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Just One Number: Did You Sign Up For Google Voice?
Woohoo! I was just notified that I was approved for a hot "invite only" Google Voice phone number! If you haven't checked out Google Voice yet, you should.
Verizon Gets a Visual Voice Mail Application
Alright, I'll admit it, my BlackBerry is cool, but its voicemail isn't nearly as cool as the iPhone's. Well Verizon has just launched a Visual Voice Mail application that offers similar features to what the iPhone has. Currently available for the LG Voyager Refresh, it will soon be supported on the BlackBerry.
Geek Tip: Use PhoneVite to Send Invites and Updates
I'm sure you all know and love eVite for sending quick and easy invitations. But I've come across an interesting situation with some of my non-tech-savvy pals: they can go days (even weeks) without checking their email, causing them to miss out on fun evenings cause they didn't get the notice! Can you imagine?!
Widower Calls Deceased Wife's Voice Mail Just to Hear Her Voice
File this under Sigh: An 80-year-old man whose wife died in 2005 has been calling her number every day since, just to hear her say her name on his voice mail recording. I'm in a virtual puddle over here.
Anyway, after a while, the carrier, Verizon, upgraded the service and it was lost — but don't worry, they got wind of it and restored the message for the man.
Have You Ever Recorded a Goofy Voicemail Message?
Ah, George Costanza. He was a different breed. Behold, the video below: George screens his messages while watching TV, and grooves to a sweet little ditty he recorded himself for when he was out — listen to it and try not to get his "Believe It or Not" stuck in your head.
ABC Moves Online with "Voicemail"
Online-only series seem to be all the rage for TV networks these days, and ABC is the latest to jump into the ring with "Voicemail." The series consists of short episodes — most just a minute long — based on messages left for Mike, a twentysomething living your standard slacker-dude life. It's sort of a live-action version of Amy's Answering Machine, inspired by a decade of voicemails saved by creator Michael Wilde.
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Daily Tech: Google Voice Permits Voicemail With Any Number
- You can now keep your phone number while using Google Voice's fantastic features — Lifehacker
- Here's how you can recycle your own gadgets — Engadget
- It's rumored that a new, bigger, Nintendo DSi with a 4-inch screen will be coming out in Japan this year — Kotaku
- Facebook now has a way to memorialize friends who have passed away — Boing Boing
- 10 ways to spot an email scam — Switched
- It's giveaway time on GeekSugar! Log in for your chances to win one of these AT&T Smartphones — GeekSugar
Tech Dating 101: Do You Save Messages From Your Date?
One of the benefits of of digital technology is that every email, text, and voicemail is easily saved, stored, and relived. It's helpful when you're dating someone — I think it's both fun and cute to reread old messages. (Though I suppose this can get dicey when trying to cut your ex out of your digital life, but that's a topic for another day).
Free Credit Report Scams Aren't Going Away
By now we all know about the not-so-free nature of those FreeCreditReport.com services; a few of you even say you've fallen for its misleading practices. But even after the government publicly condemned the site, "free" credit monitoring services — which require you to sign up for a paid service, but promise you can cancel at any time — are popping up everywhere.
One friend recently had a particularly nasty experience with one of these companies while apartment hunting.
Is It Time For Britney to Move On From Jamie's Conservatorship?
As Britney Spears continues to keep busy on her tour, a recent voicemail from the pop star regarding her conservatorship and custody of her boys was leaked on the Internet. The message was supposedly recorded on Jan. 21, and it sounds like it was left for lawyers who are handling her case.
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