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Website of the Day: Ning
If you're dying to take a bite out of the social networking pie, but want something that's all your own, take in a whiff of Ning — a customizable social networking community. Like Blogger and Wordpress are to blogging (which allow you to start your own blog about whatever the heck you want), Ning lets you to gather up all interested parties and socialize together in one place.
Why would you want to start your own social network?
How To: Change Your Desktop Icons
I love to customize! From getting my BlackBerry engraved at the TechCrunch/Popsugar shindig in LA, to downloading some pretty wild wallpaper to bring out my inner animal and make me feel at home while I'm at the office. I do all I can to show my personality and prevent desktop boredom, even when it comes to my gadgets, which is why I switch it up and get down with cool (and free!) desktop icons through Iconfactory.
Beautify Your Cell Phone Screen With Getfrog
Now that I've grown accustomed to my BlackBerry Pearl's user-friendly interface and colorful homepage, I couldn't imagine using my old black/grey screened Nokia again.
Here's a little techie tidbit..If you happen to have a QWERTY Smartphone and you're not digging its basic homepage, check out Get Frog a site that lets you customize your homepage with fun colors and links...all for free!
Featured on The Boy Genius Report, this site can help you pimp your phone, without having to download a thing.
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Website of the Day: Customer Service Scoreboard
This one is pretty self-explanatory, but oh-so helpful: Customer Service Scoreboard gives you the overall score of some of the most used customer service lines around to see how they stack up. For example, if I would have checked this site before I called AT&T to complain about service interruptions last week, I would have been prepared for their less-than-stellar customer service — they have 29 negative comments and only 7 positive, leaving them with a total score of 48.31 out of 200. Come on AT&T — you can do better!
Sites and Tips For Better Customer Service
There is nothing fun about sitting on the phone waiting for customer service. Nothing. Unfortunately, it's a fact of consumer life.
Geek Tip: Email Comcast Corporate For Cable and Internet Help
Last month I suffered the ultimate geek distress — an Internet and cable outage for over a week.
It inspired me to air my frustrations here, and the silver lining of the whole situation is that someone at Comcast saw my post and responded with a tip: if you're ever feeling like you're getting nowhere with the customer service on the phone, you can email the corporate team for assistance.
The corporate email address is We_Can_Help@cable.comcast.com.
Don't Skimp on the Sleeve For Your MacBook Air: Go Custom!
So you sprung for the MacBook Air? Then I don't feel weird telling you to spring for a custom MacBook Air sleeve from AB Sutton. You pick a hot shade of leather to sheath your laptop in, and provide AB Sutton with your initials for a monogram, and then looky: No one's going to mistake your MacBook Air for their MacBook Air at the airport or at Peet's.
The John Mayer Customized BlackBerry Curve
Most of us think of ingenious ways to personalize our cell phones, whether it be with a hip case or funky cell phone charm. Then there are those that take personalizing to the extreme by laser tattooing their gadgets. Just like this phone, which was featured on Honeyee—a John Mayer BlackBerry Curve customized to perfection.
Meet the Zino, a New Miniature Desktop From Dell
The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is the latest colorful release from the PC company.
Slightly bigger than a Mac Mini, the Zino starts at $230, and runs on Microsoft's Windows Vista. It's a Dell, so there are many options for customization; 10 interchangeable lids change its color and design; other options include a Blu-Ray player, up to 8GB of memory, and up to a 1TB hard drive.
DirecTV Customers: Set Your DVR With Your iPhone
I'm not sure how I lived without a DVR — though I've only had it for a few years, it's a convenience that I don't think I can live without! I've already told you how to program your TiVo online, and now DirecTV subscribers can set their DVRs on the go. The DirecTV iPhone App for iPhone allows you to access and edit your account and recording schedule.
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