There’s a revolution going on in voice communications, and it’s all about HD Voice. Today, in the UK, Orange (press release), one of the largest mobile operators in the world unveiled their new HD Voice service that works on a small number of handsets from Nokia and Samsung that move the voice traffic over the … Read more
Google is going after consumers with last week’s news about Google Talk being able to make calls now, and binding to GoogleVoice accounts as well. Well Skype isn’t sitting still, so while Google chases the no money crowd, Skype is following Willie Sutton’s line when asked why he robbed banks. “Because that’s where the money … Read more
So this morning I took some time to play around with Google Talk/Mail/Voice and sadly, its not all Central. I’ll give it the credit it deserves. It does a lot but one thing it doesn’t do is SYNC between the mailbox and the voice mailbox. Well, in reality, neither does Google Voice. Here’s why. A … Read more
Google Mail now has calling. For years Google had click to call tied to phone numbers on Google Maps. They’ve had Google Voice and picked up Gizmo. The media world has lit up over the fact that now from inside GMAIL you can make a phone call by clicking a button and up pops a … Read more
Yesterday, I was supposed to fly back to San Diego and my wife to Sacramento. We each had flights booked four hours apart. She on United and your’s truly on AirTran as I wanted WiFi. The weather in Boston was dreary. Fog. Rain. Plus President Obama in the area down in Martha’s Vineyard meant that … Read more
Yesterday, I was supposed to fly back to San Diego and my wife to Sacramento. We each had flights booked four hours apart. She on United and your’s truly on AirTran as I wanted WiFi. The weather in Boston was dreary. Fog. Rain. Plus President Obama in the area down in Martha’s Vineyard meant that … Read more
Yesterday I saw three news stories that all seemed to bring one thought to mind. Mobile PBX. First was the story about a startup in the UK called CloudNet which trickled into the mailbox over the weekend. Cloudnet is offering a 14 day trial (with the purchase of the mobile app) of a mobile PBX … Read more
One of the major highlights last February at IT Expo in Miami Beach was “StartUp Camp” organized by pal Larry Lisser. The event focuses not on the big guys with lots of money, but on the newest ideas from the newest companies just entering the marketplace. Organized in the same vein as GigaOm’s Launchpad, TechCrunch … Read more
iDapt Multi Device Power Base With the iDapt I can charge three device. For me that’s an iPhone 4, a Nokia E-71 and either a Blackberry Bold 9700, Motorola Droid or a MiFi. Monster Six Outlet Outlets To Go Power Strip The Monster Outlets To Go power strip means even when I’m in a hotel … Read more
Cross Posted At Voyces.com In reading the Mashable story about how Starbucks is going to create their own digital network of content as their way of justifying “free Wi-Fi” I had to admit I was intrigued. Over the past few years Starbucks has done pretty much all they could do to alienate the long stayer. … Read more
