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Thanks for visiting!Do you know what is Skype?
For whatever reason I don’t see or hear much marketing of this great service from the media, but I do hear […]
ChaCha is a new service oriented on helping you find information without spending time on the research. The service is especially helpful, if you are on the go or visiting unfamiliar places.
Service is powered by human guides, so you may ask all kinds of questions: from “what is the origin of a certain word?” to […]
On April 2, 2008 www.amazon.com introduced a new service: Amazon TextBuyIt. This service is designed to help a mobile device users to order products by text messaging Amazon.
Here is how it works: while shopping at the a store, a shopper sees the products and wonders if he can buy it from Amazon for less. From his […]
There are many ways to get the directions to your destination before you start your trip: you may map your way by accessing www.mapquest.com site, Google Maps
maps.google.com or Yahoo Maps maps.yahoo.com sites, you may call and ask a friend, you may get Google Maps for Mobile www.google.com/mobile and be prepared for the trip, you may […]
Looking for ways to trim your expenses? Here are a few tips I found in “O” magazine.
Vacationing Strategy
If you prefer renting an apartment, instead of staying in a hotel (in Paris, for example), go to a Craiglist Paris and try to find a place there. You may rent a two bedroom apartment for a price […]
Today’s post is about scams. The one which is looming now, is very believable, so please, read an article by Jim Abrams of Associated Press.
“Even before Congress passes an economic stimulus package, identity thieves are using promises of tax rebates to trick people into revealing financial and personal data, the Internal Revenue Service warned Wednesday.
Under […]
When was the last time you visited your neighborhood library? Read the excerpts from the featured article and check your bookshelves, if needed.
“Eleven years ago, the Queens Library system, the largest in the nation by circulation, hired a professional enforcer to collect the 25-cents-a-day late fines as well as missing library materials from books to […]
Directions, that is.
Ask.com launched a new service: call in, say where you are and where you are going, and recieve a text message with a link to directions. Direction are given for driving or walking.
“Click to speak” is a free, voice activated service available to those, who have Web enabled mobile device. Program the www.ask.com […]
New year is coming and new rules are taking place, too.
As of January 1st 2008 your spare lithium batteries can’t travel in your checked baggage: “passengers are allowed to pack two spare batteries in their carry-on bag, as long as they’re in clear plastic baggies.”
“…you don’t have to worry about the batteries that are already […]
We all know what not to say to the cop, when stopped for speeding or other minor or not so infringements of the law. These phrases are not acceptable:
1. I can’t reach my license, unless you hold my beer…
2. Sorry, Officer, I didn’t realize my detector wasn’t plugged in…
3. Do you know why you’ve pulled me […]
