AT&T is now offering to reach out and touch your computer or other home device. The company's rolling out a nationwide service called "Connectech." Prices start at $69 for AT&T to send out a service person to fix or install just about any kind of electronic equipment. AT&T hopes to compete with Best Buy's Geek Squad.
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We're all at risk of losing a free music service used by about 1 million people every day. Pandora radio is one of the most popular services on the Web. The site allows users to listen to their favorite music by setting up customized stations. Pandora.com, which is free, was already one of the Web's most popular sites. But then comes along the Pandora app for Apple's iPhone and thousands more users are now rocking out to the site. But it's not all fun and games. The end could be near for Pandora. The founder of the service is in an all-out fight with owners of copyrighted works over royalty fees. It turns out that Pandora's paying nearly 70-percent of its revenue on royalty fees.
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Finally, the Link of the Day, and this one's for those of you who have trouble remembering things.
You see something you like or want to buy -- only to get home and not be able to name what it was. Maybe kwiry.com can help. The site is a free service that turns your text messages into reminders that you get when you log online.
Here's how it works: say there's a song you want to download -- or something you need to pick up to the store. Simply text a message to 5-9-4-7-9 or k-w-i-r-y. That message will then be stored on kwiry's Web site. So the next time you're online, you can log in to kwiry.com to manage your reminders, see search results for each one, or share those search results with your friends.
One other really cool feature-- kwiry now works with other Web sites like Amazon and even Netflix.
All you have to do is text "Netflix" followed by the movie title to kwiry -- and the site will automatically add the movie to your queue and then it will be sent to your doorstep.
You must first register at kwiry to start your account -- and stop forgetting things.