A couple of services we definitely want to check into:
http://www.line2.com/
http://www.phonebooth.com/
I’m excited about getting an Auto-Attendant to redirect calls to all our various Geniuses.
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Professional Voicemail Services
Verizon Mobile Broadband on Dell XT2 with Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit
Well, we still haven’t made progress on getting the Dell 5730 Wireless Broadband (VZW) card working on the Dell XT2 running Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit.
Here are a few links of similiar things that have been achieved:
http://kkinder.com/using-verizon-wireless-evdo-pc5740-and-linux/
http://www.evdoforums.com/thread2095.html
With the XT2 tablet in particular, there are some interesting caveats. I haven’t been able to access or activate the card under Windows XP either — the Fn+F9 switch is supposed to toggle between WiFi and the Mobile Broadband card, but it seems to be an all or nothing switch. There are several options in the BIOS, as well as a configurable hardware radio switch, but playing with those options hasn’t resulted in anything. Ubuntu does see the card, but can’t establish a connection with it, and presumably, lacks the software to activate the card if it were able to launch it.
Oh well… We have an even more killer mobile broadband setup we’ve moved to instead, we’ll feature that in another post.
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Facebook Link/Quotation-esque Plugin for WordPress
What I really, really should like would be a plugin for WordPress that would mimic Facebook’s (and now Google Plus’s) citing method… the one where it pulls in thumbnails and a little excerpt automatically from the target page, and let’s you select which thumbnail you prefer. I’d like to be able to use that at the beginning or anywhere really in WordPress posts, pages, and sidebars. Let us know if anything like that already exists!
Dropbox Free Space Increase Ticker
Hey Dropbox, how about giving us more free space incrementally, as a function of time, like Google’s now-famous Gmail space increase ticker?
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Recommendation: Free Antivirus
UPDATE 20111110: See our updated free antivirus recommendation page.
Here at YCG, we get a lot of requests for recommendations. At the top of the list—as far as quantity of requests—are requests for a free antivirus program.
While every business or corporation should have a professional security package installed and administered by a reputable network administration and security firm (like Your Computer Genius), free antivirus programs may be suitable for the home user.
In the recent past, we have recommended AVG’s free edition, and indeed, we have corporate clients who use the AVG network edition for their security solutions. However, recently it seems like Avast has edged out AVG in terms of ease-of-use, usability, and features.
Here are links to both versions. Please note that you should check the terms of service carefully—many free version of software do not allow commercial use. The summary reviews on CNET are also probably worth a quick glance before you commit to the software.
Avast: http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html
JotNot –> DropBox! Woo-hoo
Scans via JotNot on the iPhone can get sent to DropBox…and from there seamlessly sync’d to the cloud et al devices.
The only cost involved? The $1.99 app (and some kind of data access, wi-fi from the Verizon MiFi in this case).
Category: Blog, Productivity /
Verizon MiFi 2200 Charger Hack
Thanks, guys—this helped.
I think my original MiFi wall charger died. I have tried various solutions to get 5V power to it, with the next being an attempt to bridge 5V from a 400-watt power supply to a Micro-B adapter… 🙂
http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Broadband-Netbook-MiFi-Devices/MiFi-and-Charging/td-p/65872/page/3
