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Lost, stuck in traffic, the line at Starbucks was crazy-long -- whatever the reason, you're going to be late. If you're carrying a GPS-equipped Windows Mobile phone, relax: Oops I'm Late automatically sends text messages to the people you're supposed to meet, notifying them of your delay and you...
Here at Business Hacks, we've noted the marketing potential of Facebook; questioned the overall purpose of LinkedIn; looked at using Twitter for branding and PR; and checked out how businesses leverage lots of other social networks as well. Because we're not actually sure where "social networks" ...
The busy bees at Zoho just took the wraps off Zoho Mail, a free e-mail service that trumps Gmail in one key area: offline support. By leveraging Google Gears (ironic, no?), Zoho Mail lets you read and compose mail even if you're between Internet connections (like when you're traveling). It ...
Notebook users can stream live video with Ustream.tv. Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phone owners can stream live video with Qik. But what about the Crackberry crowd? Finally, there's a solution: Next2Friends lets BlackBerry users stream live video straight from their phones. All you do is sign...
Well, it's official: Open-source office suite OpenOffice is now a final 3.0 release. As you may recall, we talked up the beta version back in May, but for anyone who prefers to steer clear of unfinished software, your long wait is over. In case you've missed our numerous posts about it, OpenOffic...
Tired of telemarketing calls on your cell phone? Want to keep spam out of your mobile inbox? PC World shows you how in Put an End to Cell Phone Spam. Here's an excerpt from the section on blocking sales calls: If you do give out a mobile number, be sure to tell companies that it's mobile. If someon...
Over at the New York Times, tech columnist David Pogue has made a name for himself by distilling complex topics into language that everyone can understand. In a recent blog post, Pogue decided to list some basic tips that most people know most of but almost no one knows all of. Or as he puts it, "...
Ah, Twitter -- loved by many, understood by few. Hence our post of a few months back, Just What the Heck is Twitter, Anyway? If you read that (and watched the accompanying video), maybe you're ready for the next step in your Twitter-cation: Using Twitter as a marketing and PR tool. HubSpot wants to ...
One of the most maddening things for iPhone users used to be that you could turn your iPhone sideways and get a large QWERTY keyboard when you were surfing, but not when you were using the mail application. Thanks to a new app called TouchType by Mike Schneider (who also created a lo-jack app), yo...
It's official: RIM just took the wraps off a decidedly iPhone-like BlackBerry, one it hopes will take the world by...wait for it...Storm. As someone who considers a touchscreen mandatory equipment in a phone, I've never been a big BlackBerry fan (though I do enjoy blackberries...yum). The Storm i...
The much-ballyhooed T-Mobile G1 isn't available for hands-on pawing yet, but you can still take the world's first "Android phone" for a virtual test-drive. T-Mobile's new browser-based G1 emulator lets you interact with the OS to get a feel for what using the phone will be like. You can't actually u...
I admit it: When I hop onto the free Wi-Fi network at Panera Bread, I rely on nothing more than Vista's firewall for security. Am I asking for trouble? Almost certainly. As Consumerist puts it: "Using a public Wi-Fi spot without a [Virtual Private Network] is like shouting everything across the room...
Even if your notebook was a $399 Best Buy special like this one, it's still an expensive piece of equipment. Web Worker daily offers four suggestions for protecting your notebook investment, including one I wholeheartedly echo: Get a Decent Bag - However rugged your computer, I wouldn't recommend...
If the excitement (and eventual disappointment) of the VP debates kept you from tuning into Business Hacks last week, here's a roundup of the best stuff you missed: Search Your PC in Seconds with Everything (Windows) How to Turn a Paper Clip into an iPhone Stand Use Google Apps to Create a P...
You've all probably got memory cards for your digital cameras and camcorders and cellphones. Unfortunately, there are a ton of different sizes and formats out there, so it's sometimes hard to know what to buy and what's compatible with what. Luckily, Gizmodo's come up with a chart of most of them,...
