What happens next?

May 16th, 2011
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What?s happening next? Quora wants to know. Finishing the deal Which executives will lead Skype’s post-acquisition integration with Microsoft? Who will lead from Skype’s side and who from Microsoft’s? Which management consulting firms are likely to help Microsoft integrate Skype post-acquisition? The big firms offer well-defined merger processes and the extra staff [...]

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Another Google I/O without Google Voice

May 16th, 2011
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I was ticked-off I missed the registration window to get in to this year?s Google I/O conference after so much excitement and insight from last year?s. I was relieved, and a little sad, learning that none of the sessions featured reps from the Google Voice or Google Talk teams. Where?s the platform, folks? Will [...]

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Caption Contest: Ballmer at TTL with Skype kiosk

May 15th, 2011
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photo: Brian O’Shaughnessy. hat tip to Ray Crowley.

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A Usability Test : Android VS iOS, Android Wins

May 14th, 2011
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Android VS iOS http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

I came across a very nice article about usability test conducted to find out if iOS or Android got what it takes to be useful in day to day use. The test was conducted by Jacob who is usability geek at IntuitionHQ.com has conducted a usability test to determine if all the shouts about Android being sub par to iOS usability experience.

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Adobe Flash Player update improves VoIP audio

May 14th, 2011
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From the release  notes:  == Acoustic Echo Cancellation == Flash Player 10.3 enables developers to create real-time online collaboration experiences with high-quality audio, telephony, in-game voice chat, and group conferencing applications for desktop PCs. Developers can take advantage of acoustic echo cancellation, noise suppression, voice activity detection, and automatic compensation for various microphone [...]

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Motorola XOOM Gets Android 3.1

May 14th, 2011
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Android 3.1 http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

Android 3.1 update announced at the annual Google I/O event is now alive on some of the Motorola XOOM tablets. The mostly under the hood improvements will make the tablet experience even smoother. These improvements include host mode for the tablet which allows import photos directly from a digital camera, better HTML5 support, faster performance, and…

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NTT DOCOMO, Agrees To Purchase Additioanl Shares Of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)

May 13th, 2011
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DOCOMO, PLDT http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

NTT Docomo is investing additional shares of PLDT worth about $263 million to maintain it’s stake of 20% of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). PLDT’s planned acquisition of a majority stake in Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. via a share swap have affected this decision.

The press release;

TOKYO, JAPAN ?- NTT…

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Verizon MiFi 4510L Delivering Beyond The Promise.

May 13th, 2011
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Verizon MiFi 4510L http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

I love MiFi and that is the reason I got my XOOM, WiFi only. My MiFi is of yesteryear and only serves 3G while new MiFi’s with 4G capability are popping up every where. I need to get one and enjoy the fruits like Kevin Tofel at GigaOM does.

I / We like to take road trips, a lot, and National and State parks are always in the list. Visiting these…

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Cisco Phones And Asterisk 1.8.4, Registration Problems? Solved.

May 12th, 2011
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If you upgraded your Asterisk server to Asterisk 1.8.4 and suddenly your Cisco phones fail to register (which worked fine in Asterisk 1.8.3) with your Asterisk server,  the issue seemed to be a patch related to chan_sip and reqresp_parser missing from this release.

There is a solution. Either you can wait for Asterisk 1.8.5 RC1 or…

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Adobe CreatePDF for Android Seem To Fill The PDF Void In The Mobile Field.

May 12th, 2011
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Not withholding my dislike to Adobe anything for a long time,  I think for those who care or does not care, CreatePDF is filling a void from the mobile front. On PC’s there are many a ways to create PDFs, Adobe or not but it is hard to do on mobile devices.

Adobe CreatePDF for Android allows you to create PDF from scratch. You can also convert…

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