May 15, 2010
There are a few free iPhone apps that allow iPhone users to connect with each other for free, using a functionality very similar to the much coveted Blackberry Messenger, like Ping! Lite and Whatsapp. The latest free app to hit the iTunes App Store makes it easy to keep in touch with all of your [...]
April 29, 2010
Perhaps you have taken the plunge and established your Twitter persona after hearing so much about the incredible growth of this social networking application. Now it’s time for you to track how much of your own voice has grown on the Web through Twitter. Maybe you wish to know how many others are retweeting what [...]
April 26, 2010
My favorite thing about free products is the price – usually. SMSBackup for Android is an exception to this rule because I would pay real money in a heartbeat for an application as simple, efficient, and useful as this has proven to be to me. What this Android app does is allows me to back [...]
March 5, 2010
In the first part of this article, we presented various ways for you to stay social on your regular cell phone thanks to SMS. SMS services abound nowadays and can make your regular mobile phone as reliable as smartphones without even the need for a data plan. It all depends on whether you’re aware of [...]
January 29, 2010
As I said in my previous article about Using Your Cell Phone to Survive in the Wilderness, the reason why cell phones make for such good universal tools is because they are always with us. Rarely do I leave the house without mine, and when I do, I feel naked. They’ve become part of us. [...]
August 19, 2009
With SMS messages becoming a key utility in today’s modern world, we are finding ourselves sending more and more of them. But the telecommunications industry is charging a fairly high price on 160 characters. So what can we do about it? We can send SMS messages for free, or for a very low price by [...]
August 4, 2009
What’s the worst thing that can happen to us internet users next to a virus strike or a hard disk crash? All those who have gone through the woes and throes of losing a password will agree that it ranks alongside the other mind numbing strikes. And when the lost password is of a principal [...]
May 27, 2009
I forget stuff. This is a fact. There is no way around it, my short term memory is shot ““ plain and simple! So, services like remindd (love that name!) are made for people like me! I set reminders in my calendar, I tape post its to my mirror ““ anything I can do, I [...]
May 4, 2009
Want to learn how you can become a hero some day? Try using the new mobile Amber Alerts that are available for mobile phones across the world. When I was a kid, I remember dreaming about being a superhero. Then, as I got older, I was content with become a police officer – I mean, [...]
March 25, 2009
