As spam instant messages (IM) become more and more prevalent, it’s a good practice to configure your IM software to only accept messages from people you know. In AIM, click on Edit, Settings, and then click on the Privacy settings, …[Continue]
Cell Phone Camera Tips
Disappointed with photos you’ve snapped with your cell phone? Here are three pointers for improving them. Use the entire frame, don’t just focus on the center. Adjust the brightness level if the image on your display seems too dark or …[Continue]
Google Maps Mobile
Google Maps Mobile has just announced a free download for your cell phone that will display real- time traffic in thirty metropolitan cities. To learn more, visit the site from your home computer. To download the free mobile phone application, …[Continue]
Chat Acronyms
POS means “parents over shoulder” but COS doesn’t mean “children over shoulder.” It means “change of subject.” To keep up with all the latest chat acronyms, try NetLingo, Big Blue Ball or AbbreviationZ….[Continue]
Cell Phone as Modem
Most cell phones can be used as portable modems, allowing you to access the Internet from your laptop. You will need a connection kit (usually a data cable and software such as those sold by Gomadic ), ISP login details, …[Continue]
Google SMS
Google SMS (Short Message Service) gives short answers to text queries from your mobile phone. Just send your search as a text message and get retail locations, phone book listings, or dictionary definitions in response. For example texting “Starbucks 92014” …[Continue]
News To Go
Even if your handheld offers Internet access, it is often slow, expensive, hard to read, and difficult to navigate. A lower tech way of getting news, movie listings, weather and sports on your PDA or smart phone is through your …[Continue]
Spim
As instant messaging has grown in popularity, it’s also fallen prey to the same marketers that made “spam” a household word. According to Ferris Research, spim (unsolicited commercial instant messages, also called “instant spam” or “IM marketing”) doubled last year. …[Continue]