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Evernote: Remember Everything, Access Anywhere

Evernote is a new service (still in private beta) that lets you capture information everywhere and access them anywhere. The service lets you take notes using you favorite browser, mobile phone, email and the Evernote desktop application which supports both Windows and Mac. These tools will make it easy for anyone to save content, links, audios, screenshots and snapshots.

How it works

The Web Service: Once logged in to your Evernote account, you can easily grab information from all over the internet by using their web clipper button. To install the button just head over to the settings page and click install the web clipper and look for the green “Clip to Evernote” icon. Simply drag the icon to your browser’s bookmark toolbar and you are all set. Whenever you find something in the web that interests you and would like to make a note of it, just highlight the portion of the content (including images and links) and hit the “Evernote Clipper” in your bookmark and it will be automatically transferred in to your Evernote account. Evernote will let you choose if you want to continue to your Evernote Notebook page for editing and taking more notes or if you want to save automatically and get back to the page you are browsing. This makes it convenient for the user and will cause little distraction to browsing.

The Desktop Application: This pretty much functions like the web service. The only difference is that you can use this to make notes offline and you can just drag and drop the information in to your Evernote application. You can also download the stuff you have in your online Evernote account directly to you computer by hitting the sync button. This application will also let you copy notes form another Evernote account or email and print a particular note.

The Email Service: A unique Evernote email address will be provided to each user of Evernote. You can easily forward notes to this email which will automatically save them in your account.

Tip: You can also use Jott to convert your voice into email and send them to your Evernote email account.

The Mobile Application: This is the mobile version of the desktop application which lets you send snapshots and notes from a Windows Mobile (Java and iPhone App coming soon) device into Evernote.

All Notebooks created in Evernote is always private unless you choose to make it public which can be viewed by everyone and be indexed by search engines. This feature will let you share notes with friends and anyone looking for a particular piece information through search engines. As I have mentioned before, the service is still in private beta and is available only through invites. I have 10 invitations that I can share with anyone who wants to check out the service.

Tags: evernote, freeware, iphone, jott, Mac, notes, web service, Windows, windows mobile

Get Instant Phone Text Answers for your Questions with Mosio

Have you ever had a question that’s been bugging you for quite sometime or do you need quick information about a place really quick? All you have to do is ask Mosio.

Mosio is a community based question and answer site that lets you ask a question via mobile phone and get instant answers from real people (users of Mosio). Harnessing the power of helpful people, mobile technologies and the internet, Mosio gives users access to information anywhere. Register at Mosio and verify your email and phone number and you can start asking the members by texting your question to ask@mosio.com and you will get up to four answers. You can also help the community by answering questions being asked by other users in your spare time. You can use the site for answering questions or use your IM service. You’ll only receive messages when you are logged in to your computer and IM is on.

Another cool feature of Mosio is the find tool (Text the business name or category and the zip code to find@mosio.com e.g. toms bakery, 90027 ) which helps you find information for almost any store, bar, restaurant or other business, whether you already know the business name or are looking for one in a certain category. Text messaging the name/category and zip code to find@mosio.com will return with three results. Other sub-features includes taxi numbers for your city, alerts, birthday reminders, funny Chuck Norris facts (e.g. When Chuck Norris breaks the law, the law doesn’t heal) , fortune cookies, inspiring quotes and last but not least the text news alerts from different news medias.

You can also ask Mosio using Twitter and also works with Jott so you can so you can speak your questions and have answers texted back to you.

Tags: answers, community, jott, mosio, question, twitter

Voice To Text Reminders With Jott

Having a busy life means missing a lot of “things to do.” If you are one of those people who is always on the run and needs to be constantly reminded of the things you need to do, then Jott is for you.

Jott is a web service that converts your voice into e-mail and text messages- anytime, anywhere, with any cell phone. This is a new way to increase your productivity and efficiency by capturing your ideas, notes to self, tasks and other things without using your keypad. Another great thing about this service is you can send your voice message to your blog, Twitter, Google Calendar and other services.  You can also send messages to an individual or a group, even to a folder in your Jott account with just one call.

This is a very useful FREE service worth mentioning that can help you get more things done and save some of your time.

Tags: jott, reminders, text-message, transcribe, voice