17 January 2012 ~ Comments Off

Facebook’s Growing Spam Problem

In the last few days I’ve noticed a regular spam problem from Facebook. My notifications bar shows links from people I don’t know and am not friends with. They are inviting me to like a spam page – in this case “iPhone 5 testing” which leads to a multitude of pop-up windows and eventually pulls [...]

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20 December 2011 ~ Comments Off

Beware of Taskforce Pro App for Gmail

For a short while I used the Taskforce App for Gmail. I was relatively happy with it until I tried synchronizing to Google Tasks and it kept disconnecting. Rather than spend an endless game of debugging an application that might never work properly (the developers last blog post was August 2011), I decided to cancel [...]

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14 December 2011 ~ Comments Off

How to watch Times Square New Years Eve Online – In 3D

Interested in watching the festivities in New York City’s Times Square on December 31, 2011 – but not all that thrilled to fight the crowds. Well you’re in luck because for the last several years there has been a way to watch all the activity live from your computer via the power of the streaming [...]

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14 December 2011 ~ Comments Off

How to change your caller ID online – Verizon

Did you know that consumers have a free way to change the name that displays when you make a call on your Verizon Wireless Smartphone? This works for any type of cell phone on Verizon and you can make the change yourself for free (business users must pay $1.99 per month). Verizon calls this Share [...]

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01 December 2011 ~ Comments Off

Dunder Mifflin Copy Paper – $34.99 Per Carton

Big fan of NBC’s the office? Ever wanted to buy actual Dunder Mifflin paper? Now you can at Quill.com (owned by Staples). At $34.99 per carton (10 reams), it’s not a killer deal but is decent, especially when you add in the coolness factor. Coupon code: JYC – Free USB Hub w/clock ($9.99 Value) with [...]

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