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https://www.dialmycalls.com

You know those annoying recorded messages you get as soon as you sit down to dinner? You answer to find yourself talking to a recording from a politician urging you to vote his way in the upcoming election. Or worse, it’s a debt collector giving instructions on how to save your credit rating. Now, you too, can be one of those voices!

That’s right- and yes, for free* (limited, see below)- imagine delivering a recorded message to your students, parents, or colleagues without having to call each one of them! It’s great, you gotta try it!

So it’s simple. You record your message via phone (or upload), enter contact information, decide which contacts will get the message and when. Then sit back and relax.

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http://www.phonemyphone.com/

Admit it! You’ve done it once or twice. You’ve faked it, haven’t you? I mean you’ve faked receiving an important call to get you out of some uncomfortable situation. It’s OK, we won’t tell anyone. As a matter of fact, we’ll help you add a layer of realism to your charade. With this handy tool, you simply enter your phone number (U.S. or Canada only) and tell it when you want it to call you- now or later!

There are lots of legitimate uses… wake-up calls, reminder calls, get you out of that boring meeting calls… whatever! Best of all, it’s free and simple!

www.slydial.com

Admit it- there have been many times when you needed to deliver a message to someone (say a parent) but you really didn’t have time for a long drawn out conversation. You know- those times when you make that call and pray for voice mail or the answering machine instead of the potentially-volatile person on the other end. Yeah, we’ve all been there. And now, our prayers for getting the call to go to voice mail directly have been answered!

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http://www.google.com/goog411/

When I am out and about in the car I often need to make a phone call, but I don’t have the number with me. I can call information, but the charges on my cell phone are ridiculous! GOOG-411 can change that! GOOG-411 is a free service provide by Google to allow you to request a business (unfortunately it doesn’t have residential service included at this time) number and then it will place the call for you.

When you call 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) it will ask for the business name and then what city and state. GOOG-411 uses speech recognition to generate a list of businesses that fit the description. It usually reads the top eight listings. You can select one of those choices, or ask for more results. You can also “go back” if the choices aren’t what you were looking for. GOOG-411 can also find results based on categories if you don’t know the business name. Continue reading