Archive for: August 2008

26 August 2008

With Jaiku Still Down, What Are People Doing?

Filed under: blogging,Services - 26 Aug 2008

Jaiku, Google‘s social networking service it acquired last year, has been completely offline since Friday …

A SatNav From the 1920s!

Filed under: gps,just plain weird,steampunk - 26 Aug 2008

Back in the 1920s, they didn’t have portable computers. Or satellites. Or many roads. Or many cars.

For those that had a car and needed …

25 August 2008

Lessons About Writing From Ray Bradbury

Filed under: blogging - 25 Aug 2008

Famed Science Fiction author Ray Bradbury recently celebrated his 88th Birthday. Perhaps one of my favorite …

Ditech To Improve Bluetooth Voice Quality

Filed under: Bluetooth,mobile phones - 25 Aug 2008

Until I heard how good my Nokia BH-604 stereo bluetooth headset sounded, I didn’t think anything resembling good sound was possible on Bluetooth. Most bluetooth …

24 August 2008

Palringo Brings Push-to-Talk to iPhone

Filed under: apple,mobile phones,software - 24 Aug 2008

I personally don’t understand the fascination with push-to-talk. However, the folks at Palringo, whom put out a multi-service IM client for mobile phones, including the iPhone, now offer push-to-talk on the iPhone. They didn’t offer …

23 August 2008

Fonolo Exposes Deep Dialing APIs, Adds SIP Support

Filed under: business,voip - 23 Aug 2008

Fonolo, the company that allows you to cut through the interactive voice respones mazes companies put up, has exposed this “deep dialing” functionality in an …

22 August 2008

Aircell Isn’t Blocking all Forms of VoIP

Filed under: business,connectivity,Services,travel,wifi - 22 Aug 2008

Andy made a big splash on Twitter (and throughout the blogosphere) when he announced that he had a call on an airplane thanks to Phweet. I, of course, don’t deny it happened, but …

Lotus To Develop An Omnivore Vehicle

Filed under: automotive,green technology - 22 Aug 2008

Lotus Engineering is developing a car that is kind of an omnivore! It will be powered by conventional gasoline, less conventional but mainstream ethanol, or …

VoSKY Replaces a Voice T1/E1 with Skype

Filed under: business,telecom,voip - 22 Aug 2008

While I was on vacation, I got the news that VoSKY is releasing a 1U box that will interface with the T1/E1 port on a conventional PBX and replace it …

21 August 2008

It’s Official: Qwest Now Pushing Verizon Wireless

Filed under: mobile network operators,mobile phones,telecom - 21 Aug 2008


A while ago, I posted that Qwest intends on selling Verizon Wireless service instead of …

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