I’ve previously written about the OBi100 from ObiHai, it’s a cool Voice Over IP (VOIP) device turns your Internet connection into a traditional telephone line, complete with dial tone. I can almost hear you saying, “I cut the cord a long time ago, what on earth do a I need a landline telephone for?” As it […]
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If you love older versions of the Mac OS X operating systems and Skype, you’re out of luck. Per AppleInsider and The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Microsoft on Thursday announced that it has ended support for Macs running OS X 10.5.8 Leopard or earlier. Starting last week, Skype users began to complain on the company’s forum […]
If you’re up north and a Rogers customer, this might come in handy once iOS 8 is released. Per MacNN, Rogers Wireless has announced that it will be supporting iOS 8’s new Wi-Fi calling feature when it debuts. Wi-Fi calling within iOS 8 will skirt the issue of roaming fees while a Canadian user is […]
After five years, it looks like Google Voice is going away…at least as an independent service and app. In 2007 Google acquired GrandCentral (started in 2005) and eventually rebranded it and launched it as Google Voice in 2009. Very little was done for the switchover, from a user standpoint, other than to incorporate the service […]
On Thursday, version 6.8.60.351 of the Skype VoIP application was released. The new version, a 41.8 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Support for 3 additional languages: Swedish, Finnish and European Portuguese. – Toolbar search field improvements, including listing phone numbers for Mac contacts. – Mouse cursor renders as hand over links. […]