Google debuted its new “Buzz” today, positioning it both as a service enhancement for the 150 million users of Gmail, and as a social networking extension to mobile subscribers with a gmail account.
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Talking Voice Biometrics with Voxeo
In a series of video interviews, Voxeo’s Dan York chats with some of the leading providers of voice biometrics technology. York includes conversations with Bill Morrow, Chairman and CEO of CSIdentity; Peter Soufleris, Founder and CEO of Vocalect; Ariel Freidenberg,… Read More ›
Siri Debuts on iPhone: Speech-based Virtual Personal Assistant
Today the App Store in Apple’s iTunes site begins distributing Siri, a new app that transforms the iPhone into a “virtual personal assistant.”
Cisco Previews Its Mobile UC Approach
There is no question that “unified communications” and “collaboration” are destined to have a mobile component.
Google Solutions Marketplace Is Already An Exemplary Partner Site
Leave it to Google to launch an online resource for its third-party application providers that is clean, easy-to-use and informative.
Genesys-Alcatel/Lucent Offer “No Name” Developer Resources
The main issue that both Genesys and Alcatel-Lucent was how the combined company will support third-parties.
VoIP over 3G on the iPhone: It’s a Matter of Policy
Take heart Skype, Fring, Truphone and all other IP-Telephony service providers. Apple (and I assume AT&T) have finally approved a VoIP-over-3G application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and, yes, the iPad.
Apple’s Tablet, an Empty Slate, Will Be Huge!
Nature abhors a vacuum. Application developers, on the other hand, stand ready to revel in it as the Apple tablet (whatever the trade name) is getting ready for its close-up.
Google Voice Offered Through Mobile Browsers to iPhone and Palms
TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld reported that Google is about to launch a mobile Web site that extends the capabilities of Google Voice to the Apple iPhone and Palm Pre/Pixi. While he calls it an “end run” around Apple’s governance of the… Read More ›
IBM-Lotus’ “Project Vulcan” is Enterprise-based Recombinant Communications
IBM’s Lotus-branded software has long had hooks into the social realm with products like Connections (a variant of Lotus Notes/Domino), Sametime and Quickr.