Are The Google Cities Already Picked?

My sources tell me that Google already has the cities lined up that they want to build out their fiber network so why do we keep seeing stories like these? Personally, I’d love to see the city I was born, raised and educated in be awarded some help from Google. We all know, Philadelphia needs … Read more

Fring Updates Their Android Client

Fring has updated their Android client. So what’s new with it? Well for starters they have included a new buddy list look, created a brand-new profile screen and added a dialer, “among other improvements” they say. If you want the app for your Android phone, you can easily download it from here.

Vonage Patents Out of Market Numbers

Vonage received a patent last week on virtual numbers, something that AT&T also used to offer on CallVantage. Basically, they’ve patented the process of using SIP to do what a Foreign Exchange number did for years in the PSTN, that being to have a local number in one place, and have it ring in another. … Read more

Vonage Patents Out of Market Numbers

Vonage received a patent last week on virtual numbers, something that AT&T also used to offer on CallVantage. Basically, they’ve patented the process of using SIP to do what a Foreign Exchange number did for years in the PSTN, that being to have a local number in one place, and have it ring in another. … Read more

No More Parkerized Wines

It appears that the Bordeaux wine world has come to their senses and will be stopping the erratic behavior of making wines to pass the “Parker” test. Personally I gave up what the false prophet of Bacchus has said many years ago, choosing to trust my own palate and those of others in the wine … Read more

SpinVox For Consumers, is Dead

In reading the news about Nuance pulling the plug on the consumer business of SpinVox (a company I never believed in) the only thing I can say is PHONETAG! The company, recently acquired by Ditech is poised to pick up the wandering customers who relied on speech to text translation regardless of however the translation … Read more

Gizmo Numbers Restored by Google

Thanks to Craig Walker and his team at GoogleVoice, the case of the missing Gizmo In numbers has been solved. It seems that a script error caused the numbers to go dark, and not appear. That problem has been resolved and the numbers are now back in their rightful place. With the users. One note … Read more

Why Does Every New Service Want To Be GrandCentral Reincarnated?

I find it amazing how many “new” services either come to me for representation or I read about who choose to position themselves as “another take on GrandCentral/GoogleVoice.” Talk about being super “me too.” Take the About.com recap about PhoneBooth, a new service from Bandwidth.com. The about.com piece screams of messaging and positioning that’s all … Read more