Now you can make free phone calls with Facebook, BBM and Google Plus

If you have a smart phone you are in for a surprise. You can make free phone calls worldwide depending on your internet connection or your data package. This service is very similar to the Skype service, but your data usage is much less. 

Should you be fortunate to be on a wi-fi - your phone calls are absolutely free.

Tested - When we made a 17 minute phone call via Facebook to Blackberry Messenger in another country, the data used was only 1.2 meg. This is low cost of R0.22 or $0.02 with the South African standard rate of R0.20 or $0.02 per megabyte.

In 1999 it was cheaper to fly from South Africa to Mauritius to download a gig that would take you three days to download. Now we download a gig in 16 minutes. The point is that data is becoming cheaper and wi-fi are available almost everywhere you go example: Restaurants, Malls etc.

Services you can use to make free phone calls are Facebook Messenger, BBM and Google Plus

How to use this service?

Your phone should at least be able to run Facebook Messenger or you should have Blackberry Messenger installed. 

For Facebook you have to search the person you want to call, go to send message and you will see a little blue phone on your screen if the person is available.

For Blackberry Messenger you go to the contact and a phone will appear on the screen.

Please comment if this was helpful for you.

Alice in Wonderland - Canal Walk - 28 June to Sunday 20 July 2014

 

 

Alice, the Mad Hatter and the white rabbit, along with a host of other characters, will be entertaining children at Canal Walk this winter as the Centre Court comes alive to the finest childrens` theatre in the country.

Lewis Carroll`s much loved classic, Alice in Wonderland, will be brought to life by the award winning duo, Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer. The show is presented in association with Liqui Fruit and will run from Saturday 28 June to Sunday 20 July in a specially constructed theatre in the Centre Court.

With breathtaking sets, magnificent costumes, gorgeous puppets and memorable songs, the show will showcase the talent of some of South African finest up-and-coming musical theatre stars.

The shows will run from Tuesday to Sunday at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Canal Walk will donate R5.00 from each ticket sold, as well as the proceeds of programme sales to Stop Hunger Now. The donations form part of Stop Hunger Now`s Meals in Memory, which will see more than 250 000 meals packaged in the Western Cape from now until Mandela Day on July 18. This will be enough food to feed 3 000 children at 66 needy preschools for the rest of the year.