Sign up for your new Voxox invitation today, and we’ll be in touch very soon.

BTW, if you’re looking for the old VoxOx, don’t worry – we’re still supporting the existing version in the meantime. Simply log in with your credentials on our homepage to access resources (and, if you really need to, you can even download the old copy on Download.com). 

Stay tuned for the arrival of the newbie!

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Rob Lewis

Rob has more than 22 years experience in the high-tech industry, including positions in software development, marketing, and product management in both large and small organizations.

Here’s what Rob had to say about joining the team:

“The communications industry is undergoing a transformational shift right now in the way people communicate and stay connected with friends, family and business contacts. I look forward to working with customers and team members to expand our strategy and deliver the best products and services on the market. This is an exciting time to be joining TelCentris.”

We’re looking forward to working with Rob on exciting new projects!

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You can even do a “vanity” search for phone numbers that might spell your name, or snag specific digits you like. The calls you receive to these virtual numbers will forward to VoxOx and can be forwarded to any other phone numbers via VoxOx Find Me (our call forwarding feature). So … you can give out a number like 212-BEN-5555 and have it ring your cell phone. Pretty cool, right? 

There are probably a million ways to use these new virtual numbers, but I was thinking of a few of them, and I thought I’d share a few: 

1) For your Craigslist ads

Looking for a roommate on Craigslist? It would be useful to give out a contact number, but you may not be thrilled with the idea of some stranger having your cell phone or home number. The nice thing about virtual numbers is that you can just add the new number for a month, forward it to your cell, and when you’re done, cancel the number. So easy.

2) When you have a small business

Now, say you own a small business – perhaps a small consultancy with a highly mobile staff.  With VoxOx, you could buy a bunch of local numbers in areas you think you could drum up a lot of business, and suddenly you’re a local business in many places at the same time. Since small businesses like to go local in the first place, not bad, right? 

3) When you have family in another town (or Canada)

Ok, forget about the business world. Let’ s say you have a big crowd in your hometown.  Friends, cousins, uncles, brothers, sisters, etc., and you want to give them all a chance to call you without ringing up long distance charges. Now, I know most, if not all of us, have cell phones with long distance plans, but still, if you and your people back home are a bit budget-conscious (maybe they use a landline at home), it’s worth saving them a little  cash. And if you have folks in Canada, get a local virtual number there too, and then you’ll definitely save them some serious money.  (Suddenly the old axiom that you can’t be in more than one place at a time loses some merit.).

4) Hometown pride

Sometimes it’s just nice to be able to represent the city of your choice with your phone number.  Having lived in Miami for quite awhile, people love to call the city by its area code – 305.  And who could blame them? It’s a catchy number… also I think Ludacris’ famous area code anthem started it.  Anyway, I’m keeping my 305 number no matter what.  And if I ever lost it? You better believe I’d buy one again.  And it’s not just about Miami, I know someone whose 212 New York cell phone is a source of wonder, awe, envy and plenty of conversation (seriously).  Most of us identify with area codes in one way or another and now VoxOx gives you a way to buy them and represent where you’re from with pride…and text messages. Plus, if you don’t see the area codes you want, you can request more here. 

So there you have it.  All good reasons to get virtual numbers, but the best part is — you don’t have to pick just one. You can get as many virtual numbers as you want for any of these purposes, and they’ll all reach you in the same place.

Check out step-by-step instructions and pricing for our custom virtual phone numbers here. Or you can view our Frequently Asked Questions here.

Ben, the VoxOx Intern, is a second-year MBA student at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He has drunk beer on 4 continents, is fluent in 3 languages and has an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure NBA players. Ben also...wait, are you really still reading this? Because, you know, he's just an intern.

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Why such strong demand? A couple of reasons. First, Google Voice users cannot currently receive calls on their desktop. Second, they can’t make phone calls directly from their desktop (without the use of an actual phone).

The VoxOx Alternative

VoxOx gives out a free U.S. phone number upon sign-up in the U.S. (and dozens of other supported countries). This number rings the user’s desktop application and it can also be forwarded to other numbers, but that’s not necessary in this scenario.

So, once someone adds the free VoxOx phone number to the list of phone numbers they maintain in Google Voice, the user gains the ability to pick up a phone call on their desktop. They also gain the ability to make VoIP calls directly from their desktop without the use of an additional phone. 

Receiving Calls to Your Desktop

Here’s the process of how to set this up. If you’re a Google Voice user:

1. Sign up for VoxOx and then download the desktop client. During the sign-up process, you’ll be asked to SMS-verify from your mobile phone to activate your free phone number. Make sure you complete this step to get your free number.

2. Sign into Google Voice. Under Settings / Phones, add your VoxOx phone number and name it VoxOx. You can choose “mobile” as the type of phone because VoxOx enables you to send and receive SMS text messages:

Credit: Google Voice

3. Confirm within Google Voice that VoxOx has been added as one of your phones:

Credit: Google Voice

That’s it for receiving calls on your desktop!  Your VoxOx desktop application will now ring anytime someone calls your Google Voice phone number. (And it’s all free of charge.)

Making Calls from Your Desktop

You can also dial out directly from your desktop (via the VoxOx softphone keypad), without the use of a physical phone. Just go to Keypad, and dial:

VoxOx Keypad

You can also set your Google Voice number as your caller ID by going to the Apps Tab and clicking on “Spoof Calls”:

VoxOx-to-VoxOx calls are free. Calls to telephone lines cost one penny per minute in the U.S. and Canada, and variable pennies per minute to other countries. (Though we hook you up with some initial credit when you sign-up.) 

Enjoy VoxOx as a seamless alternative for those who want a Google Voice desktop-like service right now… and give our other features a try too, like multi-protocol chat, social networking integration, fax, file sharing (up to 100 mb!), our real-time translation tool ”Universal Translator,” and much more. Check out our video tutorial on our features here.

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Recently, while on a business trip, I found myself needing to print out my boarding passes for my flights later that day. My hotel room was not equipped with a printer, and I wasn’t about to pay the ridiculous Internet and printing rates at the hotel’s business center. So, I wondered if VoxOx could help me out.

Our CEO, Bryan Hertz, who was traveling with me, suggested I do the following:

1. Check in for the flight using my laptop and the hotel room wifi
2. When the screen displays my boarding passes to print, save them as PDF files on my computer
3. Then, open up VoxOx and use the fax feature to send the PDF to the hotel to my attention
4. Grab it at reception at check-out and voila — all set!

This was incredibly handy for me, and, I imagine, this would be useful to any traveler in need of printing a document from a hotel room. So, whether you need to print your boarding pass, a copy of your passport, or your day’s agenda, VoxOx has you covered.

Michael is our Harvard/Wharton-educated, though technologically-challenged, president. In fact, when he’s not speaking with investors, we mostly use him for usability testing -- if HE can use it we know ANYONE can. Michael grew up in Italy and was very happy about the launch of our Universal Translator service as he can now pretend that he still speaks fluent Italian.

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Well, that just happens to be our specialty! VoxOx lets you manage all your phones from a single phone number. With our call routing feature, VoxOx Find Me, you can create a common link between all your phone numbers – mobile, home, work phone, and so on – and then set all your phones to ring in sequence or simultaneously.

Say you’re in the kitchen preparing for your 4^th of July BBQ this weekend. You hear your cell phone ring and realize that you have no idea where it is! You may feel an urge to run like a chicken with its head cut off to find it and see who’s calling, but then you remember – you’ve set up Find Me to route the call to your home phone next. So, you can just dry off your hands and get ready to pick up the kitchen landline phone. Relaxing thought, no?

This type of rolling call forwarding can be really useful beyond party planning. With Find Me, you can be more accessible to the “VIPs” in your life (spouse, kids, elderly grandparents). You just give them your VoxOx number, and they’ll be able to reach you anywhere — work, mobile, home, a cabin in the woods — without having to dial a long list of phone numbers. Or, you can use Find Me for your business contacts. Say you want to be accessible to work colleagues and clients when you’re not at your desk, but you don’t want to give out your personal cell phone number. Just give out your VoxOx number, and turn on Find Me during the work week. This can also be handy for business travelers, as Find Me can forward calls anywhere, even to a hotel room overseas!  

So, here’s how you set up Find Me:

• Go to Tools -> Settings  -> Phone  -> Find Me, and enter all your other phone numbers in the order you’d like them to ring: 

• The numbers you select with a check-mark will ring in sequence.
• If you prefer to have all your phones ring simultaneously, then select the “Call Numbers Simultaneously” option.
• Set the number of seconds you want each phone to ring and then hit “Apply.”
• If you don’t pick up, ultimately the call will go to VoxOx voicemail. Read about how to access your VoxOx voice messages here.  
• You can add or remove phone numbers any time by coming back to this Find Me window within the VoxOx client, or by calling your VoxOx number, entering your 4 digit pin code and selecting the “Settings” option. 

Don’t forget that in order for VoxOx Find Me to kick in, you need to provide callers with a VoxOx phone number. This doesn’t mean that you need to get rid of any of your existing numbers – just think of the VoxOx number as your “umbrella” number that reaches all your phones, but if you want to be reached specifically on your cell phone or another device, then by all means, give that number out. If you’d rather not provide a new number at all, there’s a way to forward your mobile phone number to VoxOx.

So that’s it – you have all the tools to be totally accessible to all your 4^th of July party guests this weekend and beyond! Now go change your RSVP phone number on your Evite to your VoxOx number, take a deep breath, relax, and host your party with ease.

Have you tried Find Me yet? Please share a comment here about how it has helped you or someone you know, we would love to hear your story!

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1) Update your global status to let everything know your team scored

When your team scores you have about a second to react before the moment is gone. Just imagine yourself trying to post your “WE OWN YOU BRAZIL” on your Facebook, Twitter, AIM, etc.  By the time you’re done, the other team may have scored, and that’s just embarrassing. With VoxOx, you can update all your networks with one click. Just go to the status bar, bang out your best heckle and enter. Takes 2 seconds and your friends know who’s boss.

2) Use the Universal Translator to gloat to your friends in their language

Talking smack about other teams is fun, but what about talking international smack?  Not so fun when the other person doesn’t understand what you’re saying. Well, luckily we have just the thing – with the VoxOx Universal Translator feature, you just type your…er… feelings… in the VoxOx chat window and it gets instantly translated into the language of your international buddy on the other side of the world. You can do this with texts, emails and Tweets too.  I don’t speak any Spanish, but… mi abuela patea mas duro que tus delanteros! (It may not be perfect but it sure gets the point across.)

3) Screen your calls until half-time

If you’re a true fan, you probably don’t want to be interrupted watching the World Cup, except maaaaybe if someone has something really important to say.  With VoxOx you can screen all your calls, at least until half-time. You can even listen to the caller leaving a voicemail in real-time, and pick up the call at any point with VoxOx’s Eavesdrop™ feature. So, if your buddy calls and starts leaving you a voice message, ragging on your team, you can pick it right up and tell him what’s on your mind.  If you haven’t had a chance to give out your VoxOx number to your friends yet, you can just forward your cell to VoxOx and use many of these calling features. 

4) Set your country’s flag as your VoxOx avatar

It will be nice to look at and it’s one of the easiest things you can do to show your team pride. Just Google the image you want, save to your desktop, and then right click on your VoxOx default pic and browse for the image file. Or you can even get a little creative, like these guys we found online:

5) Call your international buddies for cheap when your team beats theirs

If you didn’t get enough gloating and smack-talking done with the Universal Translator, it always helps to finish the job with a phone call. VoxOx international calling rates are crazy cheap, we’re talking as low as a penny per minute. Did you see that goal? Was that striker off-sides? Can you believe that ref? With such low rates, you can talk about anything and everything and still have plenty of cash left to stock up on refreshments for the next match.

So with that, have an awesome time watching the World Cup in the coming weeks and don’t forget to use VoxOx to “express yourself” about it!

Matt is a software developer, working tirelessly behind the scenes to give us the tools we need to work faster and smarter. He’s the type of guy that is always updating his status, Tweeting, or jumping in on the newest social media network, which makes VoxOx a more-than-natural home for him. When he manages to disconnect from the Internet, you’ll find him glued to his xbox, enjoying the beautiful scenes of San Diego, or throwing a Frisbee.

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With VoxOx, you have incredibly cheap calling rates for more than 200 regions worldwide, including:

Plus, when you sign up for VoxOx, we give you some initial pocket change so that you can make a few calls on us! For example, when signing up within the U.S. or Canada, you get a $1 credit, and at $.01 per minute that gives you more than an hour and a half to fill Dad’s head with things that’ll make him go awwwww. 

It’s so easy too – just find him on your contact list, right-click to select the contact, and then press the little phone icon. You’ll be giving him a call in no time!

And, if he’s not in your contact list, just go for the keypad tab:

So, there you have it – VoxOx connects you with a bunch of places worldwide for super cheap and eliminates the excuse that you couldn’t find an affordable way to call. So, this June 20th, let Dad know how much you love and appreciate him on his special day.  

And with that, our VoxOx team would like to wish a Happy Father’s Day to dads everywhere!

Connie is the telephone number guru responsible for your VoxOx phone numbers (let's call her director of CLEC operations). With several certifications she’s really a jack of all trades and keeps us humming along. She may be dubbed the team step-mom, but has more fun than most! With all the RV trips to the River & Desert, VoxOx is great for staying in touch with the “real” world…who says you need to be stuck behind a desk?

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(1) Phone call – by calling into the VoxOx service from any phone (and dialing *YourCode#)
(2) SMS – by receiving a text link to your mobile phone
(3) Email — by receiving an mp3 file sent to your email address
(4) VoxOx desktop client – by checking the Messages icon in the Apps tab

Pretty handy for those of us who are always on the go… isn’t that everyone these days?  Check out the below instructions on how to set all this up! 

First, set up your voicemail

• Set up your 4 digit pin code for retrieving voicemail (Tools -> Settings -> Phone -> Voicemail). And don’t forget to hit “Apply” when done:

• Once you’re set up, you can access your voicemails via the FIRST of the four ways — simply CALL your VoxOx number from any phone. Just press *PIN# (example: *5555#) and you’re in! BUT, we’re not done yet…

Next, set up your voicemail notifications

• In order to be notified when you have a new voice message, make sure that you have notifications set up. We recommend selecting both email and SMS notification options, and don’t forget to hit “Apply” when done  (Tools -> Settings -> Notifications): 

• The great thing about setting up your email and SMS notifications is that you also get the option to retrieve your voicemails through those channels, and hence the SECOND and THIRD ways to access your messages:
  • EMAIL notifications come with the voice message attached as an mp3 file, which you can play right away in your email… plus you can forward it too!
  • SMS notifications come with a link that you can click on to play the message instantly on your mobile phone. Note: To use this message playback option, your phone does need to be Internet-enabled so that you can click the link.

That’s it, you’re all set up! 

• But don’t forget there’s a FOURTH way to get your voicemails, and that’s by checking your VoxOx DESKTOP CLIENT (Apps tab -> Voicemail):   

Congratulations! You are now fully equiped to never miss a voicemail again.

Keep on Voxing.

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All you do is you paste a URL for the video or graphic you want to send into the area where you type your text chats. Hit enter, and the URL will appear as either a clickable video or an image within your chat thread. Check it out:

Cool, huh?  Well if you think so, get your buddies to download VoxOx so you can have some fun with this feature. Once you get their username, just go to “Actions”, “Add Contact” to add them to your VoxOx buddies list, and chat away!  

By the way, to make your VoxOx window look like mine, go to “View”, “Appearance” and select “Modern Bubbling”. Many other choices there too:

Enjoy and keep on Voxing!

Natasha Grach is a PR pro by day and singer by night -- when not telling the world about VoxOx, she can be found on stage at some of San Diego’s favorite musical theater venues. She is also a travel junkie. Her favorite countries include Turkey, Israel, Spain, UK, Italy, Russia, Lithuania. She’ll be using VoxOx SMS CallBack on her next trip around the globe!

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