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Mainstreaming: VoIP Technology meets WonderWord

July 29th, 2009 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) became a common industry term around 1997 - along with new product releases like the "Softswitch". 12 years later, it seems that "VoIP" has found its place in popular culture. This morning's WonderWord is proof!

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Retro Future Flashback: Apple’s Knowledge Navigator

February 23rd, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments

Back in the late 80s, concept videos were all the rage. Technology companies were producing them to communicate their vision, and to show customers that by buying their products today, they were also investing in the future. Apple released this gem back in 1987 called The Knowledge Navigator. I remember that it got ...

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Google: VoIP for the Homeless

February 28th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Apparently, Google was inspired by David Horwitz's plan to buy homeless people in NY some KFC... Their plan is to give every homeless person in San Francisco a local 415 phone number and free voice mail account. This is being done through Google's acquisition last year of Grand Central. This proves Alec ...

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It’s Deja VoIP All Over Again! (part 1)

November 21st, 2006 Mitch Brisebois No comments

Last May, at Ottawa's BarCamp1, I spoke to Rich Loen, co-founder of InGenius about the re-emergence of telephony and how it seemed like VoIP startups were reinventing what we once thought were just 'cool' phone features. A lot of those features like the interactive services envisioned for the Vista 350 were dismal failures partly because ...

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