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Gifts from Google

Wardell — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:04:08 +0000

When I returned home from vacation last month there was a package waiting for me. I wasn’t expecting any purchases to be delivered so I had no idea what it could be, upon closer inspection I found that it was from Google and then I remembered I’d opted in for a free gift from Google [...]

Just Upgraded to Google Voice

Wardell — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:10:39 +0000

I’ve just upgraded my GrandCenteral account to GoogleVoice while watching an episode of 24 on Hulu. For those of you who may not know GrandCenteral is a service best known for its ability to simultaneously froward calls to a number of other phones which you specify (home, office, mobile, etc) allowing you to answer [...]

Avatar Services

Wardell — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:10:35 +0000

An avatar is a computer user’s representation of himself/herself or alter ego (Wikipedia 2008). There are many sites on the web where users can upload or create avatars for use on the web, here are a few that I find note worthy. Gravatar is a service provided by Automattic the same good people who bring you [...]

Send SMS Messages from Gmail

Wardell — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:28:24 +0000

Another Gmail Labs feature has been added today, the ability to send SMS messages from Gmail chat. This is a feature which Google had planed to enable a few weeks ago but the development team encountered some problems. You can read more about the new feature here. Related posts:Gmail Task Just Upgraded to Google Voice Simply the Best [...]

Gmail Task

Wardell — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:21:53 +0000

Gmail Task Google has recently added a Task application to Gmail which allows you to create task list as well as convert emails to task items, to add it simply log into your Gmail account, click on the settings link, then click on the Labs tab at the top of the settings box, and click on [...]

Static Page Update Alerts

Wardell — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:54:57 +0000

Have you ever wanted to track changes to a specific page on a web site but didn’t know how? Well now you’re in luck: enter ChangeDetection.com. Change Detection is the simplest way I’ve come across to get updates from feedless web pages. You can set up your alerts on a page by page basis and chose [...]