Originally posted 2009-01-13 10:18:34. I have featured a few ways before to make free calls to the US and other international countries before. And trust me, there’s a lot of websites that offer such services. I just found a cool one named CallingAmerica.com. CallingAmerica.com looks promising and unique as it doesn’t require you to download [...]
Tech Deals of the Day 04-13-11
on April 13, 2011 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals
Some very cool savings that caught my eye today Apple earphones w/remote & Mic for $2.99 Kindle Lighted Leather Cover – Amazon Warehouse deals Shimano Xtreme Fishing for Wii – $9.09 with free shipping Kodak PlaySport (Zx3) HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera Bundle (Black) – $139.99 with free shipping (Free Remote, Tripod + 4GB SDHC [...]
Stream Movies, Music From Desktop to iPhone, iPad, Android with Plex
on April 13, 2011 in Apple, Featured, Household, Mac Freeware, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows Freeware
I have used a couple of media servers to stream my movies and music collection from my desktop to our Sony Playstation 3 and watch it in our big screen TV. TVersity and PS3 Media Server have worked well for their purpose. I have also dabbled with XMBC a little. However, with our 2 week [...]
Find Free eBooks and Price Drops for Amazon Kindle
on April 12, 2011 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tablets, Web Apps
Regardless of the success of Apple iPad and other ebook readers, Amazon Kindle continues to do well. With Amazon announcing an even lower priced ad-supported version of Kindle, this space is getting hotter by the day. If you already own a Kindle, you may easily find New York Best Sellers and other popular books. But, [...]
How to Backup WordPress to Dropbox?
on April 11, 2011 in Blogging, Dropbox, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps, WordPress
If you haven’t heard of Dropbox I highly recommend checking it out. If you are already a reader of our Dropbox hacks, you are going to love this one too. Dropbox is a file sync service that seamlessly syncs your files across PC, Mac, Linux, and other mobile devices like iPhone, Android phones, iPad, etc [...]
Deal: Logitech 720p Webcam C310 $29.99 Shipped
on April 8, 2011 in Digital Cameras, Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals
Amazon has the Logitech 720p Webcam C310 for $29.99 shipped. It has a 4.5 star user rating. Fluid 720p HD video recording and video calling in 16:9 widescreen Vibrant 5 MP photos One-click upload to Facebook and YouTube Auto light correction for dim and harsh lighting, and built-in noise-cancelling mic Works with Logitech Vid HD, [...]
Best Minimalist Chrome Extensions
on April 7, 2011 in Google, Google Chrome
Most web apps attract us with their simplicity and minimalism in the interface. Take Gmail, Google Calendar, Facebook, etc. However, as time passes by most providers start adding features to the interface sometimes bordering on cluttered. How can you customize the interface so they are again simple to your liking? If you are in the [...]
List of Slowest Firefox Extensions
on April 5, 2011 in Firefox, Firefox Add-ons
Mozilla has pushed the envelope with the shutdown and startup times of its Firefox 4 browser. In fact, I am really thrilled to see it match the startup times of Google Chrome. However, there are still a few Firefox add-ons that could cause a slowdown. Mozilla has taken a step to push add-on developers to [...]
Fantastic XBox 360 Console and Kinect Sensor Deal
on April 5, 2011 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Gaming, Tech Deals, XBox 360
Amazon has the Xbox 360 4GB Console and a $50 Amazon Credit for $199.99 with free shipping. You can also get the Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures! for $139.99 and a $25 Amazon Credit with free shipping. This is a fantastic deal considering you get $75 worth of Amazon store credit which you could possibly use [...]
Amazon Launched App Store With 3800 Android Apps
on March 22, 2011 in Android, Featured, Google
Amazon has just made a play in the mobile apps market with their own App Store. They are hoping to be the iTunes equivalent of Android apps. What is interesting is that Google has their own Android Marketplace that the current Android users are used to downloading apps from. Amazon AppStore can be downloaded by [...]
Download Firefox 4.0 Now – Update Coming Tomorrow
on March 21, 2011 in Firefox, Windows, Windows Freeware
Mozilla has announced that their next big release – Firefox 4 is coming tomorrow. However, if you would like to grab the final Firefox 4.0 public version now you do so now. Download Firefox 4.0 If that server is overloaded, you can also try to download it from here.
Book a Hotel Room With a View with Room77
on March 21, 2011 in Featured, Web Apps
How many times have you booked a hotel room and wished it had a better view out the window? Room77.com is a new hotel room search engine service that lets you find hotel rooms with views. Room77 has a database of around half a million hotel rooms in 2500 properties. Most of the hotels in [...]
Don’t Just Check Weather, See History Too
on March 17, 2011 in Web Apps
Living in Michigan, checking weather has become second nature to me as it changes so often here. Last week it was below freezing and today it’s going to hit 60F. I usually check Weather Underground or Weather.com to get my update. I also have the Weather Channel iPhone app to check it on the go. [...]
Find Website Loading Times at 50 Locations
on March 15, 2011 in Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
I am usually checking how fast our sites are loading anytime we make major changes to the sites. I just came across a cool website that can show how fast a webpage loads from 50 different locations. Loads.in is a very nice looking website that shows hos fast a website loads. It runs through different [...]
WordPress as a Development Platform [Video]
on March 15, 2011 in Tips & Tricks, WordPress
This is something I have been aiattemptng haphazardly through various websites. I really liked this presentation from Japheth Thomson at WordCamp Melbourne. { Via WPCandy – Japheth }
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