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VoIP in Google ChromeOS

Google released their ChromeOS operating system yesterday. So naturally, as a VoIP fan I was curious if ChromeOS could run VoIP. Since Google's ChromeOS has a Flash Player built-in, in theory it can run a Flash-based VoIP client. The first... Full Story

Posted on November 20, 2009 9:24 AM

MindTouch Cloud Launches into Cloud Collaboration

MindTouch just launched their popular open source Sharepoint-like software into the collaboration cloud. Called MindTouch Cloud, this hosted SAAS offering will put them in direct competition of the likes of Google Apps, Google Wave, Zoho, and others. MindTouch will deliver... Full Story

Posted on November 19, 2009 11:10 AM

Watch a Microsoft Operating Systems Video Timeline

Microsoft's operating system have evolved quite a bit since the 1980s when they launched their first operating system. Ah, who doesn't miss Microsoft DOS? Gimme my DOS command shell, .bat files, QEMM expanded memory manager, Stacker disk compression (a... Full Story

Posted on November 19, 2009 9:48 AM

fring for Google Android Launches

fring is finally available for the Google Android. It's about time! One drawback though is that SIP and SkypeOut calls are not yet available on Droid devices. There's always a catch... In addition to Skype chat and Skype-to-Skype VoIP... Full Story

Posted on November 18, 2009 10:10 AM

Citrix Adds Toll-Free Option to GoToMeeting

Citrix Online today announced they have added integrated Toll-Free audio to GoToMeeting Corporate and GoToWebinar. With this addition, meeting participants now have several audio options to choose from, including integrated toll-free, a toll-based number, or VoIP for audio over the... Full Story

Posted on November 16, 2009 8:39 AM

Digium CEO Danny Windham to Deliver Keynote Address at ITEXPO East 2010 in Miami

Some good internal news at TMC. Technology Marketing Corporation today announced that Digium CEO Danny Windham has accepted its invitation to deliver a Keynote Address at ITEXPO East 2010, taking place Jan. 20-22, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center... Full Story

Posted on November 9, 2009 11:25 AM

NimbuzzOut Launches

Nimbuzz, has entered the PSTN termination business with the announcement today of NimbuzzOut. I use Nimbuzz on my iPhone because it's a great aggregator of various VoIP, IM, and social services, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Google... Full Story

Posted on November 9, 2009 11:09 AM

Mashup Google Wave, Skype, and Asterisk = Ultimate Coolness

Skype Journal wrote about one of the coolest mashups I've ever seen. Certainly one of the coolest VoIP mashups. Skype Journal explains PhoneFromHere Tim Panton's demo that he gave at Astricon where Tim mashes up Google Wave, Skype, Asterisk running... Full Story

Posted on November 5, 2009 2:10 PM

Skype Battle Nears End

Gigaom reports that there is a good chance that a resolution of the lawsuit between the Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis and eBay's Skype could be announced as soon as this week.According to Gigaom, a group of private... Full Story

Posted on November 4, 2009 10:53 AM

Skype Announces Open Source - Sort of...

Slashdot was abuzz with the news that Skype was going open source. Not so fast my friend. Have you not forgotten Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis who now run JoltId are in a legal fight with Skype?Surely Skype... Full Story

Posted on November 3, 2009 2:41 PM

Blabbelon Opens a New (VoIP) World for Gamers

Blabbelon, the cross-platform web-based VoIP app designed for video gaming, which I tested yesterday and posted a review today released an official statement about their new offering. I thought I'd share it since it has some good info to compliment... Full Story

Posted on November 3, 2009 10:56 AM

Ribbit Mobile Launches

Ribbit today announced the release of Ribbit Mobile, a free communication suite designed for mobile professionals who need to be able to easily manage all of their phone numbers, communication devices, and how & when they are contacted. Ribbit... Full Story

Posted on November 3, 2009 9:59 AM

Blabbelon Launches HD VoIP for Video Games

Video gamers love VoIP in video games but have often been disappointed with poor voice quality - including jitter, lag, and choppiness, inability to continue to talk via VoIP once you close the game and just an overall poor... Full Story

Posted on November 3, 2009 9:00 AM

Ring2Skype Enables Free PSTN-to-Skype calls with Local Numbers

Ring2Skype, a new startup, brings yet another way to have free calling by leveraging both Skype and the PSTN. Ring2Skype allows you to have a free local number (in NYC, London, Madrid, etc.), forwarded to your Skype (wherever you are)... Full Story

Posted on November 2, 2009 3:15 PM

Halloween in VoIP Land

Fonality folks know how to work hard and play hard as they let off some steam for Halloween. Depicted here are the CEO (Chris Lyman) and Director of Engineering (Samy Kamkar) for Fonality. I'll let you guess who is who.... Full Story

Posted on October 30, 2009 3:51 PM

Research Report Shows VoIP Kicking PSTN's Ass

According to Infonetics Research, VoIP services brought in $21 billion for service providers in the first half of 2009. According to their report, the number of residential/SOHO VoIP subscribers is forecast to top 225 million by 2013. In other words,... Full Story

Posted on October 30, 2009 12:08 PM

SimpleSignal Brings Call Control Toolbar to Hosted VoIP

Hosted VoIP is making great strides, but there is often one problem - with hosted VoIP you don't get desktop call control. Well, today SimpleSignal introduced its Call Control Toolbar, which adds advanced business VoIP calling features while leveraging their... Full Story

Posted on October 26, 2009 4:47 PM

IBM & Digium Join Forces on Asterisk for Smart Cube

In a fascinating deal, IBM and Digium announced today that they are teaming up to offer Asterisk for Smart Cube, a customized version of Asterisk Business Edition. IBM's Smart Cube is very similar to Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS), a... Full Story

Posted on October 15, 2009 4:14 PM

AT&T Grants Denies Us Mobile VoIP Freedom

The big news last week was how AT&T grants denies us mobile VoIP freedom. Just last week I wrote how AT&T had "granted" us mobile VoIP freedom by finally allowing SIP port 5060 on their 3G data network. I was... Full Story

Posted on October 12, 2009 9:37 AM

AT&T Grants Us Mobile VoIP Freedom

On September 17th I wrote about how siphon, a SIP app for the iPhone was working over 3G for me in Los Angeles but not in Connecticut. Apparently, port 5060, the SIP port was blocked in Connecticut but not... Full Story

Posted on October 8, 2009 11:37 AM

Verizon Hub Bites the Dust

What an inglorious end to the Verizon Hub, which Verizon Wireless promoted as the greatest VoIP phone ever. Sure it was sexy, and sure it was gadgety - doubling as a Web tablet and digital phone frame, but apparently users... Full Story

Posted on October 2, 2009 4:36 PM

TeleBlend Offers $99.99/year Unlimited VoIP Calling Plan

TeleBlend, you know the Sunrocket saviors, after the 2007 Sunrocket implosion, today announced that it will be offering one year of unlimited local and long distance calling for just $99. If you recall, Sunrocket was offering $299.99/year for unlimited calling... Full Story

Posted on September 30, 2009 1:46 PM

VoIP & Gadgets Blog Named a Top 10 Telecommunications Blog

VoIP & Gadgets blog was named one of the Top 10 telecom websites by Cision Media. Unlike other top 10 lists, this list claims to be objective since it compares unique visitors per month to generate an accurate assessment. I... Full Story

Posted on September 30, 2009 11:09 AM

Polycom VVX 1500 Video Phone Quick Demo

Check out the quick video recording I made of two Polycom VVX 1500 IP video phones making a test video call. I used an iPhone 3GS to capture the video of the test call between the two phones. The iPhone's... Full Story

Posted on September 29, 2009 11:30 AM

Mitel Series X Collaboration, Unified Communications Solution Unveiled

Today, Mitel unveiled the next phase of its comprehensive software strategy with Mitel Series X Collaboration, showcasing Mitel's complete suite of collaboration solutions including Mitel Unified Communicator Advanced (UC Advanced) and the Mitel TeleCollaboration Solution. Mitel Series X aims... Full Story

Posted on September 23, 2009 12:11 PM