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Within Viigo there are a number of services that that allow you to make plans to do something, whether it is to buy tickets for a movie, book restaurant reservations, purchase seats to a football game or other. Now Viigo is providing a service that makes it easier for you to get to those events and back home.

Located in the Local Interest module, the service gives Viigo users the ability to call a cab with one click. You will then have the option of having the service recommend the taxicab company best able to serve the call or allow a connection to a preferred cab company. To do this, enter the Call a Taxi channel and click on the top banner (outlined in green in the picture below).

By using the Call a Taxi service you can avoid busy signals when connecting to a taxicab dispatch and find the first available taxicab company dispatch during the busiest of times.

Adding the Call a Taxi service to your Viigo is a two step process. First, from within the Local Interest Module, select Add a Channel. Second, select call a taxi from the menu presented.

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Now the smartest way to hail a cab

Viigo has partnered with Podcast.com to give users of Viigo for Windows and Viigo for BlackBerry (version 3.1.330 and higher), access to tens of thousands of the world’s best podcasts.

Adding a Podcast.com channel can be done in seconds. Enter the Audio & Podcast module and select “Add Audio & Podcasts”.

A library of 22 categories of podcasts ranging from Technology to Business is provided.

Once you have selected you channels, listening to a podcast is as simple as selecting the feed and pressing play.

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Hey, you can now even listen to Viigo while driving :-)

Through a partnership with NetLine, Viigo is providing its user community the ability to identify and request a compelling array of industry specific content, including a wide range of magazines, whitepapers and trade publications, for free.

Industry publications and resources from leading organizations like BusinessWeek, Website Magazine, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and many more are available to all Viigo users from within the Business & Finance module’s channel library.

Adding a feed is easy and can be done in three steps.

First, enter the Business and Finance module and select Add Channel.

Second, choose the Free Trade Publications and Resources folder from the library.

Third, select the feeds/topics of interest and then look through them periodically for compelling content.

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Knowledge Is Power

Viigo is thrilled to announce that we have integrated a full Twitter client into our latest release.

Located in the folder “Social Networks” you will find support, not only for adding multiple Twitter accounts, but also for adding a number of other social networks including Jaiku and Identi.ca.

Add this to the ability to Tweet an article from Viigo with a single click, and you have the one app to help you stay connected!

A reminder that the latest version of Viigo is available immediately from BlackBerry App World, via OTA from http://GetViigo.com or from any of our partner download sites (e.g. http://GetViigo.com/CrackBerry, httpGetViigo.com/BBCool, http://GetViigo.com/BerryReview, http://GetViigo.com/BBGeeks, etc.).

Note: if you are changing to or from the App World version of Viigo for the first time, please delete your current version of Viigo first before downloading or installing.

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Communication and Community – Powerful Stuff

This post is part of our continuing series on What’s New in Viigo!

Ever wanted to quickly check recent transactions/account balances in your Credit Cards and/or Bank Accounts … get confirmation of an executed trade … lookup your mileage balance on your Frequent Flyer account … check your Wireless Bill to see if you are close to your usage limits … or see if your Starbucks card needs topping up?

You can now do all of this from the palm of your hand with Viigo, thanks to our relationship with the groundbreaking PageOnce service.

Within the Business and Finance Service, you will see a new folder called “My Accounts“

Due to the sensitivity of the information available in the “My Accounts” service, you are required to enter your credentials every time you use the service.

Here are some examples of the types of information you can access with the My Accounts Service (obviously a fictitious account):

Although the My Accounts service costs $9.99 a year, we’ll let you evaluate the service for free via by allowing you to set up a fully functioning trial account, right from inside Viigo. Once you have your trial account, head over to the PageOnce site to start configuring your account. It takes a few seconds … You can find this at http://www.PageOnce.com.

Note: If you want to explore My Account without signing up for an account, feel free to play with the Sample Account we have set up for you.

Obviously, security is key to this system. Here are some of the ways in which PageOnce carefully protects your data.

Military level security

Pageonce employs military level security – the highest standards in internet security. Our independent, multiple security layers include 256 bit data encryption, 128 bit data encrypted SSL systems and multiple firewalls.Proactively monitor against identity theft and fraud

Not only does Pageonce alert you to critical activity in your accounts, but you can view all of your accounts in one website.

Protects your passwords

Because you no longer have to remember all of your logins and passwords, Pageonce makes it easier for you to create different user names and passwords for each account and access them directly through Pageonce.

Anonymity

Pageonce will never require personally identifiable information that connects you to your accounts. All you need is your email address and zip code.

Certified by the security experts

Pageonce maintains state of the art security practices and is certified by TRUSTe, McAfee Hacker Safe and VeriSign.

Ongoing security optimization

Pageonce hires the best security experts to conduct periodic security reviews and vulnerability assessments.

Insured by the best

Pageonce is insured by a top 10 A+ rated insurance company.

Read only financial accounts

Financial accounts are a read-only service. Pageonce’s system cannot manipulate any of the information in your financial accounts.

Pageonce NEVER shares or rents your data with or to anyone

Pageonce is designed so that you are the only one who can access your account. You can delete any or all of your accounts at any time and Pageonce erases it from the system.

Prevents phishing

Because you access all of your online accounts through the secure Pageonce site, you are no longer exposed to criminal attempts by strangers to access your personal accounts and sensitive data through fraudulent links that mimic real provider website logins.

One of the most important aspects of the service is that it alerts you (via eMail) to suspicious activity within your accounts. They have numerous success stories already published … here is just one from the PageOnce web site.

“…A week ago I got an email from Pageonce titled “A change that might interest you… It turned out to be a fraudulent charge for almost $800 that we were able to get addressed almost immediately…” Mike, Flower Mound, Texas

We hope you enjoy this powerful new service …

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Looking out for your financial future.