Send SMS for Free to any country

JaxtrSMS has introduced free Mobile Texting, Local And International.
You can send messages to all in your address book whether they have the app or not.
It goes direct to SMS inbox and behaves like regular SMS.
Also works on tablets PC's like Motorola XOOM, iPad, Samsun Galaxy Tab etc . Use your own number or buy a new global phone number.


How does it work?
Use JaxtrSMS to send and receive messages with any other mobile phone in the world forFREE.

1. Recipient does not have to be a user
2. Send a text message to any other mobile phone, domestic or international.
3. Use your own phone number

Sorting in Gmail

Unlike Yahoo Mail or most other email providers, Google's Gmail does not specifically provide any option or feature to sort the emails.
I came across many options though for sorting emails in gmail, while looking for same on the Internet.
Here are some quick tips for sorting emails in gmail -

Sort Gmail by Sender

Use from:sender’s name in Gmail search box

Sort Gmail by Size

Use has:attachment in Gmail search box

Use has:attachment from:me label:sent to quickly sort emails having attachments sent by you. Can be used to clean and reduce the mailbox size.

Sort/Search by Unread Mails

Use is:unread in Gmail search box

Sort by file type
Use filename:pdf (mp3 etc) in Gmail search box

Android Phones Vulnerable to WiFi Attack

Folks over at Ulm University in Germany have determined that all Android phones running any version below Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread are vulnerable to attacks over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks. And since only the Nexus S, and a few other devices have that update onboard, that pretty much means the entire Android user base (99.7%) is at risk.
The German researchers published their findings in a paper entitled "Catching AuthTokens in the Wild: The Insecurity of Google's ClientLogin Protocol." Vulnerability is specific to unencrypted Wi-Fi hot spots, where the team demonstrated an attack that gained access to all items of contacts, calendar events, and private pictures, including those currently being synced. This is done with an impersonation attack, stealing authToken (authentication tokens), markers used to communicate between the Android device and Google services.
By steal authToken, the hackers can theoretically access a variety of other Google services on the phone, at least those that use ClientLogin authentication protocol for its data APIs. The best solution is to upgrade to Android 2.3.4, but upgrades are hard to come by, with both manufacturers and operators lagging far behind the curve.
All is not so bleak though - switch-off automatic synchronization on your device, and don’t use apps, whenever you log on to unencrypted Wi-Fi. Or in other words, don’t log on to an open Wi-Fi network.

Source - http://www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-and-PDAs/997-percent-of-Android-devices-vulnerable-to_6791.html

Free SMS Reminder Service from Google

You might have been using google calendar for setting reminders for various events like Birthdays, Marriage anniversaries and other
important tasks.
There is much more to it though - Google also offers to send SMS to your cellphone to remind about the events setup in your calendar, absolutely free.

Though there might be several service providers available offering this service free, but as you can even integrate google calendar with your gmail, using google
calendar as free reminder service makes it more convenient.

It works with almost all telecom circles in India, like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea etc.

All you have to do is register your mobile phone number with google.
And next time when you add an event to google calendar, you can choose to receive the
reminder on your mobile phone as an SMS, anytime before the event.

Here are the steps to set it up -

Step 1. Go to google calendar settings -



Step 2. Register your mobile number with google -



Step 3. While adding an event/reminder to a date on google calendar, choose SMS as reminders option. You can choose to receive alert as an email and popup as well.



All set. Now jump on that important reminder as an when it comes to you SMS inbox.

Date Picker for Excel Sheets

Found a nice add-on for Microsoft Excel 2007 that allows you to add a date picker in a excel sheet cell.
It comes really handly when you need to quickly add a date (Current date or any other) in a excel sheet cell. This add-on gives some options to customize as well
like using a cell icon etc.



For details check out MS Excel Date Picker

Download add-on at MS Excel Date Picker add-on download