free e-books from Amazon

There's several books on Amazon right now that are Free for your Kindle.  Click here to view the list.

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Are You a Speed Devil? Check this App out..

Check out Trapster, which tells you where the speed traps, constructions, accidents, etc. are located around you.  I downloaded this app on my Andorid phone and it was pretty much right on the speed traps in town and current construction.  This might be a handy little app if you are visiting from out of town.

This cool little app comes on Blackberry, Android, Iphone/Itouch, Windows Mobile, Nokia, Palm, Garmin, and TomTom. 

Sign up for a FREE account to submit your own reports.

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Facebook Friday: Doing it Pirate Style!

What something a little different on your Facebook page?  Check out how to change your language to Pirate Style. 

• To make the change while logged into Facebook simply go to the footer in the bottom left hand corner of the screen, click on English, and scroll to select “English (Pirate) – BETA”:

Check out our Facebook Page to see how our screen now looks. You can change it back to English or any other lanuage at anytime.

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How to enable Autofill on Iphone/Itouch

Hate typing in your password and contact information on the Iphone/Itouch's tiny screen?  Check out these direction on how to enable the auto-fill on the device:

From the Main Screen:
Settings -> Safari -> AutoFill, then switch the sliders for “Use Contact Info” and/or “Names & Passcodes”

On the Contact Info you can choose a contact from your address book that it will auto-fill.

Happy Surfing.

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Kindle Shortcuts

For those who have Kindles, here are some short cuts

Power, Reset, Sleep and Wake:

■Sleep/Wake - Slide and release the power button (on top of the K2)

■Power Off - Slide and hold the power button for 4 seconds

■Reset - Slide and hold the power button for 15 seconds

General Shortcuts:

■Screen-shot - Alt+shift+G creates a screen-shot (.gif format) that goes to the Documents Folder of the Kindle 2 which you can view when connected to computer.

■Refresh Display - ALT+G (if you notice any ghosting, try this shortcut) Also useful for refreshing web browsing page

■Jump to page 1 - 5 on Home Screen - Press the number on keypad and then press 5-way Controller

■Display the Time - Press MENU button

■Display Free Memory - Press MENU button

■Display Wireless Network (3G or 1X, if wireless is on) - Press MENU button

■Play Minesweeper - Shift+ALT+M (from home page) (M or enter to mark; R to restart game; 5-way controller to move cursor)

■Go to Amazon Kindle Store - alt-home

■Jump to Web - Type in your search terms and move the 5-way controller to the right and then select “google”.

■Search Wikipedia - Select "wikipedia" in search category

■Search Content by Specific Author - Enter @author [author’s name] in the Kindle Store search bar

■Alpha Search - To search for an author or title by first letter, click one letter on the keyboard and press the 5-way controller. Then go immediately to the place on the list with the first author or title under that letter alphabetically, *but only if that match exists*. So if you have no Q's, you can't get to the R's that way. This doesn't work for "Most Recent First" listings but seems to work for title or author sort and could be useful if you have a lot of books on your Kindle 2.

■List Supported Search commands - Type @help in the search string to display other supported search commands like @dict, @url etc.

■Search Kindle Store by Author - When in Kindle Store, type @author in searchbar to limit your search to author names

■Show Diagnostic Data - From Settings Menu, enter 411

■Show Current Radio Diagnostics - From Settings Menu, enter 411 (constantly refreshes the data)

■Search Amazon Kindle Store for Free Books - From Kindle Store search, type in -domain into the search field.

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Legacy Locker - A new thought for the Digital Age

Have you ever thought of how your family members will recover your passwords and other digital files once you depart this earth?  Legacy Locker is an online safe deposit box for any type of digital assets and will notify a predetermined contact list with a legacy letter or video upon your death.  Here's a bit from Legacy Locker's website that describes the process.

Legacy Locker is easy to use and understand. First, you create an account and fill out your profile with your basic information (address, phone numbers, etc). Next, you enter verifiers, the people who you completely trust to handle information in the unfortunate event of your passing. The next step is to identify all your online assets, entering the Website, username, and password for each asset. As you enter assets, you'll assign them to your beneficiaries, the people to whom you wish to pass on your sensitive information. In addition to online assets, you can also create Legacy Letters, notes which get electronically delivered to friends, loved ones, or colleagues. Think of your Legacy Locker similar to a safety deposit box, it's a secure place to store important assets - only online.



Once your Legacy Locker is set up, you can always come back and add, edit, or remove assets. It's easy to update, and you can do it from any Internet-connected computer, anywhere in the world. This way, when you change passwords, or create new accounts, you can protect them with Legacy Locker just a few minutes later.

The final part on how Legacy Locker works is just as straightforward, though we know it's not the most pleasant topic. When a Legacy Locker customer passes away, one of their verifiers must visit the website to report the death. At this point, the service uses a safe combination of human oversight with secure technology to ensure the user's assets are properly dispersed. Emails to beneficiaries are sent with secure, embedded links that contain the assets or Legacy Letters. It's never fun to think about our own mortality, but we very much hope that Legacy Locker provides a valuable service to help ease the transition when a loved one passes away.

It makes total sense but are you ready to saw your final good byes via the internet?

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No Tips Today

Due to a complete overhaul on my computer this weekend, I won't be posting any gadget girl tips today.  I do however have a good tech story from this weekend for later in the week.

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Google Reader- Keeping It Simple

If you are like me, you like to watch the coupon blog sites to find the best deal or the latest printable coupons.  Google Reader makes it so easy to check several sites by only going to one site.  By viewing the website in a feed reader you are actually viewing an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed.

Check out this four step process to setting up your google reader.

First:  Sign up with Google (you can use any email as your log in name once you register it)
Second:  Click on google reader in the top left menu, you many have to click more.

Third:  On the top left click the add a subscription.

Fourth:  A box will come up enter a blog or website, such as gadgetgirltips.com  The blog will appear in the window on the right. 

You can also add a feed to Google Reader by looking for this simple logo on the right.  Clicking on it will walk you though adding the website to your google reader.

There are several types of feed readers, but I like google reader since there are many apps for Iphone/Itouch and Android phones.

Above is a screenshot of my google reader account. 

Happy Surfering.

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GadgetGirl Video on KMBC.

View the Video that aired this morning on KMBC, Kansas City.

A big thank you to Dion Lim!

Click here to view the video

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Have old gadgets to sell? Check out Gazelle.com

Welcome KMBC Viewers!!!!

Did you up grade your cell phone or ipod over the Holiday Season?

Head over to gazelle.com who will buy back old ipods, cell phones, video games, even old DVDs for cash, gift cards, or a donation to chartiy.  The service will even wipe your items for you but if you are selling a cell phone with a SIM card make sure you remove it before you send the phone in.  If you are selling a cell phone that doesn't have a SIM card the account that the phone is attached to must have a zero ($0) balance.  This is a great way to donate to charity without even leaving the house!

How it works.

• Go to their website and enter in the item you have to sell.
• Once the item is found, check whether it's in good condition, you have the cables, etc.
• Click caculate.

Don't Forget Your Bonus Code:  To get 5% additional back enter TWEET in the bonus code box on the check out page.

They will either send you a box or provide a free shipping lable for your items.  The website will determine by the cost if you will be shipped a box from Gazelle.  Expect the process to take an extra week if you take Gazelle's offer on a shipping box.

Expect payment in 10 days from when they receive your items if you go for the check option or a few days if your choose a gift card which will be sent by email.

If they are unable to buy back your item, they will offer to recycle it for free. 

Have more questions?  Check out their FAQ page here.

I've gone through the process of selling an old cell phone and Ipod classic for a combined total of $221.00 (I got a $10.55 bonus using the bonus code above).  I've got some other random gadgets pulled out to donate to the Haiti fundraiser through Gazelle.

Happy Selling!!!

Orginally Posted Jan 15, 2010.

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