Friday, June 29, 2007

Free Voice-Driven Local Search From Google


The labs over at Google are at it again. They have recently released a new service which functions much like 411, but is 100% automated and lets you search by business category or business name.

The 1-800 number is free, but if you call from a mobile phone, air-time minutes/charges will be apply.

From Google:
Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.

Check it out and add this to your list of numbers:
1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411)
http://labs.google.com/goog411/

-Curtis

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Qlockwork tracks your time and attention and store it in Outlook.


Yesterday, TechCrunch UK wrote about a new software add-in for MS Outlook which tracks your time and attention data to help you control and measure your time more effectively.

Unlike timer based systems, once installed, Qlockwork automatically records how you spend every 5 minutes of your day, so you don’t need to remember to start timers. Qlockwork works in the background to track almost all Windows applications including: MS Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, MSN Messenger, Skype and many more.
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Soon there will be a Qlockwork:Team which pulls together your team’s individual activity logs to give you a view of your overall project and where time is being spent.

Read the full article [via TechCrunch UK]

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

New Search Engine For Webinars, Webcasts and Web Events


I am very happy to announce that StreamLogic Inc. has launched a new web event search engine, FindWebEvents.com.

The search engine, which leverages the power of Google™ custom search technology, queries the entire Internet, returning results specifically related to web and online events.

Until now, it was not possible to find online events, demonstrations and training quickly and accurately using a standard search engine. FindWebEvents.com provides much greater precision than a standard web search by combining your search query with additional metadata, targeted specifically toward web events. The end result is highly relevant web event search results.

FindWebEvents.com searches for:
• Webinars (Web Seminars)
• Webcasts
• Web Presentations
• Web Conferences
• Live Web Events
• Podcasts
• And Streaming Media

In addition to web and online events, FindWebEvents.com also provides information on:
• In-Person Events
• Training / Tutorials
• Books
• And Videos

“This project was our answer to a long-time frustration with the relevancy of web event search results. Until now, it was not possible to find online events, demonstrations and training quickly and accurately using a standard search engine. The FindWebEvents.com search engine provides much greater precision than a standard web search by combining your search query with additional information, targeted specifically toward web events. The end result is highly relevant search results relating only to web events,” said Curtis Hughes, President of StreamLogic Inc.

FindWebEvents.com launched on Monday, November 13th, and is a free web search service accessible to all Internet users.

- Curtis H.

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Monday, November 13, 2006

Top 10 Most Popular Anti-Spam Tips, Tricks and Secrets


With spam and junk email constantly on the rise, we have to continue to help one another fight this war. About.com has a nice article on the top 10 anti-spam tips and tricks.
Assume Mail from Unknown Senders is Spam
I don't know you... you must be a spammer! Here's how to use your email address book to identify and filter spam.

Read all 10 tips [via About.com]

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