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Google.com
Google Extends Free US/Canada Calling through Gmail Until December 31, 2012
December 14 update: Good news! Google has extended their free calling to US and Canadian phone numbers through 2012. This feature is now in its third year and is a great way to save on long-distance bills.
Originally posted January 10, 2011:Here's some good news from Google! In August we reported that Google had rolled out free calling to US and Canadian phone numbers. The only catch was that it would only be available through the end of 2010. Happily, Google announced that they're continuing to offer the service for free through 2011. This is a huge boon for anyone looking to save on long-distance bills or cellphone plans.
If you haven't yet used this feature, when you're within Gmail, click "Call Phone", select the country you wish to call and then enter the phone number. Make sure that you have speakers and a microphone hooked up to your computer. As we said above, you'll be able to call any Canadian or US number for free. You can call other countries for about 2¢ a minute.
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Next Recycling Solutions Inc
SPECIAL DEAL FREE Scrap Metal Pick Up! Businesses Only
Have some scrap metal lying around? Call us and we will Pickup your Scrap Metal for FREE. Whether it be Electronic waste, Scrap electronics, Old Tvs, or Computers, we have you covered! -
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TED.com
Watch Incredible TED Talks Online, On Your iPad, and More
You've probably come across TED or TED Talks before but just in case you haven't seen any before, you can go to TED.com and view all the TED Talks online or via dedicated iPad, iPhone, Android, and even PalmOS Apps.
If you haven't seen a TED Talk the whole organization and content that ultimately is created is simply incredible. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design with their tagline being Ideas Worth Spreading. Since the launch of the TED conference in 1984 with the goal of bringing people together to spread these ideas they've broadened themselves out to almost anything of interest. From all these events, there are now over 1,000 talks that you can watch online including these recommended Talks: What are your favourites? Share them in the comments! -
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Blizzard.com
Play StarCraft 2: Starter Edition for Free
Here's some more free gaming for you to enjoy. If you haven't picked up StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, you can now access a decent amount of the content for free with StarCraft 2: Starter Edition. Here's a rundown of what you will have access to:- first four missions of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player campaign
- first two Challenges: Tactical Command and Covert Ops.
- access to the Terran race in Custom Games and Single-Player vs. AI.
- access to the following custom maps (may rotate over time): Xel’Naga Caverns, Shattered Temple, Discord IV, High Orbit
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lids.ca
Autodesk 123D Solid Modeling Software Free Beta
If you dabble in 3D modeling, here's some good news -- the Autodesk 123D beta has been released for free. 123D is a stripped down version of Autodesk Inventor (software that can cost you a big chunk of change!).
It's similar to Google's free 3D modeling software SketchUp, but it has some advanced features like assemblies and constraints. Take a look here if you are interested. -
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Crackle.com
Free Movies and TV Shows from Sony Through Crackle
Sony has released a brand new site, iPhone, and iPad app with hundreds of full-length movies, TV shows, and original content under the new Crackle brand. This is definitely not the first free full-length TV and movies site but it does have a decent selection of content and they did take the time to make it available to Canadians from the start which is always nice.
What can you find on Crackle? Here's a few movies and TV shows we came across to whet your appetite:- A Few Good Men
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Starman
- Groundhog Day
- The End of the Affair
- Who's the Boss
- I Dream of Jeannie
- The Jeffersons
- The Beast
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TradePub.com
Free eBook: The Facebook Marketing Guide
It's pretty hard to escape from Facebook these days. As a small or medium business, you might be on the fence when it comes to using Facebook as a marketing or growth tool. With that being said, TradePub, a free business publication service, is offering a short eBook that might lend you some insight. It's called the The Facebook Marketing Guide it covers some basic principles on competently using Facebook for your business.
You do have to provide some personal information to access TradePub's free offers, but in testing, we received a link to this eBook right away via email very quickly after submitting. -
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TradePub.com
TradePub: Free Trade Magazines including Oracle, 4 Free Issues of Bloomberg Businessweek & More
TradePub is a magazine service that offers subscriptions to industry specific publications as well as complimentary eBooks and technical document downloads. Generally, subscriptions are free as long as you work in the relevant industry. Here are some of the goodies available at RedFlagDeals.TradePub.com:- Oracle Magazine - Oracle Magazine contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company.
- Bloomberg Businessweek - this offer includes four free issues and the digital playbook Power Plays.
- EDN - EDN magazine provides how-to solutions for design engineers in the electronics industry.
- Twitter Means Business - this eBook excerpt details how your company can benefit from Twitter.
- Bank Systems & Technology - Bank Systems & Technology delivers information on the strategic use of technology for increased productivity and profitability.
- Profit Magazine - this magazine reports on technology investments.
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iContact.com
iContact Free Edition: Email Marketing Platform for up to 100 Subscribers
iContact.com is an e-mail marketing platform for businesses large and small to help them stay in touch with their customers. Brands as large as Electrolux, CollegeHumor, and Coleman are among their customers as are thousands of much smaller businesses. If you're just starting out with e-mail marketing, iContact.com has a free plan that gives you access to all the features but caps the number of subscribers you can have at 100.
That should be enough to start for small businesses and if your list grows larger than that you can move to their paid plans which start at $10 US monthly for 500 subscribers to 100,000 subscribers for $699 US monthly.
As for the features, iContact.com has lots of easy tools to help you build your e-mails and messages without knowing any HTML including handy templates that make getting up and running much easier. After your e-mails have been sent, you'll also have complete access to statistics to see how often they're opened and clicked on. Sign up forms that can be integrated into your website or Facebook page is also provided to make it easy to get new subscribers. -
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Ing Direct
ING Direct No-Fee Chequing Accounts Open to Everyone - Free EMTs and more
January 22 update: Good news! ING Direct's THRiVE Chequing Account is now available to everyone. It's one of a number of free chequing accounts out there but it's the most full featured by a fair margin. You can't get free e-mail money transfers, overdraft protection, and interest on your balance together in any of the other free chequing accounts. Originally posted August 26: Very soon, ING Direct will offer Canadian customers a no-fee chequing account called "THRiVE Chequing". Here are some of the features that might interest you:- an interest rate of 0.25% for balances of $0 - $49,999, 1% for $50,000 to $99,999.99 and 1.1% for $100,000 and more.
- ING "Whoops!" overdraft protection covers you for up to $250 in overdrawn funds without fees or interest provided money is paid back within 30 days
- no-fee bank machine access to The Exchange Network
- free email money transfers and free first order of cheques (20), additional cheques are 20 for $10
- email notification every time you make a withdrawal
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TradePub.com
Free eBook: Windows 7 - The Pocket Guide
Not too comfortable with Windows 7? If so, you can request a 365 page PDF eBook called Windows 7 - The Pocket Guide at RedFlagDeals.TradePub.com. The ebook covers fundamentals like installation, backing up your data, and security along with explaining a lot about customization, working efficiently, and getting the most out of Windows 7 features. This same eBook is sold for $9.99 US for the Amazon Kindle.
If you've never used it before, RedFlagDeals.TradePub.com is a magazine service that offers free access to business and productivity materials. Industry specific publications provided you work in a qualifying field while materials like the eBook above should generally be available to anyone who fills out the registration form. -
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Overdrive.com
Free App For iPhone and iPad Users to Download Free E-Books From Your Local Public Library
Here is a free app to download onto your iPhone for those of you who love to read on the go. The app is called OverDrive Media Console and it's free to download from the App store in iTunes. The download size of this app is 5.1MB, and is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with iOS 4.0 or later.
The app allows you to download library books directly to your iPhone. All you need is your library card in order to access the database of that specific library. There are more than 13,000 libraries worldwide that offer eBooks and audiobooks using OverDrive. Here is a list of all the libraries that are currently using OverDrive that you can download from. Click 'Find a Library' and select your designated country and province to find your local library.
Here are some examples of libraries that offer OverDrive: Take advantage of this free app and start downloading e-books for free! -
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Wave Accounting
Wave Accounting: Free Web-Based Accounting for Small Businesses
Wave Accounting Inc. is a Toronto-based company that provides web-based accounting software designed specifically for small businesses and it's all free, online, at WaveAccounting.com. The idea is to take those paper documents and Excel documents and get them into an accounting system with as little pain as possible. You can import transactions from your bank accounts, have Wave Accounting categorize expenses for you, and let the system do some of that manual accounting work. What's the catch? How can it be free? Here's how they explain it:
In Wave, you’ll soon see special savings opportunities for things that matter to your business. Mobile phone services, for instance, or office products, or business banking — all at a lower cost than you may be paying now. If you choose to take advantage of any of them, Wave gets paid by the supplier. So you save money and Wave makes money.
When it's free it's hard to beat and it's easy to sign up to give it a spin. Let us know what you think in the comments. -
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PaymentEvolution
Free Small Business Payroll Solution from Payment Evolution
Toronto-based Payment Evolution has been getting some press recently with articles in the Financial Post and on StartupNorth.ca highlighting their free online payroll solution. It's tailored to small businesses looking to spend more time working on their business and less time dealing with the administration of payroll. Free is of course a very small-business friendly price, and it'll remain free for those businesses that have 5 employees or less. If you have 6 or more employees, it's still a very affordable $18 per month.
As far as we're aware, this is the only free payroll solution available in Canada; if you find more or other useful small business tools, please share them in them comments! -
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Curves
Curves Gym for Women: Free One-Week Guest Pass
Hey ladies, if you've been thinking about hitting the gym, you might want to check out this free guest-pass offer from Curves.
You will not have to sign any contracts or commit to any further involvement in order to redeem your free one-week guest pass -- though you will have the option of exchanging your free trial week for a special membership discount if you choose. This offer is available to new members only, at participating Curves locations.
For those not familiar with Curves, it is a woman's-only gym that offers a 30-minute aerobic and strength training workout that is built around hydraulic resistance machines and supervised by Curves coaches. For more information, or to sign up for your free one-week guest pass, visit CurvesInformation.com.
