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FCC launches probe of Google Voice service

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T Inc. that Google Inc.'s free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge ...


Bing now lets people command Microsoft's Internet search engine by talking on a new Samsung mobile phone

Bing search gets vocal on new Samsung mobile phone

Technology / Software

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing is getting vocal on a new Samsung mobile phone that lets people command Microsoft's Internet search engine by talking.


Singing During Pregnancy May Be Harder Due To Hormones

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The question of how hormones affect a woman's voice is relevant to professional singers because hormonal fluctuations may place them at risk of injury. Knowing when the risks are greatest would help singers avoid performing ...


Motorola Provides World's First Live 2.6GHz TD-LTE Drive Demonstration

Motorola Provides World's First Live 2.6GHz TD-LTE Drive Demonstration

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorola announced today that it has successfully deployed a Time Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network in the streets of Geneva to support China Mobile Communications Corporation’s presence ...


Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerry

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.


Review: 10 ways to save on calling costs (AP)

Review: 10 ways to save on calling costs

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The cost of making phone calls has been dropping rapidly in the last few years. If you want take full advantage of that, you'll need to try some new things, because the phone companies aren't going ...


Review: Google Voice has cool tricks but downsides (AP)

AT&T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can't (Update)

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 7

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees.


Google says Apple rejected Voice app for iPhone

Technology / Software

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc. said Apple Inc.'s top marketing executive personally told the company that its Google Voice application had been rejected because it duplicates the telephone dialer on the iPhone and could be used as ...


ASUS Launches Skype Certified Standalone Touchscreen Videophone

ASUS Launches Skype Certified Standalone Touchscreen Videophone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

ASUS today launched a Skype Certified touchscreen videophone dedicated to unlimited video calling over the Internet -- the ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T.


Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.


Nokia 7705 Twist

Nokia 7705 Twist puts a new twist on messaging

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Verizon Wireless and Nokia introduce the Nokia 7705 Twist, a fun phone with a unique square shape that swivels open to reveal a full QWERTY keypad. The phone's shortcut buttons provide quick access to messaging, ...


Review: Google Voice has cool tricks but downsides (AP)

Review: Google Voice has cool tricks but downsides

Technology / Software

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc. gives away a lot of good stuff for free. That struck me last year when I downloaded the free Google Maps app to my "smart" phone. It turned the phone into a handy navigation system and ...


Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...


National guideline released for the treatment of hoarseness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first--and only--national clinical practice guideline to help healthcare practitioners identify and manage patients with ...


Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone

Technology / Business

created Aug 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application ...