Email Manager, Block Spam & Unwanted Messages

Email Manager to Reduce Overload, Block Spam and Unwanted Messages with Boxbe

Here is a free service that helps reduce email overload by working with your existing email addresses, reducing clutter, and makings sure you get email from the people that matter to you.

The program starts by working with your current contact list but then builds upon it, extending priority to contacts of those you "trust".

The program actually learns as it goes and personalizes itself to work best for you.  Easy integration is set for accounts such as Gmail (including various Google Apps), AOL, and Yahoo!

When you sign up for your FREE account, you easily set up a Guest List of emails of who is important to you. New "guests" can be added to your Guest List with a simple approval step.

Mail is only delivered directly to you as per the conditions you establish for your Inbox as described in the examples below:

* you have added the sender or the domain as a guest or
* the sender makes a simple robot-proof request
* the message is under your customizable junk rating threshold
* the message is from a contact of a friend

Otherwise messages will be placed in to your 'Waiting List' (for about 30 days) or left in your standard spam folder, depending upon authenticity and content.

Updating your list is completed automatically each time that you send someone as email by placing the address in your Guest List. You can also add guests in bulk or individually, and special convenience links will appear in email you receive.

Another nice feature is that your friends and contacts are NOT required to sign up as your friends will have already been pre-approved as part of the process when you are signing up for your initial account.

Emails received that have not been pre-approved receive an invitation to join your Guest List- (not sign up for an account or service). The invitation requests that the sender type character confirmation to confirm they are not a spambot. Once completed, the email is delivered. This 'test' is similar to the ones used on many websites to prevent spam entering networks as the required characters (called CAPTCHAs) which cannot be read or reproduced by spam and other computer software programs automatically.

The program offers better control and security than spam filters because most filters are imperfect.. at best.  Most unwanted emails can easily evade ISPs and the senders are constantly getting better at defeating them, despite the investment in technology solutions to deal with this issue.

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Social Poll-Questionnaire

Social Polls and Questionnaires with Urtak
Creating Social Polls and Questionnaires - Sending URL Link via Email or Embed on your Website
A web based social polling application that enables you to very quickly and easily create online polls and questionnaires.  Get started by registering for free with only an email address.

The polls are simple and easy to use. Just type in 'Yes , No' questions or statements and then click Enter.  Give your poll a title and instructions and your are finished.

There is no limit on the number of questions you as in your poll and once you have created your poll you can either link to it via a URL (for emailing to others) or embed it on your web page.

Once the poll is live anyone who sees the poll can answer it without having to log in or register. Viewers can even add additional questions or statements to the poll but they will be required to register first.

Once users vote they can compare their answers to other people who have used the poll.

The poll gives a feed out of information on the right and you can even cross tabulate answers to different questions.

Your poll will not provide the ‘correct’ answer but shows the most popular answers selected. As the admin of your poll, if others add a question that you do not like, you can easily delete.

Aside from embedding on your web site you can embed your with other web based applications rather than just a stand-alone poll.

Any poll that you create is added to the application's directory, so your polls are not 'private' so you do not have a mechanism for creating and isolating the results to a certain group.

It might also be recommended to set the 'disable option' to prevent people from adding questions to your poll unless you frequent your poll often as you be sure that some content might be added that is not relevant to the topic, within your target market, acceptability/approval, etc.

Because this is not a secured poll and if you use the URL method, be mindful that the full directory of polls may also contain some information that may not be suitable for all audiences.

Generally speaking, fun and easy tool that integrates with other web applications to improve web designs, materials, and interactions while gaining viewer insights and collecting some easily research to incorporate in reports, marketing, workshops and conference presentations.
View the Short Demo Provided Below


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Google Voice

Google Voice One Number for ALL your Calls!

Google Voice Available Without Invitation

If you're in the US, you can now use Google Voice without an invitation. Three years after acquiring GrandCentral, Google finally makes the service widely available.

"A little over a year ago, we released an early preview of Google Voice, our web-based platform for managing our communications. We introduced one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more—but this was only available through invitations and for Google Developers to try out. Today, after lots of testing and tweaking, we're excited to open up Google Voice to the public, no invitation required," explains Google.

Google Voice has a lot in common with Gmail. They're both innovative communication services and they both help you manage your communication flow.

The next steps for Google Voice should be expanding the service's availability outside US, integrating with Gizmo5 and becoming a VoIP service, integrating with Gmail and Google Talk.

The Basics

Google Voice provides a single phone number (you select by your area code) for all your cell, home, and work numbers, and lets you manage your voice services online. Unlike a landline service, a Google Voice number isn't tied to a geographical location. Unlike a cellular service, it's not linked to a specific handset. And unlike a VoIP line, it's not matched with an IP address. Instead, your Google Voice Number is tied to you. If you move, change jobs, or switch wireless carriers, your Google Voice number stays with you.

This is not a computer-required service, you don't use your computer to make phone calls, and there's no additional software or hardware to install or buy. (You can, however, use the Click2Call feature from the Google Voice website to place calls.)

Summary of Google Voice Communications Tools:

• Forward calls from your Google Voice number to one or more phones, or directly to voicemail. Based on who's calling, you can select which of your phones will ring.
• Receive text (SMS) alerts when you get a call.
• Transcribe voicemails, which Google Voice will send as email and/or text messages to your cell phone.
• Listen to voicemail messages as they're being recorded-a great throwback to the home answering achine.
• Screen callers by asking for and recording their names.
• Block annoying callers by playing a number-not-in-service recording when they call.
• Personalized Greetings by caller from your Contacts or Website Widgets.
• Record phone conversations and listen to them in your Google Voice inbox.
• Switch phones during a call.
• Use the free GOOG 411 service to say the name and location of a business, and have your call connected for free.
• Phone U.S. numbers for free.

Watch More Videos of the Great Features Provided by Google Voice: Google Voice Videos

We have only been using this feature for a couple of weeks but think this is great as a service that helps manage the multiple phone lines in our lives and this application should should have universal appeal!!!

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Whiteboard - Voice & Video Chat

Dabbleboard - Whiteboard with Voice & Video Chat

A free online Whiteboard collaboration tool Loaded with Extras - Make Private, Share with Community- add features, templates, and pages!

We found another great whiteboard online collaboration service with some added features that makes using and sharing with others easy and fun!

You can either sign up or not, it’s not necessary! There are different levels of use… both free and paid-for accounts. You can freehand draw, add text, or use one of the tools to make your drawings more precise.

Your board can be set for private or public view and access. You can also go a step further, and click “voice and video chat”. A box will pop up and detect your camera and microphone. You then add friends or coworkers. Once you’ve set it up, you are given a URL to share with others. They can then see what you’re drawing and writing, and add to it – as well as being able to see and hear you!

We like how easy this application allows you to draw diagrams as it actually begins to detect most shapes with just a couple of strokes of your 'pen'.  Click anywhere and start typing to enter text and if you need to modify anything you've already drawn, all the tools are there right next to the selected objects. No more shifting back and forth from the toolbar, all your tools and icons are right there with a simple click.

You also have access to a 'library' of other drawings, either from your earlier sessions or others. With drag-and-drop simplicity, you can add drawings to your personal library, and copy something from the library to your current drawing. You'll never have to draw the same thing twice. The more you use it, the more useful the system becomes.

As with other whiteboard applications, this one allows sharing and real-time collaboration with anyone anywhere in the world but some of the added features (library, identification of shapes and easy access to tools, makes this application standout from most. Check out the quick video below to see how simple and effective!

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