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Conversion of Skype voice mail to SMS is on the way

Jim Courtney of Skype Journal certainly seems intrigued by a forthcoming service from SpinVox and Skype that will enable users to have all their voice messages converted and sent directly to their cellphones as an SMS when they are not at their PC.SpinVox notes that the caller's Skype ID,...

Tags: Skype

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Is Skype overcharging for foreign character SMS?

According to a post on Skype News, there are some issues that appear to come into play when a Skype user enters a non-English character into your Skype SMS screen.The unsigned poster charges that these non-English characters can be misinterpreted by Skype's SMS interface as constituting way more characters than...

Tags: Skype, Case Studies

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Skype promotion cuts SMS message rates in half: here's why they are doing this

This morning, Skype announced that from now until the end of next Tuesday (May 8), Skype users anywhere in the world who send SMS messages to recipients in the United States, Australia, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Belgium, Thailand, Ireland, Austria and Italy will be charged...

Tags: Skype, General

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Additional Resources

News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

SMS fees impacting Twitter feature

Just this week, I was applauding Twitter for rejecting an offer from Facebook. One reason I noted was that Twitter's SMS text feature makes alerts from twittering (tweeting?) news outlets such as ZDNet even more valuable. Now, that feature seems headed for the history books as wireless carriers impose fee...

Tags: Wireless Carrier, SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-26

What people use their mobile data connections for

Activity Subscribers, 000 Share of mobile subscribers Growth, % News & Info via Browser 36,185 15.9% 1.3% News & Info via Download 13,274 5.8% 7.0% IM 21,032 9.2% 6.1% News & Info via SMS 18,727 8.2% 4.0% Social Networking 14,94...

Tags: Mobile, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Twitter is smart to reject Facebook and go it alone

Talks between Facebook and Twitter have broken down, Kara Swisher reports in a post on the Boomtown blog today, and - on the surface - it looks like the dividing issue was money. (Isn't it always?) Facebook was offering $500 million in Facebook stock based on what what Twitter considered...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-24

The ultimate student handheld: something for Christmas?

I've taken many months looking for the ultimate student device; something fairly cheap and not too expensive especially in this current credit climate, something that'll last for a while, something which which can be multi-purpose; none of this "buy a camera, a phone and a sat-nav" when you can have...

Tags: Phone, Handheld, Video Call, Video, Camera, E61, E71, Multimedia Having Fun, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-24

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Google's iPhone voice search delayed too?

It appears that we've got another false start our hands -- Google's new and super cool sounding voice search feature in their iPhone application is nowhere to be found. The New York Times reported that it would be available in the App Store "as soon as Friday", but it's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Voice, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-15

Lessons from Twitterank launch

The Twitterank experience this week is a sobering example of how equilibrium around an online application can quickly change. Twitter is a powerful tool used by a huge number of people worldwide (Japan enjoys the greatest usage and the most sophisticated usage model - only...

Tags: Twitter, Ryo, Productivity, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Why can't kids text in context?

Most of us big people can send a text message or a quick email from our phones. We abbreviate, use emoticons, and are both adept at and understanding of those terse replies appropriate for text/IM communications. We may not be quite as speedy with our thumbs as our...

Tags: Emoticon, Kid, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Gmail expands to include voice and video

Sometimes, that back-and-forth typing of an IM chat just isn't working for you in a way that a voice conversation or face-to-face meeting might. Today, Google launched video and voice chat for Gmail - not necessarily a ground-breaking feature but somewhat different from other models because the...

Tags: Video Chat, Google Gmail, Voice, Video, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-11

4 signs that it's time to restore your iPhone

Does your iPhone exhibit any of the following symptoms?: Laggy access to the Text/SMS application Longer that five second delay to get a live image in the Camera application Long pause before being able to scroll in Contacts Delay when clicking on the letter...

Tags: Apple iPhone, E-mail, Notebooks, Online Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-11

SecuWipe for Pocket PC (exe)

Erase data from your Pocket PC. Wipe contacts, email, SMS, temporary files, browsing history, files and memory cards. The program employs different data sanitizing algorithms, including zero-filling, U.S. DoD 5220.22-M method, Bruce Schneier's algorithm, and Peter Gutmann's algorithm. Use wiping to eliminate traces of your everyday activity. Or if you...

Tags: Algorithm, PC, Aiko Solutions, Pocket PC, Engineering, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2008-11-07

Ripplex Address Book for Windows (exe)

Use Ripplex as Address Book for Skype (shows Presence, Mood messages) and twitter client. Also store all your scattered contact and personal information, synchronize address book data on multiple PCs, exchange and update information with linked friends without sharing it with any third party - not even Ripplex Inc., Version...

Tags: Ripplex, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-11-07

3Jam SuperText Desktop (exe)

3Jam SuperText Desktop is a Windows application that lets you send you send and receive SMS text messages from your computer. Messages are free to US phone numbers, or when your friends are online. You never have to type on a tiny mobile phone keyboard again. You can also send...

Tags: 3jam, 3Jam SuperText Desktop, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Keyboards, Desktops, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Networking

Software downloads 2008-11-07

ScreenCamera Free Edition (exe)

Stream your desktop screen on free video chatting programs and Web sites. ScreenCamera supports multiple applications simultaneously and works perfectly with MSN Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AOL Messenger, Live Messenger, PalPalk, Camfrog, AIM, Stickam, AnyWebcam, or any other live video chatting program or Web site. This version is the...

Tags: Web, Video, Web Site, PCWinSoft Systems, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Internet, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-11-06

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cardsCo-optingIf the new frequencies are open to any company and if some companies are threatened by competition using the new frequencies, then why shouldn't the threatened companies jam the new frequencies?That seems one of the points of this quoted quote:The...

Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Amateur Radio, white space, spectrum, FCC, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Vista Bar (exe)

Vista Bar is comprehensive scalable toolbar, able to implement Vista style functions for older versions of Windows. Google, Yahoo, Alexa, Ebay and others. In addition, it supports large number of unique features: over 30 search and metasearch engines, search Term Highlighting, page Zoom In/Out feature, advanced navigation on eBay, MySpace...

Tags: Toolbar, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Bar, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Software downloads 2008-11-05