ThruIT » free http://thruit.com Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 WiFly: Broadcasting Live from 30k Feet. Kudos Virgin America… Kudos http://thruit.com/2009/12/wifly-broadcasting-live-from-30k-feet-kudos-virgin-america-kudos/ http://thruit.com/2009/12/wifly-broadcasting-live-from-30k-feet-kudos-virgin-america-kudos/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:02:56 +0000 Matt Bellezza http://thruit.com/?p=763 You've probably ready about it as it's fairly old news, but first the first time ever I'm experiencing it and i thought I'd share. I am writing to you from 30,000 feet up in the air on my way home to New York for the holidays. This is possible because Virgin America has equipped their entire fleet with Wifi.]]> Virgin WifiYou’ve probably read about it as it’s fairly old news, but for the first time ever I’m experiencing it and I thought I’d share.

I am writing to you from 30,000 feet up in the air on my way home to New York for the holidays. This is possible because Virgin America has equipped their entire fleet with Wifi.

Sick? Of course! It gets better though. Over the holidays (November 20th – January 15th) Google has partnered with Virgin America to offer free – yes no money needed – Wifi in there terminals and their planes.

It’s a step in the right direction for airlines, but it has its limitations. Speed is limited. Streaming a 1 minute YouTube video can takes a few minutes to buffer so don’t plan on watching your favorite shows on Hulu unless you have time to wait for it to load.

But who cares right? It’s free Wifi and I’m 30,000 feet in the air. What I don’t get though is if they can get internet this high up, someone please tell me why they can’t get my router to stop dropping the signal whenever it feels?

]]> http://thruit.com/2009/12/wifly-broadcasting-live-from-30k-feet-kudos-virgin-america-kudos/feed/ 4 Free Google Voice Invites! http://thruit.com/2009/11/free-google-voice-invites/ http://thruit.com/2009/11/free-google-voice-invites/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:24 +0000 Will Kievit http://thruit.com/?p=479 Google Voice ScreenShot

So they may not be as cool as Google Wave invites these days, but we at ThruIT blog just got our hands on some invites for Google Voice. The service is pretty cool and its continually being improved upon. Send and receive phone calls, voicemails, and text messages all from your personalized FREE vanity google voice number. Mine is ###-4-KIEVIT. Also, the voicemails are transcribed; although that feature isn't perfect, its helpful in meetings to get a gist of what the person needed.]]> Google Voice ScreenShot

So they may not be as cool as Google Wave invites these days, but we at ThruIT blog just got our hands on some invites for Google Voice. The service is pretty cool and its continually being improved upon. Send and receive phone calls, voicemails, and text messages all from your personalized FREE vanity google voice number. Mine is ###-4-KIEVIT. Also, the voicemails are transcribed; although that feature isn’t perfect, its helpful in meetings to get a gist of what the person needed.

Anyway… the contest…

I am giving out 3 Google Voice Invites for Free.

What do you have to do?

  • Follow @ThruITBlog and Tweet about any post (except this one) on thruit.com

OR

  • Share or Post a link to any ThruIT blog post (except this one) on FaceBook and leave a comment on this post.

Winners will be chosen next week. Get sharing soon!

]]> http://thruit.com/2009/11/free-google-voice-invites/feed/ 0 Google Wave Invite Giveaways http://thruit.com/2009/11/google-wave-invite-giveaways/ http://thruit.com/2009/11/google-wave-invite-giveaways/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:21:41 +0000 Will Kievit http://thruit.com/?p=261 Google Wave. Its the all the craze these days. If you still don't know what it is, I suggest taking a look at this post by Mashable. Its pretty cool, but I'm not going to lie, Google has a lot of work that they need to do on it still. It seems like everyone is interested in getting on and seeing what its like and since I have had the good luck of receiving some invites, I would like to share the wealth with you in celebration of ThruIT.com's new blog release.]]> Google WaveGoogle Wave. Its the all the craze these days. If you still don’t know what it is, I suggest taking a look at this post by Mashable. Its pretty cool, but I’m not going to lie, Google has a lot of work that they need to do on it still. It seems like everyone is interested in getting on and seeing what its like and since I have had the good luck of receiving some invites, I would like to share the wealth with you in celebration of ThruIT.com’s new blog release.

It’s very easy to take part and it only takes 2 steps.

For twitter users:

  1. Follow @ThruITBlog on twitter.
  2. Tweet something good about our blog and include either our twitter handle or our website address.

We will randomly select 5 winners on Friday, November 6th at 22:00 EST.

For non-twitter: Become a fan of thruit on facebook or comment on this article for an entry.

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