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Geek Tip: Grand Central Hangs Up on Awkward Weirdos So You Don't Have To
There are lots of ways to protect yourself from unwanted calls (and by protect I mean avoid being annoyed). You can have an expiring Numbr, or you can add repeat offenders to a wrong-number contact list. For everything else, there's Grand Central.
How To: Silence Unwanted Phone Calls From Randoms
This is by far one of the most simplest yet effective ways to stop wrong number calls from invading your cell phone. Thanks to Baby toolkit, if you follow these simple steps, you won't have to deal with Eddy looking for Freddy, or in my case Tifinity looking for Gigi (true story!).
- Create a contact on your phone called wrong number.
- Whenever a repeat wrong number offender calls, add them to the wrong number contact.
- Change the wrong number contact ringer settings to silent.
- Whenever one of your wrong number regulars calls, your phone shouldn't make a sound! And hopefully when they keep getting your voicemail, they'll realize that Gigi has new number!
Simple Cell Tips That Can't Be Missed
We may have to wait until 2008 to test out Google's newly announced Android — an open platform for cell phones that includes an operating system, user-interface and applications that promise to make cell phone usage easier — but we can make use of our cell phones' many features in the mean time.
The easiest way to get the best out of your cell is to take care of it and play around with all of its functions. It's not just a texting, call making device, it's an attention worthy gadget.
Simple Cell Tips, Part 4: Get Help on the Go!
Now that you're addicted to using your cell phone for reminders and alarms and working on your text messaging know how you might as well start using your cell phone for information help on the go. There are a handful of great services that allow you access to informational databases and 411-type information without having to pick up the Yellowpages or struggle to use your phone's web browser.- Call GOOG-411: GOOG-411 recently added free Telephone Directory Assistance to its service.
Simple Cell Tips, Part 3: Protect Your Phone From Damage
A recent study by the Pew Research Center, claims that in 2007, 81 percent of the U.S. population owned a cell phone, which is a 20 percent increase compared to 2002. With that in mind I've started a series of Simple, No Brainer Cell Tips that will help you better use your celly and keep it working for longer.
Simple Cell Tips, Part 2: Be a Text Message Champ
Do you know anyone that functions without a cell phone? I don't and according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, in 2007, 81 percent of the U.S. population owned a cell phone, a 20 percent increase compared to 2002.
Simple Cell Phone Tips, Part 1: Use Your Alarm
As you've probably noticed, the pay phone booths of yesteryear have been replaced with free WiFi and cell phone charging stations. According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, in 2007, 81 percent of the U.S. population owned a cell phone, a 20 percent increase compared to 2002.
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Back to Basics: Guide to Organizing Your Tech
There's no doubt about it: Technology is frustrating. When it quits, combusts, and dies at the most inopportune moments, we have to remain calm and remember how helpful it is when it's working. Your cell phone is a mini calendar, alarm clock, inbox, parking space locator and mp3 player all in one.
Geek Tip: Use Q-Tips to Make Your Battery Last Longer
From the office of Yes, Really comes this tip for maintaining maximum cell phone and laptop battery life: Real Simple advises you to swipe a cotton swab dipped in alcohol across the battery contacts (make sure it's not dripping with alcohol, I assume).
They say this helps "maintain good battery connections and sustain the charge for a longer time."
Well, hot damn.
10 Simple Tips For Getting Organized
While most of us jot down our New Year's resolutions in low tech notebooks and organizers there are billions of helpful websites and handy tech tips that can help us reach our goals.
If you spend your whole day in front of a computer or carry a PDA in your pocket or purse (meaning you have constant web and calendar access) you really don't have an excuse to be disorganized.
- Put everything in its place!
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