Alles over Stalk A Phone Number w/the Phone Number Geolocator | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-07-19 07:48:08 Google Maps mashup Phone Number Geolocator takes the first six digits of a phone number (the area code plus 3) and gives you a close approximation of that numbers origin on a Google map. Google has been helping us locate area codes for a while now (just type in area code xxx in the Google text bar, and it will return the ability to see a map of that Area code at the very top as well as the area that it covers), but some area codes cover pretty large areas. The Phone Number Geolocator goes one step further and narrows the location down to a more specific and accurate estimation.Source: http://fanpotai.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/stalk-a-phone-number-wthe-phone-number-geolocator/ Vash the Stampede http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/180970
Alles over Gaming: First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2007-06-06 22:36:05
Plundr is the first Nintendo DS game that uses your location to affect how the game plays. Figuring out where you are using Wi-Fi positioning, the game gives you different "islands" to go to based on your location, and "depending on where you are in the physical world, you'll find different islands, different market prices and different ships to fight."
It looks pretty neat and fun to me. It looks pretty simple as well, and it seems like the perfect candidate for a port to a GPS phone like the Helio Ocean. Imagine, legions of DS- and Ocean-wielding Plundr-ers running around cities, trying to find different islands. And people say you can't get fresh air while playing video games. –Adam Frucci
Area/Code [via Joystiq]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gaming/first-location+based-ds-game-hits-and-we-want-it-266496.php
Alles over Price Breaks In Canada Won't Happen Yet | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-04-15 15:06:16
Mark Evans points to a Globe and Mail article about why our friends to the North won't see the kind of price wars we see in the USA.I beg to differ as we have enterered the era of global telephony carriers, where as a result of IP boundaries no longer exist. For years when I traveled internationally I had to use callback systems, now for the time I've been working out of the country I've made likely less than 20 calls on my International calling card or direct calls from my cell phone. Almost all my calls have been via Truphone, GizmoProject, Skype, SightSpeed or GoogleTalk via the Nokia N800. GrandCentral has handled where the calls end up. I could have also used services like Jajah, Rebtel, Mint Telecom and others too. We're way beyond local numbers being portable between local carriers and mobile operators. We're at a point where numbers start in one place, end in another and appear to be where they seem to be but really aren't.With numbers and area codes becoming irrelevant, as long as their is an unblocked, real Internet connection, price wars will be there, just not from the traditional outlets. I don't mean via the tariffed carriers, but from the ones who say "use us" and do the same thing or more than your local phone company. You see, the local carrier is gone. Those that still carry the placard don't realize they've already been made obsolete, but that no one has told them the news. When you see AT&T sponsoring Formula One racing, and companies like Sprint and Covad working seriously in WiMax you have to realize that the game is changing.Companies like Cisco, Intel, Google, Skype, Microsoft are fueling a new economy and a new way to make phone calls so to the traditional carriers in Canada, keep your prices high or better yet adopt the new technologies like Shift is doing in your own backyard.Source: http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2007/04/price_breaks_in.html Andy Abramson http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/121482
Alles over Single Geek Male Seeks Single Toll-Free VoIP Number | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-10-02 21:40:38
The VoIP Girl and others recently cancelled their Vonage account. VG is switching to something else. What VoIP servicedid she switch to? She hasn't decided yet, but it appears she has somechoices, including using a virtual number call-forwarded to hersoftphone. She wants a local number (to her). This approachcould be interesting, but I'd want a single toll-free VoIP number. Afew years back, just after I stopped working for a large telecom, Ipaid for a personal 800 toll-free number through their cellulardivision. It just happened that I did a lot of commuting: live in onecity, work in two others, meetings for personal projects in others,hang out with friends in yet another, promote bands in still more. Allin a single day or week. I didn't want people to have to spend afortune trying to call me.At first, I had a local cell phonenumber, but if I took that phone with me out of town and someone calledme from my hometown, then it became a long distance charge for them.Then I got a second cell phone but with an area code in the city Ispent most of my work day in. But that didn't quite work either. I thenswitched to a regional 800 toll-free number and my friends and businesscontacts were very happy. It only cost me about $35 per month, whichbeat the $200-300+ that I would have spent calling everyone myself.Except some weird politics developed between two big cellular providersand the 800 numbers on mobile phones option was cancelled in my area.Thiswas a whlie ago. Now I work almost completely from home, and don'ttravel much at present. Anyone I know that's geographically separatedfrom me has a computer and I talk to them via IM (Instant Messaging),email, or a VoIP soft phone. Most of the time. But being the nomadicwanderer that I am, I'm planning to move yet again. Anyone I knowlocally right now would want to call me at my new town via a regularphone, not from a soft phone. (Don't ask. Maybe it's something in thewater, but I can't convince anyone I know locally to get a soft phone.They don't mind IMs; soft phones they don't understand, or maybe don'tlike. Oh the shame.)That means, to save everyone the longdistance charges that would occur, I'd want a single call-in numberlinked to a softphone. Sure, I'll still have my Palm Treo 650, butit'll have a new local number after I move. I want something that isn'tgoing to cost people money. Sure, Gizmo Project has a free 775 area code-based number, but that doesn't give you toll-free - as far as I can tell from the area 775 FAQ.WhatI want is a single VoIP plan with a toll-free number attached to aquality soft-phone. Could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has thatyet. This means that I'll probably have to get a landline (haven't hadone in over 10 years) with an 800 number and forward it to a VoIPCall-In number. This isn't quite the same as VoIP Girl, since she wantsa local number. I don't. I plan to be doing a lot of travelling beforethe end of this decade, for business and pleasure, and a single(toll-free) VoIP number would be best, for friends, family, andcontacts. Of course, if I could get this number for fully-functioning mobile VoIPon my Palm Treo, I'd be even happier, and gladly pay for it. And beforethe end of the decade, please. Then I wouldn't have to worry aboutwhich VoIP soft client everyone was using.Speaking of toll-free numbers, TipMonkies points to a site called Hardtofind800numbers.com. Speaks for itself, I think.Source: http://www.voipnow.org/2006/10/single_geek_mal.html ewriter http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/46169
Alles over Single Geek Male Seeks Single Toll-Free VoIP Number | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-10-02 21:40:37
The VoIP Girl and others recently cancelled their Vonage account. VG is switching to something else. What VoIP servicedid she switch to? She hasn't decided yet, but it appears she has somechoices, including using a virtual number call-forwarded to hersoftphone. She wants a local number (to her). This approachcould be interesting, but I'd want a single toll-free VoIP number. Afew years back, just after I stopped working for a large telecom, Ipaid for a personal 800 toll-free number through their cellulardivision. It just happened that I did a lot of commuting: live in onecity, work in two others, meetings for personal projects in others,hang out with friends in yet another, promote bands in still more. Allin a single day or week. I didn't want people to have to spend afortune trying to call me.At first, I had a local cell phonenumber, but if I took that phone with me out of town and someone calledme from my hometown, then it became a long distance charge for them.Then I got a second cell phone but with an area code in the city Ispent most of my work day in. But that didn't quite work either. I thenswitched to a regional 800 toll-free number and my friends and businesscontacts were very happy. It only cost me about $35 per month, whichbeat the $200-300+ that I would have spent calling everyone myself.Except some weird politics developed between two big cellular providersand the 800 numbers on mobile phones option was cancelled in my area.Thiswas a whlie ago. Now I work almost completely from home, and don'ttravel much at present. Anyone I know that's geographically separatedfrom me has a computer and I talk to them via IM (Instant Messaging),email, or a VoIP soft phone. Most of the time. But being the nomadicwanderer that I am, I'm planning to move yet again. Anyone I knowlocally right now would want to call me at my new town via a regularphone, not from a soft phone. (Don't ask. Maybe it's something in thewater, but I can't convince anyone I know locally to get a soft phone.They don't mind IMs; soft phones they don't understand, or maybe don'tlike. Oh the shame.)That means, to save everyone the longdistance charges that would occur, I'd want a single call-in numberlinked to a softphone. Sure, I'll still have my Palm Treo 650, butit'll have a new local number after I move. I want something that isn'tgoing to cost people money. Sure, Gizmo Project has a free 775 area code-based number, but that doesn't give you toll-free - as far as I can tell from the area 775 FAQ.WhatI want is a single VoIP plan with a toll-free number attached to aquality soft-phone. Could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has thatyet. This means that I'll probably have to get a landline (haven't hadone in over 10 years) with an 800 number and forward it to a VoIPCall-In number. This isn't quite the same as VoIP Girl, since she wantsa local number. I don't. I plan to be doing a lot of travelling beforethe end of this decade, for business and pleasure, and a single(toll-free) VoIP number would be best, for friends, family, andcontacts. Of course, if I could get this number for fully-functioning mobile VoIPon my Palm Treo, I'd be even happier, and gladly pay for it. And beforethe end of the decade, please. Then I wouldn't have to worry aboutwhich VoIP soft client everyone was using.Speaking of toll-free numbers, TipMonkies points to a site called Hardtofind800numbers.com. Speaks for itself, I think.Source: http://www.voipnow.org/2006/10/single_geek_mal.html ewriter http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/46170
Alles over GrandCentral Gives You One Number To Ring All Your Numbers | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2006-09-27 22:59:58
The GrandCentral service gives you a way to ring all your phones (up to six) from a single number. When a caller dials the free number GrandCentral gives you, all your phones ring and it's up to you to decide which one you want to answer. If you're at home, pick it up with your landline, and if you're out, pick it up with your cell.
Other cool features: caller and visual ID, listening to people as they leave voicemails, MP3 ringtones for the callers, call blocking (YES!), call recording, and voicemail storage. The free trial only gives you 100 minutes a month, and it's $14.99 for the premium version. Best yet, you can pick your own area code, so you can establish a presence in various parts of the country. – Jason Chen
Product Page [GrandCentral via Lifehacker]
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/grandcentral-gives-you-one-number-to-ring-all-your-numbers-203703.php
Alles over iPhox | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | AGRreviews.com | 2006-09-19 09:01:08
IPHOX lets you use the Internet to place traditional telephone calls. It's easy to use - just enter a name or phone number to connect automatically - and offers free Internet-to-Internet phone calls, as well as some of the cheapest long distance calling available. You can also share your software with friends and family to save even more! Whether you're at an Internet cafe, or surfing the web at home, iPhox makes any web connection into your private telephone! iPhox uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you're connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. It's just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want. For free. And with inexpensive add-ons like Call In and Call Out, you can talk to any telephone - mobile or landline - on the planet. Any phone? Yes. For starters,iPhox is a FREE download. Any call to a iPhox user is FREE. No matter when, no matter where, no matter how long. FREE. There's no monthly service charge. Nor is there a set up cost. iPhox is FREE. Do you ever have to pay for internet calls? No. Again, iPhox is FREE. There is no membership fee. The download is FREE. Where are the strings? That's the point, there are none.iPhox IS #1! WHY IS IT BETTER THAN SKYPE, VONAGE, ETC?What distinguishes iPhox from the other services out there, and why is iPhox a better choice you might ask?Skype: Like iPhox, Skype has excellent sound quality, and is able to connect calls even in difficult home networks. Unfortunately, its technology is completely proprietary and you cannot contact their members without installing skype on your own computer. It’s also more expensive to Call Out with skype.Vonage: Vonage is a phone line replacement. You can replace your phone line with their service and save money, however you will also have to weigh the $20 saved per month over the problems that can be experienced with the 911 service, or problems with audio quality.iPhox: iPhox is an open standards based implementation. You can call to and from other sip networks. You can call hardware / software clients around the world. You can manage an addressbook, talk to other users via Instant Message. All using open standards so you can use other clients and communicate with other services seemlessly. All at no cost!SAYING HI IS QUICK AND EASY WITH IPHOX!All you need to do is download our clever software, install, register, plug in your headphones, speakers or USB phone and start calling your friends. Just enter a name or phone number to connect automatically - and offers free Internet-to-Internet phone calls, as well as some of the cheapest long distance calling available. You can also share your software with friends and family to save even more! Whether you're at an Internet cafe, or surfing the web at home, iPhox makes any web connection into your private telephone! It can cope with firewalls and even works with dial-up!DIAL LANDLINES WITH IPHOX CALL OUT!iPhox is so simple that, soon, you'll want to call people on their mobile phones and landlines. For this, you can use Call Out credits. Call Out calls aren't free, but they're darn close. For free calls tell your friends to download iPhox!Create an account with iPhox and automatically receive 25 cent in Call Out credits!With just $10 in credits you can talk for over 9 hours to someone in the US, or almost six hours to the UK. Call Out rates are the same no matter where you live in the world.Activating Call Out takes just a few seconds from the Home screen of your iPhox. It's always clear and easy to administer.Per minute billing.No connection fee.No account maintenance fees.Rates are based only on call destination, where you are does not change your rate.Please see out store policy.GET YOUR OWN PHONE NUMBER WITH iPhox!Call In adds a traditional phone number to your iPhox, so any phone can reach you online. The person calling you, using a mobile or landline phone, is billed exactly as if they were calling the area code of your CallIn number.And wherever you travel, your Call In number goes with you.This is really cool, because a New Yorker can travel to Beijing, and receive a call as if he/she is in New York. Your contacts will never have to memorize a new number while you travel abroad! There are no additional charges to receiving calls, and it?s far cheaper for the folks who call you.Call In numbers are billed in 3 or 12 month increments for $12 and $35 respectively. You can choose from over 50 cities across the US or choose a national number in the UK. You can add as many Call In numbers to your account as you like, though you are currently limited to add just one number every 30 days.Here is an up to date list of cities and area codes we offer. If you don?t see the number you want, check back as we are constantly adding numbers.We currently do not offer toll free numbers. We will be adding numbers from around the world shortly. You will have a chance to choose a number before paying, so you will be sure to get a number that makes you happy.PERSONALIZE iPhox AND EXPRESS YOURSELF!Ok – so it would be easier if we were Chameleons! Well with iPhox you can be whatever you want and not just a different colour! We’ve included a range of pictures and sound effects, allowing you to express yourself. You might want to put your friends on hold and play them Funky 70’s music or make your calling card like a Starfish for the day. Go on – have some fun! It couldn’t be any easier.
http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/rmdp/294
Alles over Off-Road Chevelle! Yikes! | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Jalopnik | 2006-09-12 07:00:29
When people consider the 707 area code (if they think of it at all), gentle, rolling hills covered in grape vines come to mind. Or the hip-hop of E-40 and his crew (although Fowty sold out his area code and moved to the 925). Often neglected is the serious redneck quotient in the North Bay. And what's more seriously redneck than mounting a GTO front clip on a lifted El Camino? How about being too lazy to even go that far and just dropping a Chevelle coupe body on top of K-5 Blazer running gear. Also features something called a "way cool," but we're not sure what it is; the seller has it listed between the "35x14.50 x 15 tsl thornebird tires" and the "power steering." He will trade it to you for a Buell. [Thanks to Alex for the tip.]
67 chevell 4x4 monster car [craigslist]
Run For Your Lives! It's El Goatamino! [Internal]
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/custom-carshot-rods/offroad-chevelle-yikes-199929.php
Alles over Ad Watch: When Did 30 MPG Become The New American Revolution? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Jalopnik | 2006-08-26 20:05:07
Did you know nine out of every ten cars Chevrolet sells get 30 mpg or better highway mileage? We didn't either, what with the Silverado, Avalanche and Tahoe's it's sold in all sorts of different area codes. It was only then we realized...Chevy said "cars" not "vehicles" -- so yeah, we guess that makes sense. But, as the McCann Erickson ad humrously point out, and to our friends at Corvette Bloggers absolute glee -- the one that doesn't, the Corvette, still gets 26 mpg on the highway. Not a bad trade off in our minds either.
New Chevy Commercial Touts Corvettes HWY MPG [Corvette Blogger]
Related:
GM's 30 mpg Claim: A Closer Look at the Numbers [internal]
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/ad-watch/ad-watch-when-did-30-mpg-become-the-new-american-revolution-196842.php
Alles over Throw away voicemail solutions | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-08-14 04:55:48
So whats the best solution for keeping your mobile number clean from unnecessary phone calls from strangers, nagging contacts, online listings, or other public forums which require a number of some sort? Short of registering a throw-away number, or opening a second phone line dedicated to dealing with temporary correspondences, make use of one of many free voicemail solutions available at your disposal. The following services have proven beneficial on many occasions. Use these services to list phone numbers in public or offer visitors on your personal sites with an option to get in touch [on a more personal level].K7 Unified Messaging - Highly recommended for individuals interested in acquiring a disposable phone number. K7 is completely free [previous mention], and numbers stay active assuming you check your voicemail at least once in a 30 day period through a standard phone line. K7 even offers vanity numbers - depending on availability - and the option to receive voicemails via email (WAV format). The downside? New phone numbers are limited to the 206 (Greater Seattle) area code.NetZero Privatephone - NetZero jumped into the private voicemail arena with its own Privatephone line service. Limited availability based on your locality. Receive email or text message notifications of new voicemails ensuring that youre messages are never missed.AIM Digits - AIM users might as well make use of free services even more so than they already have with AIMs Digits service. Register your screen name and receive a local phone number. According to the FAQ, AIM Digits notifies users of incoming calls - granted theyre signed online (AIM). Voicemails are sent to AIMs proprietary email service username@aim.com. Ive registered for a number and passed the number out on various occasions. Unfortunately, AIM does not notify iChat users of missed calls or voicemails. If you register for this service and make use of the voicemail functionality, check your included AIM.com email address regularly.There are a handful of other free throw-away voicemail services available to internet users. If there is something worth mentioning, drop your recommendations in the comments for readers to enjoy. Personally, Ive relied on the a combination of K7 and AIM Digits for letting complete strangers reach out - just a little bit. Source: http://feeds.uneasysilence.com/~r/uneasysilence/blog/~3/12089181/ Derek http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/24938
Alles over Voice Phishers Dialing for PayPal Dollars | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Neowin.net | 2006-07-08 14:30:07
Internet security experts have discovered a new phishing scam that uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts.In the newest social engineering attack, identity thieves have spammed fake PayPal account compromise warnings to lure users into dialing a phone number and giving up credit card information.Unlike normal phishing e-mails, there is no URL or response address. Instead, the e-mail urges the recipient to call a phone number and verify account details.eWEEK confirmed that the phone number embedded in the e-mail was active and accepting credit card entries at midday on July 7.It is a Southern California area code (805) that greets callers with the following automated voice recording: "Welcome to account verification. Please type your 16-digit card number."The automated message simply urges users to enter credit card numbers. If incorrect card details are entered, a request for re-entry is made, further enhancing the appearance of legitimacy of the fraudulent telephone number. View: Full Article @ eWeek Read full story...
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