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When a little free time opened up last week, I scanned my long-term task list to find “VoIP softphone for my iPad” was still unfinished business. By VoIP, I really mean SIP or Session Initiation Protocol, which is the open-source … Continue reading →

OnSIP, the virtual PBX service that we use, has a web page that allows you to test your VoIP connection. It simulates a voice conservation to OnSIP’s remotes, measuring packet loss and jitter or variation in transit times. My performance … Continue reading →

Summer is here and the time is right for another Technoverse list of our favorite business apps. Our files are stuffed with notes from the last few months of attending trade shows and meetups, quizzing CEOs, and testing software in … Continue reading →

Ars Technica, a favorite read of mine, answered a question yesterday from a reader seeking a VoIP solution for a remote office situation.  In the “Ask Ars” column, Jon Stokes provides a few cloud-based telephony providers that should be familiar … Continue reading →

As has been reported everywhere, last week Gizmo5 users learned that Google will soon be hanging up on this open-source softphone.  Acquired by Google in 2009, the SIP-based Gizmo5 service will do its last “INVITE” in early April. Now some … Continue reading →

Babak Gholizadeh/Grand Bazaar, Istanbul No, I’m not attending. But I am soaking up this VoIP trade show’s ambiance remotely by dipping into tweets, blog posts, and video snippets. At past VoIP conferences—it’s frankly been a few years since I walked … Continue reading →

I was about ready to launch into a new assignment for a client when some news concerning OnSIP, the cloud-based PBX service, attracted my wandering attention. The folks at Junction Networks have just introduced an OnSIP browser plugin for Firefox and Chrome that … Continue reading →

It is hard to keep track of all the startups that are emerging daily from apartments, hackathons, and incubators. And from within the ranks of unemployed workers, many are cranking out business plans and working out sales projections at their … Continue reading →

I decided to take a break from watching Google-zilla’s next move. Yes, the search monster has some interesting news today with Voice Actions for Android.  Terrific.  But there are also capable speech rec apps outside their orbit, in the competitive … Continue reading →

Junction Networks is a hosted PBX app provider that lets startups and small businesses pull a VoIP phone systems out of thin air or, more accurately, out of the cloud.  The company was founded in 2004, and open standards were … Continue reading →