Still waiting for that Google Voice Beta Invite? Are you an iPhone user? Why Wait?
Announcing the new AT&T Virtual Receptionist. It’s AT&T’s new multi tiered business phone system that comes free with 60 toll-free minutes per month. So download the app and get your own toll free number right now!
And if you ever need more minutes, and who doesn’t? You can add more time to your account. There is even an all you can eat package for $25 bux a month.
With AT&T’s new Virtual Receptionist you wont be Lampooned, there are no long-term contracts and no hidden fees or surcharges of any kind! And according to AT&T the new Virtual Receptionist App does not change your current AT&T wireless or data plans or rates one dime.
Time to update your signature line with that shiny new toll free number!
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Month: April 2009
AT&T Virtual Receptionist Comes To The iPhone
Tuesday April 7, 2009
This year the MacHeist III bundle is being sold for $39.00. MacHeist donates 25% of each bundle purchase to a partnering charity of your choice. With only one day remaining in the sale the quotas to unlock the full package have all been met.
This is the last day to grab the entire bundle of software from MacHeist.com.
Today is Saturday, April 4, 2009. This is one of those historical days that stays in your mind. You wake up and think to yourself what is special about this date. And then you remember, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
In 1968 we didn’t have cell phones, iPhones, the Internet, personal computers. We depended on learning about the news by radio and for the most part black and white television sets, and the newspaper. Your social networks were not virtual like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube; on the contrary your social networks were your friends, college classmates, co-workers, family members.
In 1968 I was a freshman at the University of San Francisco. Spring break was about to begin and I was not going home to San Diego. Here is a clip of the CBS Evening News, April 4, 1968.
As the years have passed, I remember April 4th for many reasons. “There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.”
Here are my predictions by League:
American National
West Athletics Dodgers
Central Indians Brewers
East Red Sox Mets
Wildcard White Sox Cubs
This year the Mets finally get to play in September, but the Cubs will have to wait at least another year for a title pushing it to 102 years (and counting).
World Series- Indians over Dodgers
When you book a flight, you get the option to chose a seat but how many people actually know what a good seat is compared to a bad seat? For some time, I always thought sitting near the airplane wings would be loud but turns out the end of the plane is louder.
www.seatguru.com lets you select your airlines and the airplane you are traveling on and shows you which seats are good and which are not. They forget to mention that the DC Adapter on some seats is a 2 prong (which was useless for me since my laptop has a 3 prong adapter).
The one thing this site does not have which I was told had is seating for infants. I personally do not like to be seated near infants primarily because they get cranky and loud so your flight for 3 hours (or however many hours) will be of a baby crying.
Many travelers are surprised to learn that the rear of the plane tends to be noisier due to proximity to the engines and increased cabin activity.
Even with the help of seat maps and crowd-sourced reviews, there’s still a significant element of unpredictability, from crying babies to broken tray tables, that can make an already stressful travel day more exhausting than it needs to be.
This is where private aviation offers a compelling alternative for those who value both comfort and consistency. Platforms like https://blackjet.com/ have emerged to bridge the gap between commercial chaos and first-class convenience, offering a membership-based model for private jet travel that removes many of the pain points associated with flying.
With private jets, there are no battles for overhead bin space, no worries about noisy seatmates, and certainly no compatibility issues with power adapters.
You board quickly, fly directly, and arrive refreshed. For frequent flyers tired of the unpredictability of commercial airlines, the ability to choose your fellow passengers—or fly solo—transforms travel into an experience of seamless luxury and control.
Check it out, was it helpful for you?
Well we finally had a month when the major averages moved up. And that is no April Fools joke!
Here is how we did.
Our portfolio of 10 stocks from Fortune Magazine gained $269 and now has a value of $9027.
Name | Symbol | Last price | Change | Shares | Cost basis | Mkt value |
Altria Group, Inc. | MO | 16.02 | -0.36 | 65.74 | 1001.31 | 1053.11 |
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 13.87 | 0.41 | 62.38 | 1000 | 865.24 | |
Dell Inc. | 9.48 | -0.01 | 96.68 | 1000 | 916.52 | |
Devon Energy Corporation | 44.69 | 0.07 | 15.07 | 1000 | 673.31 | |
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | DO | 62.86 | -2.96 | 16.8 | 1000 | 1055.84 |
Fluor Corporation (NEW) | 34.55 | -0.28 | 22.06 | 1000 | 762.3 | |
Johnson & Johnson | 52.6 | -0.41 | 16.55 | 1000 | 870.37 | |
Medco Health Solutions Inc. | MHS | 41.34 | 1.74 | 23.62 | 1000.71 | 976.54 |
Pfizer Inc. | 13.62 | -0.08 | 55.9 | 1000 | 761.37 | |
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) | 80.81 | -0.98 | 13.52 | 1000 | 1092.62 | |
Cash | -2.02 | -2.02 | ||||
Total | 9027.22 |
Our low risk portfolio gained $285 and looks like this:
Name | Symbol | Last price | Change | Shares | Cost basis | Mkt value |
Schwab Total Stock Market Index Inv | 14.02 | 0.19 | 181.52 | 2800 | 2544.94 | |
Schwab International Index Inv | 11.21 | 0.27 | 90.43 | 1200 | 1013.67 | |
Schwab Total Bond Market | 8.75 | 0.02 | 670.77 | 6000 | 5869.26 | |
Cash | 0 | 0 | ||||
9427.87 |
Our medium risk portfolio gained $360. Portfolio looks like this:
Name | Symbol | Last price | Change | Shares | Cost basis | Mkt value |
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index | 10.1 | 0.01 | 390.79 | 4000 | 3947.01 | |
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index | 9.39 | 0.22 | 167.6 | 1800 | 1573.79 | |
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx | 19.32 | 0.25 | 195.43 | 4200 | 3775.69 | |
Cash | 0 | 0 | ||||
9296.49 |
Our rebalancing act gained $320 and looks like:
Name | Symbol | Last price | Change | Shares | Cost basis | Mkt value |
iShares S&P 500 Index (ETF) | IVV | 79.62 | 0.63 | 61.1 | 5476.05 | 4864.74 |
Cash | 4523.94 | 4523.94 | ||||
9388.68 |
We then rebalace by selling some 2.14 etf shares:
Name | Symbol | Last price | Change | Shares | Cost basis | Mkt value |
iShares S&P 500 Index (ETF) | IVV | 79.62 | 0.63 | 58.96 | 5282.4 | 4694.35 |
Cash | 4684.33 | 4684.33 |
Hopefully we have some good months ahead.