Make It Easy For Others to Schedule Time with You

Timebridge is offer a free resource that makes it easy for people see your availability and schedule time with you.  The great thing about this resource is that it doesn’t reveal the details of your schedule, only the times that you’re “available” or “busy”.  Further is works with Outlook, Google Calendar, and iCal to synchronize your free/busy availability.

For an additional fee, Timebridge’s Meet With Me also provides a meeting room, web or phone conferencing, and text message reminders to those involved in the meeting.

To learn more, visit TimeBridge.

Send Bulk SMS Messages through Tatango

Need to keep in touch with a group that’s on the go? Tatango offers a text messaging service that can send your message out to everyone in your group. Messages can be composed and sent from a computer or by phone if you’re on the go as well.  Depending on the plan, you can a variety of groups, subgroups and message allotments. Members can use “keywords” which allow people to easily join your group via text or through a link online. Current users include athletic teams, religious organizations, real estate agents and sororities.

Tatango offers a free-30 day trial. Plans vary from basic at $19 a month for 400 messages and unlimited members all the way up to the premium for $199 a month for 5000 messages and few other perks (there are two plans in between). To learn more or test out a free trial, visit Tatango.com

Excel Password Recovery

There is an old adage that says, “You can never be too safe.” When it comes to the digital world, it’s very true. Cyber hackers and hijackers are lurking everywhere to steal digital information. And while it’s a piece of cake for them to get passwords and other sensitive information, for the rest of us, keeping track of login information is a hassle especially since everything needs its own password. It’s too much and eventually passwords get forgotten.

Forgetting a password isn’t that big of deal when you’re online as there is usually a way to retrieve it or reset it, but what if you’ve password protected your documents? Well if it’s an Excel document, you’re in luck.

Excel allows users to password protect entire documents or individual workbooks. You can even allow people to read the document but not make changes without a password. So what happens if a colleague moves without giving you the password to his work-related Excel doc? Or you simply forget your password? Over at Petri IT Knowledge Base you can find complete details and a free download for Excel Password Recovery. It takes you step-by-step through two recovery options and even provides an alternative Pro solution if needed.