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Talkster - Make Free International Calls to Anyone

 

There's few of you out who need to call people outside your country (some of UCLA MBA folks included) and Talkster is the best, free way to call someone internationally.  Yes, free.  As in. don't cost nothin'.

Some of you might think Skype is the way to go, and I think you're onto something.  Skype is a great, free way to make international calls through the internet/computer.  But, Talkster is the best, free way to make international calls through a cell phone.  Free Mobile International Calling. 

Here's how it works. Fill out the form on the home page, providing them with your number and the number you want to call.  Talkster gives you both a new local Trapster phone number (via text).  Just save that number as its your friends' new phone number while you're both in separate countries. All that, and it's for free.  Do the right thing.  Get some Tallkster going.

And if you're still old school, pre-paid calling cards is another route to go for cheap international calling - one option for you would be getting Comfi Phonecard.

Learn about other websites to know including the Smartest Travel Tool and the Easiest Trip Organizer.

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Posted August 28, 2009
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Mojo - Best Free Music Sharing Program

   
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The majority of us get free music in one way or another.  Whether it's politely taking via BitTorrent, or downloading from some Russian website, or downloading music onto flash drives from friends.  The latter 2 ways used to be my primary way of getting music.  I felt a little bad about stealing via bittorrent, so instead I paid 10 cents a song from GoMusic.ru.  Just made me feel better.

But when introduced to Mojo from my roommate, I pretty much got hooked.  Mojo is without a doubt, the best free iTunes music sharing program.  It allows you to easily access your friends' iTunes music libraries and with a double-click on a song, you're instantly moving that song into your library.  It looks like iTunes, so you should already know how to use it (unless you're one of 42 people still using Winamp).  When you're using it, the program greys out songs you already have and highlights ones in red that are copy-protected (damn protections)

Upside - tremendously easy to get music from friends you trust
Downside - Its tough to find your friends who have the service (you'll need to email them your username/password) and friends need to have the program open at the same time as you.  But that's a small price to pay to get free music from friends who live 3,000 miles away.

My username is yangro03@deusty.com.  If you're a friend of mine, email me your info and I'll send you my password to start downloading 8000+ songs.  Download Mojo now for the Best Free Music Sharing Program you'll ever use.  (bold statement yes, true statement also yes)

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Check out some additional websites to know right here.

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Posted August 6, 2009
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TripIt = Easy Organized Trip Planning

   
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TripIt is here because it simply makes your trip itinerary planning (life) easier and more organized.  Here's how it works:

You're planning to do a trip to Europe, Asia or maybe a weekend trip to Vegas.  You have about 10 different confirmation emails from your 2 flights, 4 different hotels, the rental car company, amtrak reservation, opentable dinner, shuttle bus and are feeling a bit overwhelmed.  All you want to think about is being in that ultimate travel paradise and not about the actual organization part.  Well fear not, because all you need to do is forward your confirmation emails as they come in, to Plans@TripIt.com and TripIt will start compiling your complete trip itinerary for you in an easy printable and shareable fashion.  They support more airline, hotel, car, partners than you can handle, so you don't have to even more about that.  And, no need to register on the site -- your first email already takes care of that. They've even created a free iPhone app in case you forget to print out this convenient little travel itinerary.  Happy Travels.

Improvesments: one area they need to overcome is getting people in the habit forward that quick email. Depending on feasibility/cost, they need to get their partners on board to promote a button of sorts on confirmation emails, to remind folks of TripIt's awesome service.

If you haven't booked your flight yet, then you should probably use Farecast (slash, he best flight booking tool out there).

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Posted August 4, 2009
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Bing Travel (Farecast)- Smartest Travel Tool Ever

   
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A new feature of my posterous that you'll be reading about is called Websites to Know.  In this space, I'll be telling you about various websites and tools that you should absolutely be using (if you aren't already).

First up is Bing.com's Travel tool (the website formerly known as Farecast.com).  I'm a fan of the former name and will refer to as such.  Anyways, Farecast needs to be your go-to site for booking airfare.  Not only is an aggregator with Web 2.0 tools like Kayak, but it also gives you a prediction tool which tells you whether now is the time to buy or whether you'd save yourself a fair amount of cash by waiting just a few more days or weeks.  No longer is there a guessing game for the best time to buy.

So get smart, save some money and start using Bing Travel.  Happy travels.

Learn about TripIt (quick and easy trip organizer) for the trip to AwesomeTown you just booked. 

Or check out GroupOn to find an absurdly great deal on restaurants or activities in a major US city you're heading to.  Great deal meaning up to 70% off.  Yes, I'm talking about that level of Great Deal.  Check it out.

 

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Posted July 13, 2009
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