Article • April 21, 2011

Social Call

Easily Communicate With Groups Of Friends

9 out of 10 office workers agree: Conference calls are among their least favorite work necessities. Group calls are only slightly more popular than meetings, Mondays, and “not getting paid to just sit around and be totally awesome.”

However, Fast Society made us reconsider the conference call completely. This app lets you set up a group of users you might want to contact simultaneously: friends, family, or your colleagues on the party planning committee.

Once your groups are set up, it’s easy to have a group conference call or send a text message to everyone at once. You can quickly let everyone know where you are, where you plan to be next, or what you’re buying for inevitable office Cinco de Mayo extravaganza.

And if you decide to call out of work that day, just remember not to share your location via Fast Society. Yes that’s right, you can let certain groups (your friends!) know where you are, while keeping others (your boss?) in the dark.

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Article • September 22, 2010

Read Your Voicemails, Consolidate All Your Numbers, and Have a Better Overall Phone Experience

Reinvent the way you use your phone with Google Voice

Chances are you have three phone numbers (home, cell, office), which means you’re missing calls.

To simplify the telephony experience try Google Voice, a new service that allows you to consolidate all of your numbers.

Start by setting up an account and picking a number. You can search for numbers that spell out words in any area code you’d like.

From there, you can set Google Voice to accept incoming calls from your landlines or office phones, and direct calls based on who is calling you or time of day.

If you ever change carriers, your Google Voice number will stay the same.

To make calls from your number, just enter the number you’d like to call on your Google Voice homepage or call your Google Voice number from your phone and enter the number you’d like to dial at the prompt (we recommend taking advantage of the outrageously low international rates).

If you have an Android phone, it’s as easy as downloading the Google Voice app and dialing the number from within.

Google Voice automatically transcribes all voicemails to text, making it easy to avoid your voicemail box entirely. You can also easily share important or memorable voicemails via email.

With simple contact management options, you can screen or block callers and set custom voicemail recordings for specified numbers.

Think of it as a digital secretary to manage all your important calls.

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Article • September 21, 2010

Find the Best Hotel Rooms Last Minute

LateRooms is a new way to score cheap hotel rooms

Mustering the desire to take a vacation is easy. Finding affordable places to stay while traveling, not so much.

Thankfully there’s LateRooms, an international service that helps you find the cheapest possible deals on hotel room (and other travel arrangements).

If you have a specific place in mind, start by searching for a hotel by location or name. If you’re just looking for extra incentive to get away, you can search for specific deals, including free nights, extra amenities, combo deals or free upgrades.

LateRooms also gives you the option to book “secret rooms,” which will give you the general vicinity of the hotel and its star rating but won’t disclose the name until you book (this is done so fancy hotels can save face by filling rooms without having to advertise a discount).

If you’re looking for something a little homier than a hotel room, you can also book cottages, apartments or villas throughout Europe. Car rentals are also available, and they offer free city guides many European hubs.

As for convincing your boss to give you the time off, you’re on your own.

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Article • September 20, 2010

Getting There

Easily Compare Prices Across Multiple Forms Of Travel

You have to travel from City A to City B.  Is it cheaper to fly, drive or take the bus?  No, it’s not a word problem, but it does illustrate a problem that regional travelers face.

Thankfully, there’s Getset, a one-stop service that offers instant price comparison across multiple forms of travel, allowing you to find the cheapest way.

Simply enter the city where you’re coming from and where you need to go. (For now, only the US is covered, but major cities are being added every day.)

Getset will provide you with instant travel price information on driving, flight, and bus costs (they’re working adding train prices) so you can compare prices in an easy to read side-by-side chart.

From there, you can book your tickets or rent a car and get the heck out of town.

Unfortunately, it can’t guarantee that you won’t be sitting next to a “talker.”

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