October 4, 2010
Even with much business activity moving over to the internet, a phone system is still an essential business component for many companies. Moving traditional telecommunications services into the future, companies like Twilio have been springing up. These services are basically ‘phone systems in the cloud’ – they allow incoming and outgoing calls and text messaging [...]
April 14, 2010
We know that a great website can make a small business look like a big company. Well, now they can sound like a big company, too … for free. Phonebooth Free, a new online call management system from VOIP provider Bandwidth.com, provides a full-featured phone system that is completely hosted in the cloud. It has [...]
February 28, 2010
Through the years, the way we handle our telephone messages has gone through some dramatic changes. Remember the days of needing tape cassettes to record answering machine messages? I suppose it hasn’t really been that long has it? With the old answering machines, there really wasn’t much flexibility. You could listen to your messages and [...]
February 25, 2010
When I first heard about Google Voice, I immediately submitted my email for an invite, and within a few weeks I received one. April first provided a review of Google Voice and offered 100 invites right here at MUO. Since then, Google continued to progress with Google Voice and add more features. My initial excitement about [...]
January 29, 2010
As I said in my previous article about Using Your Cell Phone to Survive in the Wilderness, the reason why cell phones make for such good universal tools is because they are always with us. Rarely do I leave the house without mine, and when I do, I feel naked. They’ve become part of us. [...]
January 11, 2010
At some stage in everyone’s life, a situation will turn dire. A nice hill walk is ruined by high winds and rain. A snapped ankle leaves you stranded in a forest. A broken down car means you can’t make it through an isolated area and it’s getting dark. Thankfully, most of these cases will be [...]
December 29, 2009
It’s still a few days away until the countdown begins, but I’ve already begun writing down my New Year resolutions. There’s a section called “To Buy” with the list of everything that I wish I could buy next year, and an Android phone is one of them. This year, my budget restrains me from getting [...]
December 28, 2009
There’s been a lot of buzz about the new Android-powered cell phones that have been coming out more and more lately. Some of them are touted by their mobile carriers as potential competitors for the iPhone and others are ready to be completely personalized by their owner. Android phones have also been luring people in [...]
December 7, 2009
Google Voice, formerly known as GrandCentral, has been a hot topic ever since its initial release on March 11, 2009. Because it is only available by invitation, and invitations aren’t easily attainable, its demand has remained quite high since the beginning. Well, seek no further! We have a limited amount of invites to give away, so read [...]
November 7, 2009
Does anyone still remember the answering machine? You know the thing that your 800 voicemails have made obsolete? Maybe your parents still have one. They have a flashing red number on them and they always broke down. The thing that I remember and loved about answering machines were that you could buy pre-recorded messages on [...]
