Archive for March, 2009

Google Voice + Gizmo Project = Free Phone Service

Update: Read this post I found another very very very cool thing you can do with with Google Voice. You can access your Google Voice account directly via SIP. This is a really great feature when combined with the new ability to make outgoing calls directly from your account because It completely eliminates the need [...]

Skype becomes SIP compliant?

Okay, this surprised me. Skype announced today they are going to make their service compatible with SIP. Really? The closed standards, we won’t work with SIP, proprietary VOIP guys? I just love this line on the front page of the website “In a continuing sprit of openness, Skype is now enabling even more business conversations [...]

Google Voice vs. Grand Central

My Grand Central account is now converted to Google voice. A few quick observations. Google Voice does have some nice new features. My two favorites are… 1) I can make free calls without using a computer. My number is a local call for my area. All you have to do to make a call is [...]

Sending spam to myself?

I was cleaning out my Yahoo email account today when I saw an interesting email. I don’t use the account very much. It is basically the address I use when I have to give an email out to someone I don’t really trust. It is my ad catcher. Any store that I make a purchase [...]

GrandCentral is back (Hurray)

I have been a GrandCentral user now for a long time. When I find something I really like, I have a tendency to like to tell people about it. This website is a good example of this. GrandCentral is one such service. It is a great service, one well worth paying for, and I tell [...]