If you use and share Google Documents – this is a new feature they just started.
In the past one could share individual documents with one or people, but now you can share entire folders.
Select the folder you want to share and click on the “Share this folder” link.
Folders that have been shared with you will show up in “Folders shared with me”.
While we generally know that most of the sites we regularly visit are safe, what about sites which we have never visited before?
Google has a nifty tool to let you check out a site BEFORE you start browsing its pages.
Just enter the URL below, but instead of NBC.com, enter the web page you want a report on.
http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=nbc.com
If you just can’t seem to get your fill of online news Google FastFlip might just be what you’re looking for. It allows you to quickly flip through mounds of articles and even specify areas of interest like hi-tech or health etc.
It’s amazing to me how some people will spend $200 a month for a fancy cell phone, when there are so many inexpensive options available. Here are a few I use or suggest.
| Free | Google Voice | You can forward any incoming phone calls to your Google Voice phone number. Google Voice will record the call, transcribe it and send it to you email address.You can then send an SMS text message (FREE) to the number which called you. What I like about this is that I don’t have to talk to marketers and people who I’d rather forget.You can look at the email and just delete it. Note – some companies may charge you for call forwarding – mine (T-Mobile) does not. You can also enable “Do Not Disturb” on Google Voice so that the message is instantly recorded and transcribed. Google Talk is like Skype, just computer to computer, but I’m hoping that in the future I can use that feature to integrate it with Google Voice and be able place calls to a phone via my computer. |
| 2 cents/minute – Call England | Google Voice | I use Google Voice to call my England number. It then calls my cell phone and connects me to England phone number. |
| 2 cents/minute – call any phone in the Continental US | Skype | I use my USB VOIP phone by Vondoo – $20 |
| $2.95/mo | Skype | Call anywhere in the continental U.S. and Canada. Use a USB phone or headset.
I don’t use this now, but the price is certainly cheap enough. |
| $10/mo | T-Mobile@Home | This uses a router and seems great except you have to already have a cell phone package with them and sign a 2 year contract. |
| $50/month | T-Mobile | Cell phone – Two Lines – 1000 minutes/mo.(This is my main phone.) Note – they don’t offer this anymore. |
| $25/month | Vonage | Internet Phone – I used to have this but had problems. I still need a cell-phone, and this is certainly higher than TMoible @Home |
| $45/month | Straight Talk | Unlimited minutes and Text in U.S. (I don’t have this – I need two lines.) |
| Overseas | Article | Buy a cheap phone in the country you are visiting and a new SIM card with 1000 minutes. When you go to a new country, buy a different SIM card for that country. (I haven’t tried this, but will on some upcoming trips.) |
| What’s Your Plan and
How Do You Save $$$ ? |
Instead of using Google to find specific sites, AllMyFaves.com puts many of them together with a pleasing appearance and easy interface. Thanks to MarkP for this tip.
Quote from Patrick Norton – Tekzilla.com
“Give a man a link – he’ll have information for a day.
Teach a man to Google and he’ll never bug you again.”
