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Living as we do in the 21st Century, we're surrounded by laser cats and killer robots, exactly the way you'd expect. But surprisingly, many people still exchange personal information via cardstock business cards. Now you can use Contxts to send your personal information via SMS to anyone's cell ...
If you routinely use Gmail to send e-mail, you know what a hassle it can be to create a new message when you're in the middle of something else. You have to switch to a new tab, go to Gmail, click Compose, and so on. Who's got time for all that? I don't know about you, but I'm a busy man! GmailTh...
Second only to the Motor Vehicle office as the target of cruel jokes, the Post Office probably doesn't really deserve its reputation. After all, what other branch of the government has gone to such great lengths to embrace the digital age for the convenience of its customers? For example: Did you kn...
Ever wonder if the "Twitterverse" is talking about you, your company, your blog, etc? Whether the buzz is positive or negative, it's obviously in your best interests to read all about it. And now you can: BackTweets finds Twitter conversations related to any URL you specify. But there's an even bett...
Ever wish you could have the same phone number for the rest of your life? And that you could make that number ring your home office, work office, and/or mobile phone at the same time? That's the idea behind GrandCentral, a much-loved service that Google acquired way back in 2007. And after a seeming...
No matter who you are or where you are on the corporate ladder, you probably have some opportunities to delegate. Nonetheless, you might choose to do it all yourself, either because you're intimidated by the thought of delegating or there's a deceptive sense of satisfaction at doing the work yoursel...
You can't put all the world's knowledge in that report you're writing, so you'd like to point to a few related Web sites. Good idea. Rather than reproducing the URL and making people copy and paste it themselves, you'd like to make it a real link, putting those resources just a click away. But you d...
Remember the Acer Aspire One netbook? It's the one I wrote about in my Netbook Diaries travelogue. Well, you know a gadget is popular when "modders" start going to work on it. And over at the tnkgrl Mobile blog, you can find a four-part series on modding the Aspire One. You won't believe some of the...
Tethering is the act of linking your phone to your laptop for high-speed Internet access. TetherBerry brings tethering to the BlackBerry, effectively turning your handset into a wireless modem. Palm and Windows Mobile users have long enjoyed this capability thanks to apps like USB Modem and PDAne...
Want to spend less time hunting for commands in the Office 2007 ribbon? Then watch the exclusive Business Hacks video after the jump (for best results, switch to full-screen mode) to learn how to add your favorite commands to the toolbar that's right next to the big Office button. Some f...
The old laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, and scanners are piling up in the back corner, but getting rid of them at the local recycling center usually costs money. That's why it warms my heart that almost every day it seems another retailer is getting into the recycling business. This ti...
Arguably the most remarkable thing about the LaCie itsaKey is that no one thought of it before. Put simply, it's a USB flash drive that's shaped like a key, meaning it's a perfect addition to your keyring. But there's something even more surprising about this nifty bit of portable storage. Find o...
Now that every person with a browser and an idea has staked a corner of the Web, it seems impossible for a business owner to stand out from the crowd. With that in mind, Internet-marketing company HubSpot has prepared four videos and an e-book designed to help you "get found" online. Here's how to g...
Losing your Windows password is the most catastrophic tech problem I can imagine, second only, perhaps, to losing my iPhone with Halle Berry's phone number on it. Windows itself makes no allowances for forgotten passwords, except to warn you that it's a bad idea. But there are many ways you can find...
What do you get if you take a social networking site like Facebook, but then, instead of endless 25 Things lists and Scrabulous games, build in a way for members to post and bid on all sorts of jobs in categories that range from accounting to graphic design to translation services? You get VOIS.com,...
