VOIP
The social technology verb hunt
Earlier this week, I was engaged in yet another exciting round of my favourite parlour game “defining what is social media”. On the subject of what technologies one considers ‘social’, a colleague included both Google and Skype. I wasn’t immediately sure whether to buzz in and object to one, both or neither. Our evolving definition… more
Get Skype, Nomadder Where
Backing up our article in the newsletter just released by our friends over at Contagious Magazine, here is the scorecard from which I devised a KUDOS score of 33 (out of 50) for the Skype Nomad campaign. Speaking personally, I love the campaign, albeit viewed through the filter of a raging jealousy for the Nomad’s… more
Pinger: the new Twitter?
I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone developed a voice-mail version of Twitter and here it is: Pinger. Whilst it is a service low on original thought, it is a service with a fair degree of potential. One simply calls up the Pinger number, chooses who they want to receive the… more
VOIP and my mobile
I almost had one of those ‘wow’ moments today when I was introduced to Truphone and the opportunity to use VOIP to make mobile to mobile calls. Free mobile calls? Lovely. Of course, when I read a little more, I realised it was more of an ‘ah’ moment and that I’ll continue to use Skype… more