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Amazon Buys Text-to-Speech Software Vendor IVONA By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 24, 2013 Does the purchase signal an intention to challenge Apple's Siri? Tags: Kindle, voice, software, Siri, merger and acquistion activity, Amazon Facebook Rolls Out Free WiFi Calling for iPhones By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 17, 2013 The latest update to the iOS Facebook Messenger app adds VoIP features. Tags: Facebook, VoIP, Calling, chat, IOS, WiFi, voice, iPhone, messenger Is Desktop Linux Handicap Accessible? By Matt Hartley | Article Published December 14, 2009 While desktop Linux enables handicapped users to write an email using a webcam, other areas of the platform arent up to the level of proprietary software. Tags: desktop linux, open source, voice, Ubuntu, Linux Google Now Offers Real-Time Results By - Reuters | Article Published December 08, 2009 Google results will be refreshed with up-to-the-second data increasingly churned out by the new crop of real-time Web products. Tags: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, voice, search Google Voice: Keep Your Cell Number By - Reuters | Article Published October 27, 2009 Google Voice service users don't need to switch to a special phone number, an option that greatly broadens the new service's appeal. Tags: Google, carriers, routing, FCC, voice Why Microsoft's Courier' Tablet Will Never Exist By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 23, 2009 Despite the hype, there are at least six good reasons why the Microsoft tablet will exist only in the fevered imaginations of A-list bloggers. Tags: Microsoft, iPhone, voice, Apple Laptop Evolution: Snazzy and Sleek By - Reuters | Article Published September 22, 2009 The era of the boring, merely functional laptop is coming to an end. Tags: HP, laptops, IBM, Dell, voice eBay Sued by Skype Founders By - Reuters | Article Published September 17, 2009 The plaintiff believes damages are piling up at a rate of more than $75 million a day. eBay denies the allegations. Tags: voice, netscape, services, video Does Quality Software Code Really Matter? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published September 14, 2009 Taking steps to prevent bugs and unnecessary code complexity can sidestep tomorrow's maintenance headache. Why is it such a low priority? Tags: voice, software, developer, programmers iPhone Users Complain About Wi-Fi By Michelle Megna | Article Published August 17, 2009 Users who upgraded to OS 3.0 say that Wi-Fi isn't working properly -- and are looking to Apple to fix it. Tags: AT&T, smartphones, voice, video, iPhone Mobile Gadgets on the Rise By David Needle | Article Published July 31, 2009 An industry confab about the mobile sector shows the variety of innovation in the handheld world. Tags: Facebook, carriers, voice, services, iPhone Company Mobile Costs Are Too High By Michelle Megna | Article Published July 27, 2009 Outfitting employees with mobile gear is getting costlier and companies aren't containing the expenses. Tags: services, policy, voice, carriers, wireless 10 Free Online Tools to Improve Browsing By Joseph Moran | Article Published July 10, 2009 These free online services will give you faster speed, more information and better security. Tags: services, Windows, voice, VoIP iPhone 3GS 3.1 Update Due Soon By Andy Patrizio | Article Published July 02, 2009 As fears of overheating units and insufficient inventory plague the iPhone, Apple is moving quickly to release an iPhone OS upgrade. Tags: AT&T, voice, wireless, video, iPhone Skype 4.0 for Windows: Significant Overhaul By Joseph Moran | Article Published June 26, 2009 Available for free download, the new Skype offers an array of improved features. Tags: voice, e-Mail, VoIP, Windows, search Social Cloud Battle: Google vs. IBM By Alex Goldman | Article Published June 24, 2009 The ruckus to see which vendor wins the growing social application market has only just begun. Tags: IBM, Google, voice, services iPhone 3.0 Software Review: Apple Catches Up (Mostly) By Troy Dreier | Article Published June 22, 2009 The free iPhone software update moves the handheld forward, but could have gone further. Tags: wireless, voice, iPhone, iphone apps Is Love for iPhone 3G S Fading Fast? By Michelle Megna | Article Published June 10, 2009 Questionable support and a robust pricing structure is prompting some kvetching even among the faithful. Tags: voice, services, iPhone The iPhone's Future: Smartphone Showdown By Michelle Megna | Article Published May 27, 2009 An industry analyst shares insights from Apple about the iPhone's future. Tags: iPhone, Apple, voice Interop: IT and the Dark Economy By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 21, 2009 Research firm IDC predicts growth in IT staff will be flat over the next three years, yet customer interaction will grow significantly. Tags: networking, voice, Linux, 10 GbE, video Network Vendors Reach for Stimulus Checks By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 16, 2009 Networking vendors are jockeying to earn their share of the $7 billion in broadband grants distributed through the Obama administration's stimulus bill. Tags: services, carriers, marketing, voice Swine Flu Online: Panic and Bad Information By Alex Goldman | Article Published May 02, 2009 Swine flu generates oceans of noise on the Net. "The chatter about swine flu even dwarfs that of recent viral media star Susan Boyle," notes a Nielsen report. Tags: voice, policy, e-Mail, swine flu, search Does Skype Work for Business? By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published April 29, 2009 Certainly the Skype voice-over-IP technology works in business settings, but is it truly adequate? Tags: Windows, services, voice, Skype, unified communications Cheap Smartphones are Hot Sellers By - Reuters | Article Published April 15, 2009 Amid the recession, cell phone vendors are seeing robust sales of low-end but still highly capable mobile units. Tags: smartphones, Blackberry, iPhone, voice, Copyright Microsoft to Debut Beta of Exchange Server 2010 By - Reuters | Article Published April 15, 2009 Microsoft's beta test version of Exchange Server 2010 is the first step in a major upgrade path. Tags: voice, Exchange, e-Mail, Google, Microsoft Google's Plans for Mobile Apps By Owen Linderholm | Article Published April 06, 2009 Google's software for mobile phones will benefit from a unified platform and an ambitious world view. Tags: voice, mobile apps, Google, iPhone, wireless Operational and Strategic Tech: "I Want a Divorce" By Steve Andriole | Article Published April 01, 2009 Operational and strategic technologists are about as different as Obama is from Bush. I cannot for the life of me understand why they didnt divorce ten years ago. Tags: services, support, voice, virtualization, CRM Newest Netbook Competitor: Verizon By Michelle Megna | Article Published March 28, 2009 The telecom provider has a chance if it can offer lower connection fees than its competitors. Tags: carriers, wireless, Verizon, netbooks, voice Google Offers Phone Services By Michelle Megna | Article Published March 13, 2009 Google Voice will offer mobile users free U.S. calls, unified text messages and integrated speech-text and search. Tags: voice, search, mobile phones, services, Google Authors to Kindle: Please Shut Up By Judy Mottl | Article Published February 15, 2009 Copyright concerns prompt a writers' advocacy group to push for disabling the text-to-voice feature. Tags: Google, Kindle, Copyright, voice, services iPhone vs. iPhone Killers: Apple's Next Steps By Andy Patrizio | Article Published February 09, 2009 Apple, a canny strategist, reveals nothing about it next competitive steps in the iPhone wars, yet that hasn't stopped observers from offering theories. Tags: voice, iPhone, nVidia, wireless, Apple Social Networks Built to Order By David Needle | Article Published January 27, 2009 Awareness offers eight 'ready to launch' categories of social networks for business. Tags: voice, Facebook, services, consumer, marketing Don't Ditch That Broadband Connection By Joseph Moran | Article Published January 26, 2009 Switching to VoIP phone service can save money without suffering the returning to the sloth and hassle of dial-up Internet access. Tags: voice, VoIP, services, wireless, Microsoft The Well-Prepared Mobile Superhero By Paul Chin | Article Published January 22, 2009 Paul Chin details the best gear for the mobile writer. Tags: IT, voice, support, security, music Looking Ahead to VoIP in 2009 By Ted Stevenson | Article Published January 07, 2009 Enterprise VoIPplanet consults its crystal ball and spots some trends for the coming year. Tags: services, e-Mail, voice, Microsoft, VoIP Windows 7 Beta On Tap for Ballmer's CES Keynote By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 07, 2009 Beyond stirring up excitement about the latest version of Windows, though, Microsoft's CEO isn't likely to excite, sources say. Tags: Google, iPhone, Windows, voice, Microsoft Case Study: Leveraging Next-Gen Wi-Fi to Transform Healthcare By Lisa Phifer | Article Published January 06, 2009 Five-site rural medical center replaces legacy WLAN with new cooperative mesh to improve the quality of patient care with reduced cost and complexity. Tags: VoIP, wireless, policy, voice, Microsoft 4G: Here It Comes, Ready or Not -- Part II By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published December 30, 2008 Xohm, the WiMAX-powered wireless service that Sprint and partner, Clearwire launched recently in Baltimore. It has been widely hailed as the first 4G mobile service in the U.S. Is it? Tags: voice, Intel, wireless, Wimax, services How to Use Twitter Without Typing, Pointing or Clicking By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 26, 2008 A new service makes tweeting easier than ever before. Tags: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, voice, e-Mail VoIP Planet Trends How Will Economic Downturn Affect VoIP Industry? By Adam Stone | Article Published December 22, 2008 Two studies show that despite some slowdown, VoIP and unified communications deployments will grow over coming years. Tags: Microsoft, unified communications, Dell, IBM, voice New Voice over Wi-Fi Analysis Tools from AirMagnet By Ted Stevenson | Article Published December 17, 2008 As 'VoFi' gains in popularity, IT managers need tools to optimize and troubleshoot it. AirMagnet is answering the need. Tags: wireless, media, Cisco, voice, software Tracking Shoppers with Wi-Fi and RTLS By Jeff Goldman | Article Published December 05, 2008 Finnish home improvement retailer Rautakesko, is using Wi-Fi and Ekahaus RTLS system to track customer behavior in its retail stores. Tags: technology, consumer, voice, IT, privacy 4G: Here It Comes, Ready or Not -- Part I By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published December 03, 2008 The 4G era has begun. What will it mean for enterprise IT and telecom managers - beyond higher mobile wireless data speeds? It depends who you ask, and who you believe. Tags: Wimax, voice, carriers, wireless, VoIP Happy Together: Smartphones and Mobile Apps By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 01, 2008 Cash-strapped users are getting a lot more out of the latest mobile devices, thanks to their embrace of downloadable applications. Tags: policy, iPhone, search, Google, voice Microsoft OCS: The next step By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published November 19, 2008 Release 2 fills many of the feature gaps that customers noted in the initial release, but is this the end of the evolutionary road? Tags: voice, Blackberry, services, Windows, Microsoft Digium Reinvents AsteriskNOW By Ted Stevenson | Article Published November 17, 2008 New Linux distribution and addition of a more powerful, sophisticated management interface turn the product in a new direction. Tags: open source, Linux, voice, software, PBX Google to iPhone Users: 'Talk to Me' By David Needle | Article Published November 17, 2008 The Google Mobile App for the iPhone now includes speech recognition for searches. Tags: Google, Microsoft, search, services, voice Better Social Networking From... Intel? By David Needle | Article Published November 09, 2008 At Web 2.0 Summit, the world's largest chipmaker demos enterprise social networking and a more "personal" Internet. Tags: e-Mail, Intel, services, Facebook, voice Tech Future: Change and Risk from Downturn By Rob Enderle | Article Published November 05, 2008 From the rise of netbooks to the adoption of SaaS, economic challenges will shift trends and create new risks. Tags: Microsoft, Windows, voice, Wimax, services Review: BlackBerry Bold By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published November 05, 2008 Fits the bill nicely for corporate and other business users committed to the BlackBerry platform and looking to upgrade. Tags: Blackberry, RIM, iPhone, voice, e-Mail Voting via VoIP�Coming soon to a polling place near you By Adam Stone | Article Published November 03, 2008 The technology is in place and has been used elsewhere on the globe. Adoption in the U.S. will likely be gradual. Tags: VoIP, IT, voice, security, technology The Linux Support Call HOWNOTTO By Michael Hall | Article Published November 03, 2008 LinuxPlanet Classics: "No," the technician explained, "Linux is probably causing this problem and it needs to come off the machine." Michael Hall's classic battle with Dell tech support was first published in July 2001. Has anything really changed? Tags: server, voice, Windows, Dell, Linux Testing SIP Security on a Budget, Part 1 By Lisa Phifer | Article Published October 31, 2008 Along with its advantages, VoIP brings its own vulnerabilities. Fortunately there is a host of free/open-source tools to mitigate them. Tags: security, voice, services, VoIP, Linux Planning Power Protection: What SMBS Need to Know By Lauren Simonds | Article Published October 30, 2008 Don't let a power-outage pull the plug on your business. Emerson Power Network offers seven planning points to light the way. Tags: open source, SMB, PBX, voice, server Report: UC Aims to Combat 'Human Latency' By Brian T. Horowitz | Article Published October 30, 2008 As many as 84 percent of companies are deployingor planning to deployunified communications. Tags: services, voice, unified communications, e-Mail, policy Picking a Hosted PBX Provider By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published October 29, 2008 There are many clear advantages to hosted VoIP services, but it may or may not be for your business. Tags: e-Mail, voice, services, Microsoft, VoIP An Android in Every Pocket? That's Google's Plan By Tim Scannell | Article Published October 25, 2008 For Google, mobile is critical to its information-centric business -- which is why it has big ambitions for getting the OS on as many devices as it can. Tags: voice, carriers, Google, search, services VoIP and Cellular Mobile: Blurring the Lines By Adam Stone | Article Published October 23, 2008 Joint venture between VoX, UTGI, and 'a tier one carrier' will bring low-cost, all-you-can-eat voice/data plans to the mobile telephony scene. Tags: voice, marketing, VoIP, services, carriers Review: iPhone 3G By Troy Dreier | Article Published October 17, 2008 It's not just hype that's made the iPhone the hottest smartphone around. If you're due for an upgrade, take a good look at the iPhone 3G. Tags: wireless, e-Mail, voice, Microsoft, iPhone BlackBerry Flip Phone Now Available By Naomi Graychase | Article Published October 15, 2008 RIM and T-Mobile announced Tuesday the release of the first BlackBerry flip phone. The phone features integrated 802.11b/g for unlimited "HotSpot Calling" over accessible Wi-Fi networks. Tags: Blackberry, RIM, smartphones, e-Mail, voice Microsoft Pumps Up Collaboration Suite By Judy Mottl | Article Published October 15, 2008 UPDATED: Upcoming unified communications server adds new VoIP, mobile and sharing features. Tags: voice, Windows, Microsoft, wireless, Blackberry RIM Ramps Up BlackBerry Certifications By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 13, 2008 Mobile device maker Research In Motion rushes to meet demand for expertise as the popular hand-held continues to infiltrate enterprises. Tags: RIM, voice, wireless, services, Microsoft Introducing IEEE 802.11r By Jeff Goldman | Article Published October 09, 2008 In July, without much fanfare, the IEEE published the final specification for IEEE 802.11r-2008, also known as Fast Basic Service Set Transition, an amendment to the 802.11 standard that supports fast handoff between access points--specifically in order to enable VoIP roaming on a Wi-Fi network with 802.1X authentication. Tags: voice, middleware, Specification, wireless, VoIP Tech Titans Push Mobile Broadband Forward By Judy Mottl | Article Published October 02, 2008 Leading vendors unite to make wireless devices broadband-friendly out of the box. Tags: Microsoft, wireless, voice, Qualcomm, Dell For Small-Business VoIP, Ease of Use Is Paramount By Adam Stone | Article Published September 29, 2008 Toronto startup Jazinga offers a turnkey IP phone system anyone can install and maintain. Tags: VoIP, open source, wireless, Microsoft, voice The G1 Quandary: Open Yet Locked By Judy Mottl | Article Published September 25, 2008 A splashy launch event can't mask potential challenges facing Google handset. Tags: carriers, iPhone, wireless, Google, voice Report: US Mobile Users Text More than Talk By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 23, 2008 The number of texts handled per person appears to decline with age, according to Nielson figures. Tags: wireless, Copyright, voice, carriers, Verizon Business Continuity: Always On, Always Working By Lauren Simonds | Article Published September 16, 2008 What happens to your business if the network fails or the power goes out? If you don't know, you need a disaster recovery plan. An IT provider can help. Tags: voice, video, marketing, VoIP, services Top 200 Tech Blogs: the Datamation List By James Maguire | Article Published September 08, 2008 The best tech blogs in a wide array of categories, including consumer gear, security, software, mobile, PCs, and more. Tags: voice, Google, Linux, Facebook, iPhone VoIP Enhancements Coming to iPhone By Ted Stevenson | Article Published September 08, 2008 The iPhone version of Global IP Solutions's VoiceEngine Mobile will smooth the path for developers working on VoIP enhancements for iPhone 3G apps. Tags: unified communications, VoIP, services, iPhone, voice Mobile Apps Now Arriving Before New Devices By Judy Mottl | Article Published August 29, 2008 While Bold isn't here yet new messaging software is up for grabs. Tags: voice, carriers, Windows, wireless, services RIM Begins Worldwide Rollout of BlackBerry Bold By James Alan Miller | Article Published August 19, 2008 Chile lands international-3G capable BlackBerry first. Itll soon be followed by the United Kingdom and other markets. Tags: RIM, voice, FCC, wireless, Microsoft iPhone 'Acceptable' for Enterprise, but Not Perfect By Judy Mottl | Article Published August 14, 2008 Gartner says security options make it viable, but there's room for improvement. Tags: Windows, voice, Microsoft, iPhone, policy The Hosted Advantage: Doing better for less By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published August 11, 2008 Thrifty New England-based credit union solves several communications problems with a hosted phone system from VoIPnet Technologies. Tags: PBX, Cisco, VoIP, voice, wireless Review: TRITTON AX Micro Bluetooth Headset By Naomi Graychase | Article Published July 29, 2008 This tiny, shiny earpiece is a worthy solution for users looking for a non-bulky, affordable Bluetooth headset. Tags: Microsoft, XML, Storage, voice, Blackberry |