FAX MACHINE becomes OUTDATED – great new services
It’s been a technology-full week as opposed to last week which was musical – not sure which one I prefer… I just wanted to share with you the amazing online FAX facilities now available in SA which I am sure will grow and improve. Free online faxing has been available in the rest of the world for a while – we are just starting to catch up – click here for a site that will direct you to the A href=”http://www.anymail.co.za/fax.htm”Global providers. For local free online Fax receiving service in SA go to E2 Solutions – I send them to you as they were very quick to help me out. You receive all your faxes for free as emails in your inbox and pay a small fee for sending faxes locally also via your email. But they only provide a local service for free. I however needed an international online Faxing service – Surprise Surprise – guess who saved the day – TELKOM!!! They have the perfect servie for me. Having a home office becomes easier and easier. And it’s really affordable. Click here for more info and rates from Telkom. Here’s the lowdown: Telkoms Fax product is called MAIL MANAGER PLUS – all you need is a phone line, an Internet connected PC and an e-mail client that supports attachments. You should also have CALL ANSWER (the answering service) which is about R26 to install and R10 a month. They will automatically install the CALL ANSWER service when you apply for MAIL MANAGER PLUS if you don’t have it. Faxes can only be RECEIVED on this service at present, but they are sent through to your email inbox as a mail attachment which is fantastic – no more lost faxes! Then you just print them out if you need to. The cost of MAIL MANAGER PLUS is R26 to install and about R11 a month. My installation took about 5 minutes and i received a fax ten minutes later. I highly recommend it . Now if only they could sort out the sending...
Blackberry – what is this new fangled thang?
Last time i checked Blackberry was a really tasty jam that goes well on toast particularly with Peanut Butter – now all of a sudden it’s being tossed around as the latest must-have phone technology! Well a company called Reasearch in Motion (RIM) in Canada invented and developed a wireless device for the worldwide communications …market called Blackberry. It is basically a revolutionary communication tool that allows cellphone users to stay in touch with their email wherever they go… In an attempt to get this theatrical brain around Blackberry being a phone thingymajig I contacted the man that knows all about anything to do with phones – he’s a high-flying wheeler and dealer in the phone technology market in the East – he’s Stoffle and he explains it nice and clearly: So what is Blackberry? It’s a wireless technology sweeping the world. It’s killer application is that email is PUSHED to you – this is a complete paradigm shift from the pc situation where email is PULLED to you. This makes a huge difference to our lives because email becomes more like SMS and is much more accessible. When people know you have a blackberry, they expect you to be more reachable. Is this a good thing? Having your phone buzz each time you have a new email marks a major difference in the way people deal with business information. It means there is literally no down time. You are always online and you always have the ability to answer emails on the go (the device has a qwerty keyboard which allows you to type like on a normal computer keyboard. Wow! Email on the go! Your phone continuously polls the email server and pulls the email down as soon as it reaches your email server – So you get email in real time to your phone. Of course, Blackberry pushes a copy of the email to your mobile devices. You still get the email on your pc when you get to sit down in front of it. OK… It has become an essential tool for business travellers because these days there are GPRS roaming agreements between most operators. So for example, when a Vodacom customer gets off the plane at Heathrow and switches on his Blackberry, he immediately gets pushed the emails that have been sent to him while on the plane. Of course, he pays a premium for data roaming charges, which are charged by the kilobyte. Is Data Roaming expensive? Data roaming is quite expensive, yes – but time is money. The equation being that while that person spends an hour getting through customs and into...
Wanna buy a house from your couch?
The trend of buying property on the internet is increasing at a rapid pace… It’s so easy to sit back and just click! We have started to compile a list of sites- both places to browse and sites with property info – from various informative sources – If anyone has any experience of these sites or any further sites to add please feel...
Wicked Wednesday in the Deep SOUF bru
Whosyrmama invites you to see if you’re rough enough to go underground with her in the southern suburbs – she gives good … directions We love people that make UNDERGROUND the NORM – keep representing!! For cheap entertainment on a Wednesday Night go and watch all walks of life “pull in” at Wesbank Raceway to race their cars – some new Porches some Fiat uno’s souped up …with NOS (Nitrous Oxide)some “stock standard” that just want to see how well their cars will do. You just have to go at least once! See the wheels, see the cut off jeans and pony tails, see the crew, see the smoke and hear the revs – every Wednesday night at Wesbank Raceway. R20 per car gets you in – alcohol and food available you can sit on the grandstand or you can sit at the restaurant and watch the cars speed passed on the 400m drag strip! Here’s a blurb on the SouthSide Crew – the crew who organize and run the Drag Racing at Wesbank Raceway – it’s really wicked how it came about – take the time to read this: SouthSide Crew was born under a full moon, on the streets, in the south of Jozi. In the south being respected is a huge thing amongst the youth. Leaders are usually born here out of fear i.e they’re the best fighters & knock most amateur boxers in to the dark alleys of La Rochelle or respect, earned through actions, hype or just plain love. These are usually the people who are looked up to. Cars have always been a way of life for generations come & gone especially in the south. A nobody unknown can become a SupSuperstarll known if he hooks up a ride that looks sweet or be the fastest on the street. It’s an invisible crown earned & given by the people themselves. This be no lie. It’s been proven over & over again. U wanna have a laugh, most peoples names are saved in their cellphones according to their rises or what modifications thyey’ve done to their rides eg eg.rco M3, Arief VwTurbo, Alex Turbo, Jose Jedi. I know this cause these are a few numbers saved on my phone. So SouthSide Crew came about when, we the youth of the south, harnessed all the elements of the underground & put it together. The revolution of the SMS become our no1 tool. We’d sms a few top racers to join up at a certain location at a certain time. SMS’s would be forwarded & a ripple effect continued. I’d arrive only knowing the location of...
CHANNEL O AFRICAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
Don’t forget to visit the Channel O website and vote for your favourite Music Videos! Now in their second year, the Channel O AMVAs are unique in that videos are nominated and voted for by viewers, giving fans complete control over who receives an award. The Awards show itself will be held at the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg …on 31 March 2005. The event will be recorded ‘live’ and broadcast on Channel O on 2 April at 19:00...
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