QuickTips Index
Send and Receive Free Faxes
Quite a number of free fax services have come and gone over recent years. I don't know of any one current service that lets you both send and receive faxes for free without a lot of restrictions, but that doesn't mean you can't have your fax and send it too! All you need to do is use two free services, one to send your faxes and another to receive faxes.
Free Tax Filing Sites as Listed by the IRS
The United States Internal Revenue Service lists about twenty sites that offer free E-Filing. Some also include free tax preparation.
Free Word Puzzle Help
Get free online help to solve crosswords and other word puzzles
Locate those Hard-to-Find Toll-Free Customer Service Numbers
One thing that has always bugged me about dealing with online merchants has been how difficult it is to talk to real person when there is a problem that can't be solved using their online resources. There is a reason they hide their toll-free numbers. It is much cheaper for them to use automated email responses or other online communications. However, there are some times when voice communication is the only solution.
Free World Cup Videos
Soccer fans that either don't have access to live TV coverage of the games, or can't spend hours and hours watching the entire matches can get their soccer fix with these free World Cup videos.
Google Spreadsheets
If there was any doubt that Google is working toward offering a free online office software suite, I think we can safely say that doubt has pretty much been eliminated by the announcement of the free Google Spreadsheets online.
Free Incoming and Outgoing Phone Calls
You can now get free outgoing calls to real phone numbers and free incoming calls to a real phone number. You may be thinking "who is crazy enough to be offering that kind of service free in both directions" and that would be a wise question. The truth is that no one company is doing that -- You need to be a little creative and combine services from two companies to get free calling in both directions.
Free Song Lyrics
If you have ever listened to a popular song and couldn't quite figure out some of the lyrics, you will appreciate LyricsDownload.com. They have an enormous database of over 600,000 unique song lyrics.
Google Calendar
Free calendars are cool and free email is really nice, but put them together and you have something fantastic. Google has made their free Web based calendar available to everyone and it is worth the time to sign up and give it a spin.
Cool Free Videos -- 2006 Super Bowl Commercials
I have to admit it -- I don't watch football, not even the Super Bowl. I have however, considered recording the Super Bowl just so I could skip everything else and only watch the commercials. But, of course, with access to the Internet I don't need to.
Free Classical Music Downloads
I set out to see if I could find a source of free legal classical music MP3 downloads - After finding mostly sites with just a few selections to download I finally stumbled upon the mother-load of classical MP3 downloads
Yahoo Jumps on the One Gigabyte Bandwagon
Now that Google has upped their Gmail storage to 2 gigabytes -- Yahoo is playing catch-up and has raised their free email offering to one gigabyte
Skype
What the heck is a Skype you ask - Skype is a voice over IP (VOIP) telephone company that has made an enormous splash by offering free high quality PC to PC calling
Become.com
Google is my favorite general search engine but when it comes to finding substantial information on getting the best buy on something you need to purchase it seems almost useless
Avoiding Registration on Information Sites
Tired of registering on information sites and newspaper websites to read an article or two - This site offers a solution if you feel comfortable using it