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Dropbox two-step verification available for testing (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 27th, 2012)

Update: It looks like 2-step authentication is now available for everyone. As reported by Techdows, Dropbox is allowing users to enable two-step verification on their accounts. Two-step verification requires users to enter a six-digit security code along with their password when they login to ...

Daily iPhone App: mysms lets you manage your messages using multiple devices

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 30th, 2012)

If you want to send text messages to friends regardless of their device or operating system, you might want to take a closer look at mysms. Mysms is an online service lets you send, receive and store text messages across multiples devices and platforms. It recently added the iPhone to its ...

Pinger's Textfree delivers billionth free text message

by Aron Trimble (Feb 17th, 2010)

Among the many methods available for getting around AT&T's stronghold on text messaging and the exorbitant rates associated therein stands a giant in the form of an iPhone application. Pinger's wildly popular app "Textfree" puts the power back in the hands of users by creating a simple and ...

Get Address Book Bluetooth dialing back with Nova Media Phone plugins

by Mat Lu (Jun 18th, 2008)

One of the the stranger changes in Leopard was the loss of the ability to dial (and send text messages) from the Address Book to a Bluetooth paired cell phone. Fortunately, however, Nova Media has released its Phone plugins to return this functionality to the Leopard Address Book and other ...