Tag Archives: VOIP

The End Of Free Faxing?

By | November 23, 2011

What’s up with eFax, also known as j2, the (supposedly) free Internet fax people? I received an email from j2 Global Communications today that said Dear Jeremy, Your account has been suspended and your eFax number 1-973-215-1210 is no longer accepting faxes. If you wish to keep your eFax account, you may upgrade and reactivate… Read More »

The Idea of Availability

By | November 23, 2011

I can’t remember who I was talking about this to but, stuck at the airport Starbucks again I thought I’d blog my thoughts while they’re not too addled by caffeine. I have Skype, I have Packet8, I have GPRS, I have landlines, I have Instant Messaging. So why is IM the smartest of the bunch?… Read More »

Social Technology vs Antisocial Technology

By | November 23, 2011

After chatting with Jerry Michalski, a great guy and a keen supporter of social software, I was given to thinking. This is what I thought: I know other people use the term, and I haven’t read everything they’ve written, but I feel the world of technology can be divided between ‘social technology’ and ‘antisocial technology’.… Read More »

Bluetooth Away From The Cellphone

By | November 24, 2011

Is Bluetooth finally moving out of the world of mobile phones? The Gadgeteer feels so, highlighting some new toys including two pairs of Bluetooth headphones and a Bluetooth mouse. Here is their review of Bluetake’s i-PHONO BT420EX stereo headphones and BT500 Bluetooth Mouse, and here is Sonorix’s Bluetooth audio player What’s interesting, too, is that some of… Read More »

Poor Man’s WiFi

By | November 24, 2011

Further to my piece on WiFi for the masses, here’s another way to cut costs: Make your own WiFi dish out of a Chinese cooking vat scoop, poke a USB WiFi dongle through the mesh, and you can pick up signals more than 10 kilometres away. Total cost: about $40 for the USB dongle, NZ$8… Read More »