Looking to save some coin on those international calls to your mates in Brussels?
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Vonage Mobile app allows free calls and texts worldwide to fellow Android and iOS users
Looking to save some coin on those international calls to your mates in Brussels?
On February 7, 2012, In Gadgets, by EmelyTwellow
A partnership between Microsoft and customer service company 24/7 may not exactly sound like the most exciting proposition on the face of things, but the two are making some fairly lofty promises, and Microsoft seems to be making a serious investment in the initiative. As ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports, part of the deal will see Microsoft send at least some of the 400 employees it brought on in its 2007 acquisition of TellMe Networks to 24/7, and it will also license some of its speech-related IP to the company (in addition to taking an equity stake in it). The goal there being to combine natural user interfaces with a cloud-based customer service platform, which Microsoft promises will “redefine what customer service looks like.” To that end, it gives the example of a credit card company getting in touch with you to report suspicious behavior; rather than a phone call, you could get a notification with all the pertinent details sent directly to your phone, which could anticipate a number of potential actions and let you respond by voice (or touch, presumably)
A partnership between Microsoft and customer service company 24/7 may not exactly sound like the most exciting proposition on the face of things, but the two are making some fairly lofty promises, and Microsoft seems to be making a serious investment in the initiative. As ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports, part of the deal will see Microsoft send at least some of the 400 employees it brought on in its 2007 acquisition of TellMe Networks to 24/7, and it will also license some of its speech-related IP to the company (in addition to taking an equity stake in it). The goal there being to combine natural user interfaces with a cloud-based customer service platform, which Microsoft promises will “redefine what customer service looks like.” To that end, it gives the example of a credit card company getting in touch with you to report suspicious behavior; rather than a phone call, you could get a notification with all the pertinent details sent directly to your phone, which could anticipate a number of potential actions and let you respond by voice (or touch, presumably)
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Microsoft strikes deal with 24/7, promises to ‘redefine’ customer service
All eyes are on Amsterdam this morning, as RIM hosts DevCon Europe. Among all the usual avowals about how well things are going are a few nuggets of the new and the noteworthy. One such morsel was a demonstration of new BlackBerry Bridge features.
All eyes are on Amsterdam this morning, as RIM hosts DevCon Europe. Among all the usual avowals about how well things are going are a few nuggets of the new and the noteworthy. One such morsel was a demonstration of new BlackBerry Bridge features.
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RIM shows off new features for PlayBook 2.0 at DevCon
Bend, drown, drop and zap?
Bend, drown, drop and zap?
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RIM wrecks its own devices, so you don’t have to (video)
On February 6, 2012, In Gadgets, by dickskenyetta
I’m not sure if the Smart Phone Sleeper is the most ridiculous product ever or straight up pure genius. It basically takes a car-style flexible neck cell phone mount and makes it at least 5 times as long and with a big flat base. You can slip the base under your mattress, couch cushion, own buttocks, or just balance it on the floor
I’m not sure if the Smart Phone Sleeper is the most ridiculous product ever or straight up pure genius. It basically takes a car-style flexible neck cell phone mount and makes it at least 5 times as long and with a big flat base. You can slip the base under your mattress, couch cushion, own buttocks, or just balance it on the floor
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Add a Cellphone Mount to your Mattress
There are Samsung phones, there are Motorola phones. There are BlackBerry Phones, there are Nokia phones.
There are Samsung phones, there are Motorola phones. There are BlackBerry Phones, there are Nokia phones.
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Engadget Mobile Podcast 124 – 02.05.2012
There’s some more corporate reshuffling going on in the Windows Phone universe this week, now that Brandon Watson has confirmed his departure from Microsoft. Watson, who served as head of the WP Developer Experience, announced the news on his Twitter page Friday, and later told ZDNet that he’s heading to Amazon , where he’ll be Director of the Kindle Cross Platform team.
There’s some more corporate reshuffling going on in the Windows Phone universe this week, now that Brandon Watson has confirmed his departure from Microsoft. Watson, who served as head of the WP Developer Experience, announced the news on his Twitter page Friday, and later told ZDNet that he’s heading to Amazon , where he’ll be Director of the Kindle Cross Platform team.
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Windows Phone exec Brandon Watson leaves Microsoft, headed to Amazon
On February 4, 2012, In Gadgets, by UnthankSiedlecki
The work of a non-profit advocacy group is never done. It seems like just yesterday that the Electronic Frontier Foundation was waging a battle to put jailbreaking rights into the hands of consumers, much to the chagrin of manufacturers intent on maintaining control over their devices after they leave store shelves.
The work of a non-profit advocacy group is never done. It seems like just yesterday that the Electronic Frontier Foundation was waging a battle to put jailbreaking rights into the hands of consumers, much to the chagrin of manufacturers intent on maintaining control over their devices after they leave store shelves.
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The Engadget Interview: the EFF’s Mitch Stoltz talks the legality of jailbreaking
The latest report is in from ComScore , and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple.
The latest report is in from ComScore , and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple.
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ComScore: Android and iOS gallop ahead, US smartphone usage approaches 100 million
On February 3, 2012, In Gadgets, by brumek13
We were so beguiled by AD’s bamboo-bound smartphone that we had to track down the designer to get some hands-on time with these work-in-progress prototypes. We met up with Kieron-Scott Woodhouse (pun unintended) and he offered to bring along several of the latest prototypes for us to get to grips with. While the finished product will arrive in the lighter bamboo finish, the darker model’s button layout is closer to what we can expect on the final device.
We were so beguiled by AD’s bamboo-bound smartphone that we had to track down the designer to get some hands-on time with these work-in-progress prototypes. We met up with Kieron-Scott Woodhouse (pun unintended) and he offered to bring along several of the latest prototypes for us to get to grips with. While the finished product will arrive in the lighter bamboo finish, the darker model’s button layout is closer to what we can expect on the final device.
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ADZero bamboo smartphone prototypes hands-on (video)