Geek Tip: Grand Central Hangs Up on Awkward Weirdos So You Don't Have To


Updated 01/19/08 8:32 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 16 comments

Grand Central Makes Your Phone Life Easier

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. Grand Central lets you set up new phone numbers, totally free, to add to your current phone lines. If your cell phone is a different area code from Read more

How To: Silence Unwanted Phone Calls From Randoms


Updated 12/31/09 12:46 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 16 comments

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 Read more

Simple Cell Tips That Can't Be Missed


Updated 03/18/08 8:23 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 5 comments

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 Read more

Simple Cell Tips, Part 4: Get Help on the Go!


Updated 10/20/07 7:26 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 5 comments

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 Read more

Simple Cell Tips, Part 3: Protect Your Phone From Damage


Updated 10/18/07 10:00 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 10 comments

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. The only thing worse than getting scratches all over your shiny new cell phone is Read more

Simple Cell Tips, Part 2: Be a Text Message Champ


Updated 11/21/07 11:52 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 19 comments

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. With that in mind I've started a series of Simple Cell Tips that will help you better use your celly. While we can't all type "supercalifragilistic- expialidocious" in a Read more

Simple Cell Phone Tips, Part 1: Use Your Alarm


Updated 10/15/07 7:00 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 20 comments

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. While we all use our beloved mobiles for phone calls, texting and even dating, we often overlook our phone's Read more

18 Ways to Save (at Least) $1 a Day


Updated 03/19/12 10:57 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 1 comment

How to Save a Dollar Every Day

It's true: the little things add up. As anyone who ever had a piggy bank knows, small everyday actions can help you save big. Hoping to create a financial cushion for yourself this season? Follow these 15 easy tricks to help you save at least a dollar a day: Hold the milk. In your coffee, that is. If you regularly stop at the coffee shop on your way to work, order it black to avoid any extra Read more

Travel Tips For the Upcoming Holiday Weekend


Updated 12/19/11 4:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Christmas Travel Tips

Traveling this holiday? Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday this year, which makes one big mess at the airport. If you can't take a car or a train, be sure to check out these packing and travel tips to make your life easier while booking flights, getting through security checkpoints, and beyond. Booking Flights TripIt — Once signed up for the free service, forward travel confirmation emails Read more

Lil Links: Sandra Bullock's Priorities Lay at Home


Updated 12/13/11 5:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Sandra Bullock Discusses Her Priorities

Sandra Bullock says motherhood's her top priority — Celebrity Baby Blog The five worst celeb dads of 2011 — The Stir Put your cell phone away at Brooke Shields's table — Celebrity Baby Scoop How to save on prenatal care — FitPregnancy Sweet lil necklaces for tiny lil girls — Cool Mom Picks Working moms multitask more than dads — Parenting Why trying to conceive is harder during the Read more