Dropbox...

www.getdropbox.com “Sync your files online and across computers” Review: Wifey and I are always sharing files for our business, and anything we can’t share via Google Docs (e.g. non Word, Excel, PowerPoint docs) and/or email (file size too big), we usually FTP to the server. This requires multiple steps, opening an FTP client > uploading the file(s) to a designated/new folder > letting the other party know where you uploaded the files, etc. Dropbox allows you to sign up and download a client (Mac, PC, or UNIX) that ’syncs’ a designated folder...

ChaCha...

www.chacha.com “Answers to anything, on the go. For free!” Review: ChaCha is an excellent service for folks who want to utilize the mobile service for acquiring any/all sorts of information. From practical categories such as traffic conditions, weather, sports scores, current news, etc., to requesting jokes/humor, opinion, etc. ChaCha will (usually) provide a quality response within a few minutes. How it works: 1. Add 242242 and/or 1-800-2ChaCha to your address book on your phone (name it ‘ChaCha’ or whatever). 2. Text or phone in any question. 3a. If...

Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus...

www.eyetv.com “Video Converter and TV Tuner for Analog and HDTV Reception” Review: Cable TV was getting a little too expensive for the few amount of shows I really watch (neither Grace nor I really ‘veg’ and watch the tube, but we do enjoy our DWTS, etc. :) so I needed the following solutions: 1. Ability to still watch HD quality programming on my TV. 2. Ability to record shows that we want to watch. Requirement #1 was resolved by downgrading my cable to to basic channels (1-30 etc., around $13/month) and using the coax connection to my TV basically...

Kindle for iPhone...

www.amazon.com “Read more than 260,000 Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch.” Review: I really didn’t feel like shelling out $359 for a new Kindle 2 (how many books can that purchase?) so thought I’d give the ‘baby brother’ a try – the free iPhone/iPod Touch app-based version which also connects to your Amazon Kindle account via Whispersync technology. Overall, I’ve rather enjoyed the experience thus far, having more than a few books at my disposal to be read wherever I am. No more needing to plan which book(s) to pack on...

Netflix...

www.netflix.com “Your movie rentals delivered.” Review: Love it. Can’t live without it. Starting at just $8.99 a month, I enjoy a new movie every 3-4 days as well as any streaming movies from any computer (via web browser + Silverlight) or Xbox 360. I’ve went back and forth over the years between the $8.99/month (1 DVD out at-a-time), $13.99/month (2 DVDs out at-a-time), and $16.99/month (3 DVDs out at-a-time) plans, but found that the $8.99/month plan is more than sufficient to watch just the right amount of quality movies (with the 2 or 3 DVDs out...