The FCC proposal also would set up alerts for international roaming charges and would require phone companies to publicize the ways consumers can track their phone use and avoid fees.

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Set up Google Alerts to be notified when someone is writing about a related topic.

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Another idea: set up fraud alerts at the major credit reporting agencies, which can prevent a crook from creating any accounts in your name.

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Set up Google alerts for your company.

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Users can also set up email and push alerts triggered by Dropcam's motion and sound sensing technology.

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Its location can also be followed online - and can be set up to send email alerts if it thinks the user may have fallen over.

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As part of the initiative a Facebook page will be set up so people can share alerts and crime prevention advice.

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Another beauty of this system: Once you input your portfolio Cusips and are set up for e-mail alerts, you are able to monitor which of your issuers are good financial citizens and file on time.

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To set up a Location Alert, subscribers log on to the Family Link website and navigate to the Alerts tab and click on Add Alert.

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Account and security settings also make it easy for you to control digital pan, tilt and zoom of cameras, set up motion zones for individual cameras, and create and manage e-mail and mobile-phone motion alerts or desktop notifications of important events.

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