A free unified messaging service channels free voicemail and/or fax messages directly to your e-mail. Unused numbers expire in 30 days. Based on the west coast, your number will begin with 206. Messages are stored for 7 days, maximum 20 messages in your account.
See drop.io info below for sending and receiving faxes too!
"411" for businesses - free from Google
Just dial 1-800-GOOG411 (1-800-644-6411) -- it will even connect you for no charge, or say "Text Message" to get the info for later.
Your cell phone messages converted to "visual voicemail" on the web?
YouSendit -- files automatically expire in 7 days.
1) Pick who you want to send a file to (anyone with an email address - and multiple addresses can be entered).
2) "Browse" to select the file on your computer (up to 100 MB in size) -- it can be music, photos, documents, or anything. Your file will be stored by YouSendIt without ever filling up your recipient's mailbox.
3) Click the Send It button. YouSendIt will automatically email your recipient a link to your file stored on the YouSendIt server.
Drop.io -- a place to drop and share a variety of files (notes, audio, movies, pictures or just files) You set the name and how long you want the file available. Passwords can be set for your space. You can also use drop.io to send or receive faxes! Drop.io sends a cover sheet to your "faxee" who then faxes to the number on the sheet (856 area code ... New Jersey).
Free: integrates with Google and Outlook. Great for scheduling meetings with alternate dates. Emails confirmations and auto-schedules based on replies received.
Calendars Net is a free interactive web calendar hosting service, where you and anyone you choose can post events visible and printable by whomever you choose, or everyone. You can post events that span more than one day (with text flowing across days or even weeks) or that recur every 1st or 4th Tuesday of each month, etc. You can copy the calendar data to your own computer and edit your calendar offline. And, in multiple languages!! Since anyone can add, but not delete, we've used it for "event sign-ups" -- see example
30Boxes -- free: embed-able, sharable, downloadable and subscribe-able online calendar
A nice web-based way for teachers to reserve labs and other resources (TV's, VCR's, LCD's, etc). This is not free...$250 first year and $100 per year after that. Can be used for a whole district.
Need to collect information? Try these survey Tools:
Use "Google Docs" for instant surveys that collect data into a spreadsheet. Share and collaborate with other in realtime, or download the spreadsheet in Excel
Here's a site to try when you are presented with having to subscribe to a website to view content. This site provides login and password information that are "bogus" accounts, but will grant you access. In some cases, you may need to try several of the available logins. (Bugmenot, has disposable email accounts now too! -- see above)
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