Just got off the phone with my old friend Buzz, who calls me up whenever he needs to show off the wonders of Skype or Google Talk. But I noticed something that might be worth bearing in mind: Should the connection fail at any point, and you have voicemail activated on Skype, chances are whatever … Read more
Either I’m even less popular than I thought, or I don’t seem to be getting my Skype voicemail. I know it’s beta, but what do you do when people say they’ve left a message and there’s no record of it?
Exactly a month after my first one, I just got another SkypeIn miscall to my UK number. The guy was very apologetic, but what is it with us Brits that we can’t dial the right number? It also made me realise there’s no way to mute the call or divert it to voicemail on Skype. … Read more
The SkypeIn thing is really excellent. I was a bit slow to get aboard, mainly because of credit card issues, but now I’m there I’m impressed. It’s great to see a free service adding extra paid services that are really useful, rather than the usual free service later weighed down by sneaky efforts to grab … Read more
This is a bit old, but I hadn’t noticed, so perhaps some of Loose Wire’s Asia-based readers hadn’t either: j2Global Communications, provider of the eFax Internet fax service, have this year started offering local toll-free numbers in Asia — well at least in Manila and Singapore. It says it’s planning to add numbers in Malaysia … Read more