Disposable E-Mail
November 26, 2008 by Cat
Filed under Blog, Cool Sites
There are a few services out there that allow you to sign up for free disposable e-mail for those times you want to set up registrations and have forwards set up, then expire at a later time or date. Two that I have recently read about are MeltMail.com and Spambox.us.
Melt Mail doesn’t require that you return to the site to check your messages, since it forwards everything to your chosen “real” e-mail address for a period of time. No messages are stored on the site and your e-mail is deleted and forgotten once the time expires. Setting up a temporary forward to an address @meltmail.com allows you four time periods for the forward to follow: 3, 6, 12, or 24 hours. Short-term but useful, you can also choose to have a popup reminder window which displays the address and a countdown for when the service will cease.
Spambox.us offers a similar service but there is no popup reminder and it will forward your mail for up to one full year. Here are some details from the site:
We create for you a temporary e-mail address that will expire in the time you chose, all the mails directed to this e-mail will be transparently forwarded to your real e-mail.
For example, you need to register on a forum that requires e-mail verification, so you generate a spambox e-mail with an expiry of one hour. The generated e-mail will expire in an hour, way enough for the Forum to send you the verification code.
Take a look at these sites and if you are in need of a service like this, let us know which you chose, and why.
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Google Adds Features to Gmail
July 8, 2008 by Cat
Filed under Cool Sites
Google has added another useful feature to it’s Gmail service that will allow you to sign out of your account remotely (for those times you forget to close the browser on a public computer) and monitor activity on your account. Do you have nosy family or friends that you think might be accessing your account? Simply look near the bottom of your account information near the copyright information at the new text that will show you the last time your account was accessed. A link to more details allows you to see if you are logged in to more than one system to view your mail, too.
Keep your banking information, your secret love letters, and your important shopping newsletters safe and take hold of your Gmail account with this new feature. Listing out the information including IP address, browser, date…even saying if you (or they) are accessing via POP3 or mobile connections. Then, you can take full control of your account and make Gmail sign out of all sessions. This is being added to Gmail accounts over a period of time, so take a peek at your account and see if you’ve been updated!
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Elite Blogger Interviews Techie Diva
June 17, 2008 by techiediva
Filed under Cool Sites
Elite Choice has been conducting a series of interviews highlighting “Elite Bloggers” around the blogosphere, and they were cool enough to invite me to answer a round of questions. If you haven’t heard of Elite Choice, then you need to check them out soon because they feature some really quirky and crazy luxury products, along with revealing interviews of people around the Web.
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Cell phone popcorn popping sensation
June 11, 2008 by techiediva
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I don’t think Mythbusters is going to have to make an episode debunking the idea that cell phones can pop popcorn. YouTubers are posting their own debunking experiments, and even “Good Morning America” did a segment testing of the so-called phenomenon that’s just another viral marketing campaign. The same four videos were posted under new accounts created May 30th by “Kratz1987,” “bobtel08,” and “benzin513.” All four depict the same scene: four phones on a table surrounding a few kernels of popcorn pop when the phones ring at the same time. The four videos all seem to take place in different parts of the world but their purpose remains unknown. Is this campaign to promote the mobile phones in the video or to scare consumers into not using their cell phone? Regardless, as debunking videos have proved, cell phones don’t emit enough radiation to make popcorn pop. Wired spoke to physics professor who says that’s never gonna happen because studies indicate cell phones are not injurious, if a phone emitted that much energy “it would hurt like crazy.” What’s your theory? How do you think they make this happen?
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Brandjunkie.com Talks Apple
April 8, 2008 by Cat
Filed under Cool Sites, Fun Stuff, Trends
For such a company as Apple, with a name that so many are familiar with, it’s still a great claim to be on top of the “brand” pile. You can be known as a brand for good or bad things, and overall, people are saying they put Apple in the number one spot even though they have had a few things try to slow them down.
Brandjunkie.com claims that with six out of ten questions, Apple stays on top of the rest as a name that people believe in when buying products.
They point out that innovation is of huge value to those surveyed, along with reliability and simplicity. Read up on the results over on the site and you’ll see other brands mentioned like Microsoft and Nike. I enjoyed reading this article and seeing how brand names impact our society so much.
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Today’s Top Stories On the Radar
March 17, 2008 by techiediva
Filed under Cool Sites, Web 2.0
Here are links to some stories worth reading. Enjoy!
- Voting for the Worst on ‘American Idol’ (NYT)
- Some Viruses come pre-installed (AP)
- Woman to record industry: Stoy spying (AP)
- A One-Eyed Invader in the Bedroom (NYT)
- Critics Praise Hulu, demand more content (DVICE)
- Top 10 Cell Phone Myths Explained (Switched)
- Google says Microsoft’s Yahoo buy might hurt Internet (Reuters)Came upon a good article? Share it in the comments.
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Office Playground, The Fun Site
December 10, 2007 by Cat
Filed under Cool Sites
If you are looking to give gifts this year and you’re all out of ideas for your co-workers or, even, your boss, don’t give up. The Office Playground site has multiple ideas for your gift giving self.
With desktop gumball machines, Sproutlets and Grass Headz that let you grow some greenery in your office (does this remind you of the Monchichi?), Slingshot Flying Pigs (for office warfare) and other assorted items, you won’t be short of ideas for your gift list this year.
Visit Office Playground and if you spend $100 or more, you get free standard shipping on your items.
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Cyber Monday, About Done
November 26, 2007 by Cat
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If you’re winding down from a day at work and you avoided the Cyber Monday rush to buy gifts online, you might decide to do some late night shopping. Most Cyber Monday sales will end at midnight and you don’t want to miss out on the last minute savings, do you?
A few skeptics feel this isn’t the huge day that it used to be. Reuters quotes Ken Cassar, an analyst with Nielsen Online, as saying:
"Because the vast majority of online users have access from home via
broadband, it’s less necessary that they wait to get to work to begin
their holiday shopping."
Well, we’ll continue to keep you up on the finest gadgets here at Techie Diva, but while you wait for the season’s hottest finds, you might visit these sites and take advantage of the sales they offer for this online shopping day.
Tiger Direct has a Monday Madness Sale with a Dual Core HP Laptop, 19" Widescreen LCD and more offered at great deals.
Best Buy started their sale on Sunday to extend the time. They have a $100 savings on all TomTom GPS receivers, free shipping on laptops over a certain price and all iPod and MP3 players are on sale.
And another popular site, Staples, has a sale also. A 22" LCD monitor for only $179.99 and many more listings to tempt your shopping fever.
Happy Cyber Monday!
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Love at First Sight Goes Online
November 13, 2007 by Annie-san
Filed under Cool Sites
There are eight million people living on the tiny island of Manhattan and would you believe that in the swarm of so many individuals, you could track down a complete stranger? Guess what, you can!
Brooklyn resident, Patrick Moberg has given a whole meaning to the statement “We met and fell in love on the Internet." He set out on a quest to find his true love using the Internet, and as a true modern day Romeo, he created a website dedicated to a young lady he laid eyes on, for first and only time, on a subway train.
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Anime Online
November 2, 2007 by Cat
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Alteil Online Dueling Card Game takes a front seat with incredible graphics and the instant gratification of being online, real time, when playing. Taking a hint from RPG formats, Alteil brings you the opportunity to create a deck of cards and play against others at your leisure.
Alteil brought in top designers from Tekken 5, Xanadu and various Gundam models, and the movie Hellboy, to create and work on this for our enjoyment. You won’t have to organize your deck of cards and keep them in lock tight containers so you can sell them on E-bay, not this deck.
From the press release:
Alteil is easy and fun to
pick up and play, anytime, anywhere. Alteil has no downloads, no clients and is
100% web-driven, making it playable on any computer with a web browser. Best of
all, it’s totally free. Simply sign up for an account and you can choose
and customize your own free starter set that will allow you to play
immediately. While you can buy additional cards to expand your capabilities, it
is not required for a complete experience.
Best thing is, the game experience is free and all you have to do is download the software and get started! Just visit the Alteil website to find out more.
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