Sao Paulo - Brazil’s largest city - may lose up to 90,000 public pay phones because of the increasing saturation of cell phones. However, the 90K number is only about 25% of the total public pay phones available in the city. While the final decision of how many phones to cut is up to the [...]
I just caught this discussion thread at VoIPSec about Google considering a new way to target ads: turn on the microphone on your PC, eavesdrop at background sounds (possibly TV), parse the info, and generate a contextual ad on the web page you are surfing. This isn’t actually news, but it’s the first I’ve seen [...]
Ever bought a shiny new piece of kit, unboxed the thing and find yourself confronted with a strategically placed company logo stuck smack in the middle? Yeah, I know all about it.
Well, looky here! Instructables has a handy tutorial on how to remove these company logos and all it seems to involve is [...]
If you are looking for some ‘light reading’ (some might argue that) with regards VoIP, you’ll find there’s a veritable smorgasborg of choices. I’ve created this list of VoIP books that should keep you going. There’s something in here to suit everyone, from the home user thinking of using VoIP to save some money to [...]
VoIP has a reputation for free calls, but do not be fooled by the hype. While it is true that certain VoIP calls are free, others are not. The best advice is for you to examine a call plan first as many VoIP providers only provide free calls to landlines in your domestic [...]