Category Archives: Unified Communications

Video call coming to Skype on iOS

The latest skype update in itunes app store brings video call capabilities to iOS devices. Now, you can do video calls among your iOS device and desktop. It is better than Facetime because: Facetime supports iOS and Mac OS X … Continue reading

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Push notification for Google Voice 0.3.2

The most recent update of Google Voice for Android (0.3.2) brings real-time push notification to the phone. Previously it was a pull rather than push from the server, and Google Voice client needed to poll the server every 5 minutes. … Continue reading

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Gizmo5 now part of Google

According to TechCrunch, Gizmo5 is part of Google now. That implies Google Voice will have more features. Yes, it also means I might be able to make VoIP calls on my Droid soon.

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Verizon Wireless Droid Test Drive

This morning I picked up a Droid from my the local VZW store. My iPhone was out of contract and I have been looking forward to an android phone. Overall, I like this phone It seems to be more responsive … Continue reading

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Google Voice is coming

After the annoucement by Google yesterday, Google Voice finally came to my Grand Central account. I saw a lot of improvements from the old Grand Central interface. Things I like: UI improvements: things look like other Google products such as Gmail … Continue reading

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