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Utilizing Skype For Biz

When it comes to business communication, Skype is an invaluable tool. Its impressive array of features make it ideal for sending files, checking in on business partners, holding video conferences and making international calls. Open Forum has these tips for utilizing skype for your business. 1. Screen Sharing may be Skype’s best feature: It amazes

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Skype Click & Call

Fast Company is reporting that Internet-phone service Skype has announced Click & Call, its first foray into advertising. And with more than 560 million registered users worldwide, the new service is almost guaranteed to be a success. Click & Call enables customers to call certain phone numbers for free that are sponsored by advertisers. “[It]

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Super Car Wash

According to BBC News, Gurcharn Sahota works on some of the world’s fastest cars at his workshop just outside Derby. But if you’re used to spending £5 on getting the car cleaned at the local garage, forget it. Gurcharn says he uses painstaking cleaning methods to make £1 million supercars look almost better than new.

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TimeSaver: LucyPhone

Waiting on hold stinks. Free service LucyPhone can listen to the hold music for you, then call you back when a real human picks up. Lifehacker says head to Lucyphone’s site, look up the number of the company you’re calling (or add it to their database), then hand over your own number. Lucyphone calls you

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Tipping Cards For Travellers

Trendspotter Springwise says cash may be increasingly rare as a method of payment in most transactions, but tipping remains one of those areas where it’s still often the standard. Therein lies a problem for international travellers, who must juggle multiple currencies; Where’s My Tip, however, aims to offer a solution. Wait staff and bartenders should

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Vent Online, Get Sued

According to The New York Times, after a towing company hauled Justin Kurtz’s car from his apartment complex parking lot, despite his permit to park there, Kurtz, 21, a college student in Kalamazoo, Mich., went to the Internet for revenge. Outraged at having to pay $118 to get his car back, Kurtz created a Facebook

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