Family on the Phone

So many people are far too careless about leaving their cell phones lying around. Here’s a good reason not to do that. place holder

I found this cute video today and thought some of you might appreciate it. Have a great weekend everybody!

Do you know about Google Voice? I remember reading about it quite a while ago but forgot about it until all the recent buzz online got my attention again. It’s one of the newest of the newfangled ways to keep in touch – no matter where you are or what phone happens to be handy. [...]

Conference calling has found it’s way from the corporate board meeting to the small business or home based business and even to local volunteer organizations. With easy-to-use low-cost – even free –  options now available, even the most frugal and tech challenged among us can host or participate in a conference call. What is a [...]

I ran across this today and thought some of you might be interested. You could win the hottest new Blackberry worth over $740 or a $50 gift certificate to Crackberry.com. Even if you are not one to go in for contests, this is an opportunity to find out how to make your own ringtones with [...]

Just thought I would share with you a cute commercial for Microsoft’s new Marketplace for Mobile. Though poking fun at themselves, this also appears to be a (good-natured?) swipe at the iphone Mobile App Store The iphone App Store claims, “Your iphone gets better with every new app.” Is that really true? If you need [...]

Since I have been discussing teens and cell phones this week, I thought I should address the question of how to avoid misuse or abuse of phone privileges by our teens. To be fair though, it isn’t just teenagers who can overuse their phones. I will admit to being the chatty one in our family. [...]

Since text messaging is so popular – especially among teenagers – I thought it might be a good idea to post some information on how to save money on texting services. It is baffling to me why the cell phone companies charge such exorbitant fees for text messages. Twenty cents for each message sent and [...]

If we think about our teenage years, I am sure we can all remember how a special brand of shoes or a hair style or a “cool” piece of clothing or jewelry distinguished certain people within our peer group. Would it surprise you to learn that one of the most important personal trademarks for teenagers [...]

Do you text message your kids? If you are a teen, do you like to text message with your parents? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic.