Send Holidays Postcards & eCards Free - Google, iPhone & Facebook
Post offices losses are widening as the users are switching from snail mail (printed postal mails) to other electronic media communications - email, Social Networks, Collaborative emails - Google Wave. This holiday season (to bail out post offices ?) Google is offering to send one free holiday postcard on your behalf. This is for US addressees only.
Sending a free printed holiday postcard :
- Go to gmail.com/holidaycard
- Choose the card design.
- Enter 255 words of message to sender. (Make sure you put your name in this message so that recipient knows who sent the holiday card)
- Enter the postal address of the recipient.
- Press the button "Send Your Card".
All this convenience from Google's gmail.com/holidaycard.
Sending a free printed holiday postcard to US Military personnel
For sending a printed postcard to US Military personnel stationed overseas, Here is the link sponsored by Xerox.
Sending digital snail mail (Go Green - If you don't want a printed holiday card)
Here are some other electronic Holiday greetings sites list :
Elfyourself - You can create a video of up to five elfs.
ecardlets - For iPhone users, this service sends text in a nicely formatted eCard.
Facebook App - Holiday Gifts allows to send free gifts to friends.
Going green and saving trees to reduce paper consumption is the main thought behind digital snail mail. Zumbox is one such company working towards this effort. Digital Snail mail details are here. For each physical address there exists a online address so mails can be sent electronically to the recipients.
Fail mails concepts :(
Send tweets by mail - post a printed mail, the site will post a electronic tweet.
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Sending a free printed holiday postcard :
- Go to gmail.com/holidaycard
- Choose the card design.
- Enter 255 words of message to sender. (Make sure you put your name in this message so that recipient knows who sent the holiday card)
- Enter the postal address of the recipient.
- Press the button "Send Your Card".
All this convenience from Google's gmail.com/holidaycard.
Sending a free printed holiday postcard to US Military personnel
For sending a printed postcard to US Military personnel stationed overseas, Here is the link sponsored by Xerox.
Sending digital snail mail (Go Green - If you don't want a printed holiday card)
Here are some other electronic Holiday greetings sites list :
Elfyourself - You can create a video of up to five elfs.
ecardlets - For iPhone users, this service sends text in a nicely formatted eCard.
Facebook App - Holiday Gifts allows to send free gifts to friends.
Going green and saving trees to reduce paper consumption is the main thought behind digital snail mail. Zumbox is one such company working towards this effort. Digital Snail mail details are here. For each physical address there exists a online address so mails can be sent electronically to the recipients.
Fail mails concepts :(
Send tweets by mail - post a printed mail, the site will post a electronic tweet.
Labels: E-card, Facebook, Google, Google Wave, IPhone, Snail mail, Social Networks, Valentine's Day
written by Kalyan @ 11:26 PM,
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Free iPhone, iPod Touch Apps - August 28 2009
Free apps show up now and then in App store for iPhone & iPod Touch users. Some times these apps otherwise would cost up to $9.99.
Note the list below are highly rated apps now available for free for limited time
Here is this weekly (August 22 - 28, 2009) round up of free apps -
Note : This is weekly post to collect and present all highly rated free apps
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Note the list below are highly rated apps now available for free for limited time
Here is this weekly (August 22 - 28, 2009) round up of free apps -
| App Name | What App Does? | Original Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middow | Middow is a navigation app that helps find midpoint when you enter two locations. Useful if you have your friends meet you for lunch or dinner or just meet at midway between the both locations. | 0.99 | Free deal valid only for weekend August 28 to August 30 2009 and price will go back to $0.99 |
| Lemi | Lemi is a mind Strategy game app that the goal is to make a grid of zeros by following the game rules. | $0.99 | None |
| Alphabetic | Alphabetic is a game app for hand eye cordination in pairing up the letters. Check the game rules. | $1.99 | None |
| Spacefight | Spacefight is a app game to travel in space and shoot the asteroids. | $.99 | None |
| Preferans | Preferans is a card game similar to bridge | $6.99 | None |
| Poker Stacks | Poker Stacks is puzzle app - What do you get when you cross Bejeweled with Video Poker? You get a fun and original match style puzzle game. Poker Stacks. | $0.99 | You make poker hands out of the tiles and they disappear kind of like Tetris. |
Note : This is weekly post to collect and present all highly rated free apps
Labels: App Store, Deals, free, Gambling, games, IPhone, IPod Touch, Poker, Video poker
written by Kalyan @ 12:29 PM,
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Most searched cellphone - Blackberry Storm and #2 - IPhone
mad4mobilephones published the Hitwise results of most searched cell phone. Blackberry Storm leads the group followed by iPhone and Nokia n96.
Here is the ranking list in the descending order: [ 1-Highest, 10-Lowest]
1. Blackberry Storm
2. Apple's iPhone
3. Nokia N96
4. Sony Erricson c905
5. Samsung Omnia
6. LG Renoir
7. Samsung Pixon
8. Google G1
9. Sony Xperia
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Here is the ranking list in the descending order: [ 1-Highest, 10-Lowest]
1. Blackberry Storm
2. Apple's iPhone
3. Nokia N96
4. Sony Erricson c905
5. Samsung Omnia
6. LG Renoir
7. Samsung Pixon
8. Google G1
9. Sony Xperia
Labels: BlackBerry, Hitwise, IPhone, Nokia, Smartphone
written by Kalyan @ 3:04 PM,
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Free applications from Apple's App store
The percentage of free applications are decreasing in App store with Apple tightening the acceptance of some apps from the developers in the past.
Here is the feed of all new applications from Apple's App Store. Click the app to expand to get to know more details of the app. The date shows how recent is the app.
Buxr - the deal site had listed three free applications from Apple's app store - Don't square , Kinwits and Starquake
Here is another link to tons of free App store games and apps. (
http://idwn.blogspot.com/)
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Here is the feed of all new applications from Apple's App Store. Click the app to expand to get to know more details of the app. The date shows how recent is the app.
Buxr - the deal site had listed three free applications from Apple's app store - Don't square , Kinwits and Starquake
Here is another link to tons of free App store games and apps. (
http://idwn.blogspot.com/)
Labels: App Store, Apple, Deals, free, IPhone, ITunes, tips
written by Kalyan @ 12:49 AM,
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Free Web Based UNLIMITED Storage from Wixi expires October 1' 2008
Wixi is a web-based service that users will be able to access it from practically any device (iPhone version on http://iphone.wixi.com). Users can access any time, anywhere, and from any device the media content without installing any application. Good news is that service is available for free for life for users who registers on their site before October 1' 2008. This unlimited storage is as per writings on their website and may be differently interpreted.
Some of the not so good news --
-> Does not work in Chrome, Not compatible with Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. No opera then Wii users not be able to view these media files on their TVs through Wii Opera browser with wi-fi internet channel.
->If you were not the original uploader the you won’t be able to download a file.
-> Files greater than 100 MB are now restricted from public sharing - you’ll have to be someone’s friend if you want to stream a large file from their account, which makes movie sharing difficult.
-> Only media files and some users reporting problems storing zip and pdf files,
Alternative Free Unlimited Storage websites
1) Stixy - For To-dos, Notes, Reminders, photos and file sharing
2) Seetoo - Two friends can watch the media file.
3) Google Spreadsheets and Zoho Sheet -- Collaboration of files in real time.
Users can simultaneously work on the same spreadsheet and see the changes made by each other in real time. Check the browser compatibility.
4) Jooce - Virtual desktop like Cyber home away from home.
5) Dropbox - good for file storage and membership by invite only
6) Foldershare from Microsoft -- Sharing files and complaints of cheesy interface
7) ADrive - with PCLinuxOS & Firefox - 50GB free storage
Do you use any other file sharing/storage/collaboration sites ? Please share with others via comments.
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Web users who register within 1 month of the launch will enjoy the benefits of unlimited file storage for free. Beginning in October, new members will enjoy 3 GB of media storage on the network for free, or opt for Wixi's premium service, which will allow unlimited file storage for $4.99 per month and $50 per year.
Some of the not so good news --
-> Does not work in Chrome, Not compatible with Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. No opera then Wii users not be able to view these media files on their TVs through Wii Opera browser with wi-fi internet channel.
->If you were not the original uploader the you won’t be able to download a file.
-> Files greater than 100 MB are now restricted from public sharing - you’ll have to be someone’s friend if you want to stream a large file from their account, which makes movie sharing difficult.
-> Only media files and some users reporting problems storing zip and pdf files,
Alternative Free Unlimited Storage websites
1) Stixy - For To-dos, Notes, Reminders, photos and file sharing
To share a Stixyboard with friends, family, or your colleagues at work, is as easy as it gets. Sometimes it’s nice or in fact necessary to have an online space for common photos, reminders, files, and so forth. Each Stixyboard has a unique set of members. No one else can see or use your board unless you choose to open your board for public view.
2) Seetoo - Two friends can watch the media file.
3) Google Spreadsheets and Zoho Sheet -- Collaboration of files in real time.
Users can simultaneously work on the same spreadsheet and see the changes made by each other in real time. Check the browser compatibility.
4) Jooce - Virtual desktop like Cyber home away from home.
“Load up your browser-based Jooce desktop with files, music, videos, IM buddy lists, and anything else you might need and you can get to it just by logging in. And Jooce looks and feels like a real desktop, with a slick UI and good responsiveness.”
Currently, there is no limit to the number and size of files you can upload onto your jooce desktop. That’s right, it’s unlimited. So go forth and upload to your heart’s content.
5) Dropbox - good for file storage and membership by invite only
6) Foldershare from Microsoft -- Sharing files and complaints of cheesy interface
7) ADrive - with PCLinuxOS & Firefox - 50GB free storage
Do you use any other file sharing/storage/collaboration sites ? Please share with others via comments.
Labels: Deals, free, Google, Google Chrome, IPhone, microsoft, Safari, Web application, World Wide Web, Zoho
written by Kalyan @ 5:09 PM,
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I'm Kalyan from Chicago, Illinois, United States. I write articles about Cricket matches and their reviews, Money saving Deals and tips, Immigration info related to Green Card or EAD or AP or H1-B, Road to MBA degree and afterwards. I'm writing in hope and passion that one person will be better because he or she benefits from these posts.
