Digital Streets

I have run into several situations where I have found some useful information that I wanted to text message to a friend’s phone (and sometimes my own).  I would have to pull out my phone and plug away.  I recently came across the Google Send to Phone extension for the Firefox browser that lets you select text from a web page and then send it as a text message to a mobile number.

To install the extension, open your Firefox browser and go here.

Go down to the Install Now box and click the google-sendtophone.xpi link.

Read the privacy notice and the terms of service and then click the Agree and Install button.

When the Software Installation window appears, click the Install Now button.

The Add-ons window will appear.  Click the Restart Firefox button to complete the installation.

When Firefox comes back up, you will notice a new button (with a cell phone icon on it) in the upper right corner.

Now when you find info on the web that you wish to send to a mobile phone,  simply highlight the text on the web page and click the new button.  The Google Send To Phone form will appear.

Input the target mobile number, select the carrier from the dropdown and input a subject and any additional text that is to be sent.  Click the Send button and the message will be sent to the mobile number.