In sales, the person keeping you (the salesperson) from the decision maker is rather famously known as “the gatekeeper.” More often than not it’s a secretary or executive assistant. I don’t have a secretary, but I do have VoxOx, and it works great in screening annoying calls from vendors and other folks.

VoxOx is now the first service of its kind to completely integrate “on the fly” foreign language translation for two-way SMS, cross-network IM, email, and select social media channels… all from a single interface.

I’ve always known about the great functionality of our VoxOx Personal Assistant (think Google Voice, but more robust), but I didn’t realize how great until we launched the second version of the personal assistant (PA) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this month. Bottom line: this is a service that can truly really help you streamline your communications and be more efficient.

After diving into the service pretty extensively over the past few weeks, I wanted to present my list of top five ways the VoxOx PA can help you be more productive.

TelCentris, the company that created VoxOx, today announced that it’s rolling out a national CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier). A CLEC is a phone company that has regulatory approval from the state Public Utilities Commission where it operates that enables it to compete against traditional carriers, such as AT&T.
So what does this mean for VoxOx users?
TelCentris’ CLEC status [...]

Last week, AT&T embraced cellular VoIP, clearing the way for Internet-based voice services like Skype, Google Voice and VoxOx to be used on the iPhone.
This looks to be on the heels of moves that Verizon has made with respect to Android phones that “opened” their network. AT&T had to emulate this in some way because [...]