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It’s with heavy hearts that we write this post. On April 23, 2009 (12AM PDT), we will be discontinuing the kwiry service. As of today, the service will no longer accept new sign-ups...

While kwiry is all about helping you get things done on the go, we realized sometimes you need to get things done while sitting in front of your computer too...

MG Siegler at VentureBeat wrote an interesting post last week about text messaging pricing. He speculated that the introduction of the Push notification functionality in the new iPhone 3.0 software this summer could finally put pressure on At&t and/or all carriers to lower fees for SMS...

So the Oscars are on tonight and I thought it would be fun to see which of the Best Picture nominees were popular options for kwiry users to add to their Netflix Queues via the Netflix kwiry Shortcut. The envelope please…. The rank order of popularity of Netflix kwirys: 1...

Valentines Day this past weekend had a lot of folks talking about how to have a budget-conscious holiday, etc. There was also a lot of talk about text messaging as the new Valentines message medium of choice...

Just in time for the New Year (ok, a couple of weeks later), we have lots of new features/improvements to tell you about. We’ve been hard at work and have tons of new features and improvements to tell you about. See the related Press Release here...

Fitch released a report showing that the poor economic conditions in the US are giving rise to more people abandoning their landlines in favor of just using their mobile/wireless phone...

‘Tis the holiday shopping season and there seem to be promotions/deals/sales everywhere: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Mobile Tuesday… Wait - Mobile Tuesday...

It’s hard to think about much else these days but the woeful economic news. Everywhere you turn, that’s all you hear about. It’s certainly distressing - but at kwiry, we like to be proactive. Here are some ways you can use kwiry (an appealingly free service) to help...

While my promise to start blogging more regularly has not been well kept :(, there has been no shortage of activity here at kwiry, including many more It’s on Us Promotion winners. For the first time, two kwiry users one with the same kwiry and only two weeks apart! Both Eric S...

This is another long overdue post… But getting back to a regular blogging schedule now. On August 30th, we randomly selected an entry from  Robert S. of New Lenox, IL as the winner of our Invite Friends Promotion...

Ok, so we’ve been moving our offices (in addition to our usual busy schedules) and the blog posts have been few and far between, but we’re moved in now (maybe will do a post on our move…), so expect to see more on the way…...

Our last winner of the It’s On Us Promotion before we launched the new shortcuts version was Chris B. of California. Chris B. used kwiry to remember to buy the DVD “The Happiest Baby on the Block - The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer”...

We’re selecting a winner for our Nintendo Wii Contest on Sunday! See here for all the details: http://blog.kwiry.com/tell-your-friends-about-kwiry-win-a-wii-63/ Get started now, click invite friends from your Friends Page! One more thing...

First of all, we’re very excited about all of the wonderful press coverage and all the new kwiry members.  Sorry for not blogging sooner, we’ve been very busy making sure everything is working well with the new features and with all of the new traffic...

kwiry has been selected as today’s cool site of the day! Click here and vote for us using the drop down at the top of the page. ShareTh

We’re very excited to announce the latest set of features at kwiry today, we’ve had a busy summer…. kwiry shortcuts With the launch of Shortcuts, you can now use kwiry to directly add movies to your Netflix queue, add products to your Amazon Wish List, and add appointments to your calendar...

Some news from the Obama Campaign this morning,  they plan to announce the VP running mate via text messaging (and e-mail).  Not ure if this is more validation of the ubiquity of text messaging or just another attempt to seem “hip” or “relevant”.  In any case, I can imagine that news...

Chris L., the latest winner of the kwiry It’s On Us Promotion, was talking to his teacher about a Science Fiction Paper he was writing for his Creative Writing class and the teacher recommended the book The Road, by Cormack McCarthy as reference.  Chris texted it to kwiry so he could remember to...

First of all, apologies for not posting in so long, has been quite a busy time here at kwiry, lot’s of exciting news to come! Now, to explain that cryptic title….Our latest It’s On Us Promotion winner is Ross D. from San Francisco, CA.  Ross and his girlfriend Abby R...

Our latest It’s on Us Promotion winner is Allan N. of Dallas, GA.  Allan used kwiry to remember to buy David McCullough’s acclaimed biography of John Adams...

Huh? This is the title of the book, won by Tracie J of Ann Arbor, MI in our latest It’s on Us Promotion. Tracie was listening to “The Splendid Table” on NPR when she heard them talking about the book...

So, would have written this sooner, but was too busy playing with my iPhone…. Just kidding, kinda. Started waiting in line for the iPhone at the Apple Store in San Francisco’s Marina district on Friday morning at about 6:15 AM.  Was a fun and interesting experience...

With the new 3G iPhone coming out tomorrow, people are lining up all over the world. From the man in New Zealand who plans to be the first person in the world to get one (thank you international date line) to the folks in New York city who lined up a week early...

Our latest It’s On Us promotion winner, Brent M from Provo, UT recently finished reading “Lone Survivor”, “a book about Marcus Luttrell and his experience as a Navy SEAL and the only survivor of his four-man team in Afghanistan.”  He mentioned it to a friend who happened to be a former...

There’s lots of talk these days about inflation. Prices for gas, food, etc. all going up…...

Starting today, it is now against the law in California to talk on your cell phone while driving, unlesss you use a hands free device.   California joins New York and other states who enforce this rule.  Additionally, 16 and 17 year olds can’t talk on a phone at all or text, etc...

A scenario we all can identify with, right? Jason A. of Rodeo, CA was out with friends when one of them recommended a movie, Black Book. He used kwiry to text it in and had a link waiting when he got to work in the morning...

What do podcasting, Dungeons & Dragons and the Civil War have to do with each other? Our latest It’s On Us Promotion winner, Chris L...

I never thought I’d be that guy using a pun in a blog post title, but I just couldn’t help it….. The most recent winner of the kwiry “It’s On Us Promotion” is David S. of Chicago, IL who sent in “get movie hook“. David is trying to amass a collection of his favorite movies...

In anticipation of Monday’s launch of the 3G iPhone…here’s a recent video put together by e2save (via Cellular-News) showing the evolution of Mobile Phones. Pretty cool, huh...

Our latest It’s on Us Promotion winner, Jessica L of Los Angeles, CA was at a dinner with co-workers chatting about Hong Kong and her boss mentioned a great children’s book called “This is Hong Kong”. So Jessica texted it to kwiry and she’s now the lucky winner of the book...

I was interviewed last night on Computer America , a nationally syndicated radio show and a top-rated podcast. The interview was live, via phone, a fun experience...