Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Archive for December, 2007
Free Holiday Ringtones…
Dec 10th
Who said you can’t get something for nothing?
Here’s a cute freebie just in time for the holidays. You can download free holiday ringtones from AT&T wireless!
Simply send the text message with the word “GIFT” to the number 7230. (this might cost you $0.15 if you don’t have a text message plan).
And you’ll get a text message back with the link to download a free ringtone:
- Jingle bells
- Dreidel song
- Noche de poz
If you’ve never downloaded a ring tone before, this is a great way to test out your phone with this free offer from AT&T Wireless.
Tivo Connects To Photobucket.com
Dec 5th
Tivo is suddenly about more than just recording TV programs.
Recently, Tivo rolled out it’s music-on-demand service with Rhapsody. You already know about the great Amazon Unbox feature that turns your Tivo into a PayPerView box.
But wait, there’s more. . . Read the rest of this entry »
How To Supercharge Google Image Search
Dec 2nd
As the internet matures, so do people’s searching techniques. Slowly, people are starting to use longer keyword terms to find the things they need, using more specific information to retreive what they want.
Another way is to use more specific search tools. Google Image Search is one of them that is starting to catch on. If you’re never used the “IMAGES” search at the top of the Google search results page, you are in for a treat. It quickly will scan the web and come back with related images to your search terms.
Google Image Search will provide thumbnails for which you can click on each one to see if it’s really what you’re looking for. The size of the thumbnails can quickly be cumbersome to go through so there’s a better way to do image searches on Google and view the full-sized photos all on a single page to save you time from all that clicking back and forth. . . Read the rest of this entry »
I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!