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Fans of GooSync, the service that syncs Google Calendar with your phone's built-in calendar, have long pined for the addition of contact synchronization. The wait is over: GooSync now offers a complete contact manager that can sync with your cell. The deets: Full on-line GooSync contact mana...
Internet Message Access Protocol, or IMAP, is a wonderful thing. It provides immediate two-way synchronization between your mail server and one or more mail clients (Outlook, Apple Mail, your mobile phone, or whatever). Any changes made in one location are automatically reflected everywhere else....
Most businesses rely pretty heavily on their Web sites, especially if that site sells products or services. A new service called UpTimeVoice lets you check the status of your site via your cell phone -- and its secret weapon is Jott. As regular Business Hacks readers know, Jott is the impossibly han...
Remember CallsToJournal, that handy little utility that syncs the call log from your Windows Mobile smartphone to your Outlook Journal? Turn out there's a freeware alternative: SmartJournal. Every time you sync your phone, the software copies phone numbers, contact names, and other call details (inc...
Here's an interesting tidbit from Lifehacker: Thanks to a service called Qipit, you can snap a photo with your cell phone and have it delivered directly to a fax machine. For instance, suppose there's a contract that needs to get signed today, but you're out in the field and nowhere near a fax ...
Need to get some feedback on the new brochure, logo design, promotional video, etc.? Check out ReviewBasics, a content-review site that can process text documents, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, images, Web sites, and Flash video. It works like this: You upload your content, then invite as many...
Everyone has those days. But when the boss has one, look out. A grumpy boss can slap you with extra work, dress you down over the tiniest little infraction, and just make the office a hellish place. Surely there must be something you can do to lighten his/her mood. Goal-setting-for-success blog Achi...
If you've ever experienced the sudden loss of a document, either because you saved it someplace weird and can no longer find it or the power went out in the middle of typing, you know what a painful, panic-filled time it can be. HackCollege offers 10 tips on recovering Word files that have vanished ...
eReader, one of my favorite sources for e-books, is currently offering the eReader Pro Bundle free of charge for Windows Mobile devices -- PDAs and smartphones alike. The bundle includes the eReader Pro program (normally $4.95) and three books: Jungles of Tarzan, Swiss Family Robinson, and A Tale of...
Calling all road warriors! Business Hacks wants to know what gear goes where you go. What are your travel staples, your must-have accessories for flights, train rides, even road trips? Here's a sampling of the stuff I pack when I'm headed to the airport: Palm Centro The latest addition to my mob...
As Clive Thompson notes in this month's issue of Wired, younger and more tech-savvy people have a much harder time than their analog elders at remembering things like other people's birthdays and phone numbers. He says that the reason for this is that we're so buttressed by technology—now I can...
If there's an HP printer in your office, one that has an LED status readout, here's your chance to have some fun. By following the instructions laid out at Hackszine.com, you can change the default "READY" message to, well, whatever you want. (I suggest "ME WANT FOOD," which 30 Rock fans will appre...
I've made no secret of my love for Meebo, the browser-based, cross-platform instant messaging service. The only downside? You have to leave it running in a tab at all times, and you can't see who's online without switching to that tab. The new Meebo add-on for Firefox solves at least one of those p...
In case you somehow missed the latest issue of the Leadership and Organisational Development Journal, there's some happy news to report. Instead of watching your mouth at the office, you should instead be unleashing a torrent of curse words so vile they make even the most hardened sailor blush. We...
Fans of Google Docs, today is your lucky day. Well, reasonably lucky: Google just took the wraps of Google Docs mobile, which allows you to access your documents, presentations, and spreadsheets via your cell phone's browser. Actually, only iPhone users (for whom Google performed some major Google D...
