It’s the eve of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Distracted Driving Summit”. Solutions vendors like AT&T, Vlingo and Ford are pre-releasing findings from long-standing research on the impact of cellphone use, especially for texting, on auto accident rates.
In this press release, Aspect Communications tells the world that virtualization will be a big part of its efforts to bring UC applications into enterprise contact centers. But instead of turning to cloud-based resources from partner and part owner Microsoft,… Read More ›
Ford Motor Company plans to incorporate a text reader as an option in its passenger cars is a precursor to more in-vehicle, speech-based activity.
Openness and Innovation go hand in hand, but they don’t always encourage creative assembly of code and communications capacity that result in truly useful services.
Starting next month the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin codifying how it will enforce the principles of “Net Neutrality.”
VoIP service provider JaJah has introduced a protocol that enables Twitter users to originate phone calls over the Internet.
reQall, a voice-enabled “memory jogger” application provider, and Evernote, developer of a utility that captures and stores electronic information or media, have formed a partnership that integrates of the two services – for iPhone users and other subscribers.
Right on cue with the issuance of our Mobile Speech Report, AT&T and Vlingo have forged a licensing agreement and strategic alliance whereby AT&T is acquiring a “minority stake” in Vlingo (without making the terms public). Renewed interest by AT&T’s… Read More ›
Under the brand “Diet-SMS”, Tata-DOCOMO will start billing “by-the-character”, rather than on a per message basis.
Massachusetts-based VoIP service provider Vivox is promoting a Facebook application that will be the basis for “Voice Chat” through the popular social media site.