I just wanted to make a quick post sharing the good news. If you’re a student with a .edu email address, you’re eligible for a free year of Amazon Prime! I just signed up, and the process was very quick. I don’t think any strings are attached… just to be safe you might set up a reminder in your calendar a year from now to check and make sure there is no auto-renewal.
For those of you who like to buy books online instead of in overpriced college bookstores, make sure you take advantage of this. Free 2-day shipping and more? Heck ya. Keep in mind that this won’t include all 3rd party sellers that just post on Amazon. Hard to beat free, though. Enjoy!
Free Year of Amazon Prime for Students — Click Here!
Not too long ago, Google introduced a pretty neat phone/voicemail service called Google Voice. Signing up for the service provides you with a single phone number that can be linked to multiple phones (home, cell, work), allows for free text messaging, provides discounted long-distance calls, offers voicemail transcriptions (as text messages), and so much more… all for the wonderful price of FREE. I don’t utilize all the features, but I do like the option of managing voicemail online.
(Picture courtesy of c3e3)
Google Voice is still in beta, and invitations have become a bit difficult inconvenient to come by as of late. I have seen/received several comments saying that invites were not being sent out as frequently by Google. However, good news has arrived! Google just announced yesterday that they are rolling out invites for all students! Read more…
I was one of the fortunate individuals who received an early Google Voice invite. I honestly haven’t done a whole lot with it, mainly because I don’t know many people that have it… but I will say it’s pretty nifty nifty. In case you’re out of the loop, here’s a quick, concise video demonstrating Google Wave.
So… I have 5 invites that I’m going to give away for… wait for it… FREE! Read more…
Categories: Contest, Google, Wave, YouTube, humor, tech Tags: Contest, famous last words, free, Google Wave, invites, video, YouTube
Update (01:41–05/15/2010): Google is now rolling out invites to students (anyone with a .edu email address)! More info here -> Google Voice Invites for Students
I’ve been using Google Voice for about a week now, and I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned along the way, things related to using Google Voice with Verizon Wireless. I wanted and hadn’t seen any resources out there regarding the Verizon + Google Voice duo, so I figured I’d put one together. This is a compilation of various things I’ve found on the Google Voice forums and from other sites.
Overview (easy navigation):
-Calling – In or Out of Network?
-Contacts & New Phone Number Issues
-Texting
-Voicemail and Using Google Voice Without Changing Your Number
For those of you who haven’t heard, Google has released a (free) phone management system called Google Voice. This is currently open by invitation only. Sign up
here if you’re interested. Google Voice allows you to have all of your phones ring, during the times you’ve set, when somebody calls your Google Voice number… and a lot more. Opposed to rattling off all the GV features, I’ll let you check out the video Google has posted (see below). It gives you a pretty good overview.
On to the important stuff.
Read more…
Categories: Google, Google Voice, tech, video Tags: cell phone, forwarding, free, Google, Google Voice, Lifehacker, phone, phone management, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Voice, vzw
I just found out from a friend, Sam Schoutko (@Wasilly & check out his blog), about this book review program at brb.thomasnelson.com. The concept is relatively simple, and I’d assume quite effective in a marketing sense.
This is how it works:
You fill out an application that is composed pretty much of name, address, blog url, and book interests. From there, you wait to get approved (took about a day for them to respond). Once approved, you select a book, and they mail it to you for free! The only thing you have to do is write a review on your blog and a retail site of your choosing. If you hate the book, let the people know. If you love it, let ‘em know. Once the two reviews are finished, you send them the links and pick another free book.
I’ll be honest, one of my motives is to get “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller (@DonMillerIs) for free – despite him blocking me on Twitter… (what the heck is that about by the way, Don?!) – but I also hope it motivates me in that whole book reading area.
Like to blog and read? Go fill out that app! Tough to beat free (I’m pullin’ for your application to go through, Sammy).
