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Trackle gives you web alerts for virtually anything


Sometimes you just don't want to sit in front of a browser window and hit reload. Maybe you're waiting for plane ticket prices to drop, or maybe you want to be the first person to apply for fresh jobs on Craiglist. Trackle is one way to get alerts via email or SMS for practically anything on the web. You can Trackle stocks, product prices, and even people.

To set up a new alert, just browse Trackle's extensive catalog of trackable things, specify how you want to get the alert. You can have alerts sent to your inbox on Trackle, to your phone via SMS, or to your email either instantly or in a daily digest. You can also search alerts other people have saved, which yields some interesting uses of the site.
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