Gmail Now Available With 30 Different New Themes

Posted on 19 November 2008

Gmail is introducing today the ability to change the look and feel of your inbox. 30 new themes are available from a new “Themes” tab in the settings section of Gmail.
Changing the theme of Gmail has been possible with Greasmonkey, the popular Firefox extension, but aside for some exceptions, non-Firefox users couldn’t change the look [...]

Google Launches Vocito, a Desktop UI for GrandCentral

Posted on 19 November 2008

For those asking themselves what’s going on at GrandCentral, the “one number for life” service acquired by Google last year, today Google announces Vocito, a desktop UI for GrandCentral and, this time, for Mac users only.
It’s basically an apple script which integrates into Address Book or the popular launcher Quicksilver. In general, any application which [...]

Top 10 Features I Look For When I Buy A Mobile Phone

Posted on 19 November 2008

Mobile phones vendors know very well that the number of available market segments is really huge. Nokia alone releases a lot of different models of mobile phones in order to try to address very specific target markets.
The point is that different people have different ways to use their mobile phone, i.e. some features can be [...]

FMail brings GMail to Facebook

Posted on 18 November 2008

If you spend much time on Facebook and don’t want to switch tabs of your browser too many times, Fmail brings Gmail straight to your facebook account.
It works really well and all your folders and contacts are properly imported. Unfortunately you loose all the ajax features you are used to.
If you want to try it [...]

Fring Introduces Advertising

Posted on 18 November 2008

The popular Israeli Mobile IM/VoIP service Fring is slowly introducing banner Ads inside their mobile clients. It seems not all the users are affected, but only a selected group. 
I don’t really know if it will work, anyway praises to Fring to be one of the first players to introduce this approach in the mobile VoIP space. [...]

Nokia E65, First Thoughts

Posted on 17 November 2008

I just got a Nokia E65 for my wife. Yesterday I wrote a post where I was asking for advice since I had to quickly find a new 3G phone with a very good signal strength.
According to the advices I got, the Nokia E65 turned out to be a very good choice. Moreover, just by [...]

The Social Communications Summit - Jeff Pulver is back!

Posted on 17 November 2008

A couple of days ago I noticed Jeff Pulver was putting together a new conference in the field of social communications. 
Today he announced it officially: The Social Communications Summit will take place in New York next February 10-11 and he’s looking for talented and passionate speakers to bring their experience and standpoint of the current status [...]

What’s The Best Mobile Phone in terms of Signal Strength/Reception?

Posted on 16 November 2008

I’m looking for a new mobile phone for my wife and the must-have features are:
1) 3G (must be used with Three)
2) very robust signal reception
After the birth of our second son we moved downstairs in a cellar-like floor, with many windows but underground, so the signal reception is not that great. Different mobile phones had [...]

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Apple

iPhone gets VoIP over 3G

Posted on 14 November 2008

I read today about an interesting iPhone application which basically changes the natural behavior of the iPhone and lets VoIP applications use the 3G network instead of the default Wifi.
This application, Voipover3G, works with the alternative installer Cydia, specifically designed for jailbroken iPhones 3G.
After installing this app, VoIP apps which used to use the Wifi [...]

Business

BlackBerry Bold vs BlackBerry Storm

Posted on 20 November 2008

It looks like the new BlackBerry Storm is way behind the expectations and doesn’t offer the same experience the direct rival iPhone offers. Here is a video showing how the BlackBerry Bold is way faster than the Storm. Thanks Alec for pointing this out.

What will business users choose?

Deals

Junction Networks Charges for On-Net VoIP Calls: Is VoIP 2.0 Behind the Corner?

Posted on 11 November 2008

A couple of days ago I received a press release by my friends at Andy Abramson’s Comunicano in regards of a recent agreement by Junction Networks and edgeBOX. 

In a nutshell, according to this agreement, Junction Networks has been selected by edgeBOX to be the preferred voice provider for their “office-in-a-box” solution. edgeBOX is “an integrated [...]

Google

Gmail Now Available With 30 Different New Themes

Posted on 19 November 2008

Gmail is introducing today the ability to change the look and feel of your inbox. 30 new themes are available from a new “Themes” tab in the settings section of Gmail.
Changing the theme of Gmail has been possible with Greasmonkey, the popular Firefox extension, but aside for some exceptions, non-Firefox users couldn’t change the look [...]

Humor

Is Scoble more addicted to Friendfeed than this guy to Tetris?

Posted on 18 July 2008

I think that addiction to games like Tetris can be much worse than addiction to social networks… Is Scoble more addicted to Friendfeed than this guy to Tetris?!?
Check this out and verify by yourself. My take? This guy wins the “addiction” game

Marketing

Fring Introduces Advertising

Posted on 18 November 2008

The popular Israeli Mobile IM/VoIP service Fring is slowly introducing banner Ads inside their mobile clients. It seems not all the users are affected, but only a selected group. 
I don’t really know if it will work, anyway praises to Fring to be one of the first players to introduce this approach in the mobile VoIP space. [...]

Nokia

Nokia E65, First Thoughts

Posted on 17 November 2008

I just got a Nokia E65 for my wife. Yesterday I wrote a post where I was asking for advice since I had to quickly find a new 3G phone with a very good signal strength.
According to the advices I got, the Nokia E65 turned out to be a very good choice. Moreover, just by [...]

Photography

Photoblogging Corner: Some Shots of California

Posted on 29 September 2008

Some photos taken by myself in the last two weeks.
Sunset, Santa Cruz (CA)

The Painted Ladies, San Francisco (CA)

Foggy, B&W Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (CA)

Pebble Beach, Monterey (CA)

You Have Mail!, Sausalito (CA)

Social Media

FMail brings GMail to Facebook

Posted on 18 November 2008

If you spend much time on Facebook and don’t want to switch tabs of your browser too many times, Fmail brings Gmail straight to your facebook account.
It works really well and all your folders and contacts are properly imported. Unfortunately you loose all the ajax features you are used to.
If you want to try it [...]

Video

Jeff Pulver To Reveal a new Communication Industry Focused Event Soon?

Posted on 11 November 2008

When I received this, I thought: yes, he’s back. Can’t wait to know more.

Voice 2.0

Google Launches Vocito, a Desktop UI for GrandCentral

Posted on 19 November 2008

For those asking themselves what’s going on at GrandCentral, the “one number for life” service acquired by Google last year, today Google announces Vocito, a desktop UI for GrandCentral and, this time, for Mac users only.
It’s basically an apple script which integrates into Address Book or the popular launcher Quicksilver. In general, any application which [...]

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