1. Keep Track
Move the kitchen calendar online with Google Calendar or Zoho Calendar. Both are free Web-based applications that everyone in the family can access. The programs can be set up to email daily reminder lists (e.g., dental appointments, carpool schedules, birthdays) to all users and can be updated from a computer or smart phone.
3. Stay Connected
Need more face time with long-distance friends and family? With your webcam (or your computer’s built-in video camera) and the video-conferencing software Skype, you can have a face-to-face chat with loved ones anywhere in the world. Never miss another birthday!
4. Get in the Frame
Instead of storing your pictures on your PC, display them in a digital-picture frame, an LCD colour screen modeled after a desk-top photo frame. (Digital frames must be connected to a wireless network.) Some, such as Kodak Pulse, come with an email address to which anyone can send their latest photos – and pics will appear in the frame as if by magic!