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New Google Live Transcribe Will Help The Deaf

Google has started to release Live Transcribe, an app that will be helpful to many, but especially the deaf. The timing may be a bit late, but perhaps Delta and other airlines may want to quickly deploy it to their customer service agents around the globe. Last week a story broke how a Delta gate … Read more

SIM Swap Thief Gets Ten Years

The SIM Swap thief was convicted in Santa Clara County court and received a ten year sentence for the crime. Clearly, the tech centric community is sending a message. Commit a crime in our backyards and they'll prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. This is likely encouraging news to others like industry colleague … Read more

Google Voice Goes International

Back in July Google Voice started a beta program to roll out the legendary service on a global basis. A few days ago they made the service available in more countries. One of their big additions was VoIP calling as this meant that calls no longer had to be forwarded to a mobile phone's number. … Read more

Zoom Speeds Ahead To Unified Collaboration

Zoom has been a staple in my company, Comunicano, the past few years along with UberConference as part of our collaboration tools. We switched to Zoom from GoToMeeting just before Citrix sold off our former client to the LogMeIn because the quality just couldn't be beat. With their announcement yesterday, Zoom brings what they announced … Read more

Banks Don’t Like VoIP Numbers

Yesterday I was told by my bank that they won't use VoIP numbers for text verification purposes when it comes to essential customer identification services such as resetting your ID, password or sending a replacement ATM/Credit Card. In light of the Terpin vs. AT&T  case and similar actions against T-Mobile that surround SIM swapping, the … Read more

The CES Hangover is Over

CES was last week. This week is the Detroit Auto Show. We go from geeks to gearheads. There's also the National Retail Federation Show in New York City. Trade show season is in full swing. Meetings happen around the events. New products and services get rolled out. All this is happening around a federal national … Read more

TMCnet and IT Expo 2019 Join on Telecom Poll

A few weeks ago I launched the "What’s going to be big in telecom in 2019" poll. Well it caught the attention of the  leadership team at TMCNet and we decided to join up. So now it's both TMCnet and my company, Comunicano that are asking that question in the first annual VoIPWatch Poll. We'll … Read more