth of valuable information: local business listings, stock quotes, driving directions, flight status, airline contact info, language...
Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, Travel Tips, Time-Savers, SMS, Rick Broida, Google SMS, Google Inc.
Blog posts 2007-07-30
Add Google Calendar Appointments from Your Phone
If you're a Google Calendar user and by all rights you should be, here's an easy way to add new appointments when you're away from your PC: Send a text message from your phone.All you do is create an outgoing SMS with details about the event, such as "Lunch with...
Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Web Tools, Time-Savers, Google Inc., Rick Broida, phone
Blog posts 2007-07-13
Turn your phone into a BlackBerry with flipMail
You have an urgent message for your boss, but she's in an offsite meeting and you don't want to interrupt her with a phone call. Text-messaging to the rescue! Just send an e-mail to 10-digit-phone-number@teleflip.com. That's a lot faster and more convenient than pulling out your own phone and tapping...
Tags: Time-Savers, Travel Tips, e-mail, flipMail, phone, RIM BlackBerry, SMS, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, Rick Broida, SMS Format
Blog posts 2007-06-07
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