Original Air Date: February 2, 2008
Steve explains how you can use the Internet as our telephone service using VOIP, or voice over IP. If you haven’t thought of using the Internet as your telephone provider, this show might make you think again. Steve looks at services offered by Vonage, and shows you that you can have all the features of your current telephone provider, plus have all the freedom of checking your messages online from anywhere you have an Internet connection. With Vonage, you can also have a local number anywhere in Canada, United States or Over Seas.
One of the time-worn traditions in Canada is the post office tango - getting gifts ready to ship to our friends and family across the country and overseas. We have all been through the packing, the packaging, and the standing in line at the post office while the person in front of you counts out exact change at a painfully slow pace, while complaining that stamps used to cost a nickel!.
Canada Post realizes that time is precious, so they’ve come up with a bunch of new web based tools that is redefining their business. And thankfully, we are the ones that benefit.
Case in point, Ship in a click. If you visit Canada Post’s web site, you will see a ton of new tools, and Ship in a click is designed for you and I, you will undoubtedly use it year round once you see how easy it is.
You can ship anywhere, you want, if you have to ship to the US or overseas the software takes you through all the paperwork that needs to be in place.
Original Airdate: December 1, 2007
Just in time for the holidays. Steve looks at “Ship in a Click” a new service by Canada Post that allows you to buy postage and fill out all your shipping forms online including customs forms. You'll never have to wait in those long line ups at the post office again. Steve also looks at Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Photo Gallery. On Tech Toys, Caroline checks out the iMep, the ultimate all in one portable multimedia entertainment player.