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Topics: Voxox

All you ghouls... oops, we mean Voxox fans, have spooked and surprised us! We asked you to get your creative cauldrons boiling and tell us what Boney Skellington was saying into his iPhone by posting on our Facebook wall, and the response we got was hair-raising! And now the winner has been chosen.

Topics: iPhone, Voxox

Topics: Voxox

It's true, (yes, this information is straight from a Nielsen survey so it must be trustworthy, right?) and not very surprising, that Facebook is reigning king of the social media sphere. In most countries, Facebook is the most widely used social network by a long shot, but lately it's beginning to see some competition in places like Brazil and Japan as other sites like FC2 and Orkut are scooping up users and creeping on its turf.


Although America's Facebook addiction is right on track with a majority of the globe, according to the infograhic below, we're still a little behind in other areas. While the rest of the world seems to have knocked MySpace, a once widely used social site that is now a hub for musicians and entertainers, off their radar, more Internet users in the United States have a MySpace account than a profile on the professional networking community,

Topics: Telecommunication Trends

The past couple of months we've been busy making some back-end API improvements to the Voxox beta desktop app and today we've released a new version that boasts not 1, not 5 but nearly 200 tweaks and fixes. The latest build addresses defects and introduces enhancements that boost stability, software responsiveness and general user experience.


Check it out for yourself…





P.S. Have suggestions?  Submit feedback to our user forum.


UPDATE: Twitter glitch has been fixed! New report: some users have been having difficulties with 10-digit dialing. We are working on a fix. Apologies for any inconvenience and thanks for using Voxox!

Topics: Voxox

Have you ever needed to make an international phone call and had no idea how to dial the international number?

Say you’re planning a trip to the U.K. You google around for some places to stay / things to do in London and find some very odd-looking phone numbers -- some have 11 digits and some have 13; some start with 020 or 07 and others with +44; in some there’s a pesky (0) right in the middle of the number.

If you're in the U.S., like me, you might think -- what the heck am I supposed to do with this?! Luckily there are a couple of tools that can help get you unfrazzled:


(1) TimeAndDate.com

This site has an interactive web page that shows you the exact sequence of digits you need to dial.

On the bottom of the homepage, you'll see "Travel Tools" -- select “International Dialing Codes.” Fill out the form that asks for your location and where you are calling; paste in the number you're trying to call. Then, hit “show dialing codes” and it'll show you the number you need to enter into your phone. Here's a screenshot from TimeAndDate.com:

(2) Voxox Call for iPhone

Now it's time to make the call. You don't want to overpay, so... there’s an app for that! If you have an iPhone, get yourself the free Voxox Call app by Telcentris, Inc. With this mobile app, you can pay pennies per minute to make international calls from your iPhone. This is SO handy for travel planning, you wouldn't believe! 

Check out this video on how to use the Voxox Call app to dial abroad:




NOTE: When using Voxox Call (or the Voxox desktop app) to make calls, please enter San Diego, U.S. for the “where you’re calling from?” question on TimeAndDate.com, even if you're not in the U.S. This is how our calling format works because we're U.S.-based.

Don't have an iPhone? Click here to check out how to do this with our Voxox desktop app.


What tips, challenges or complaints do you have about international calling? We want to hear from you! Comment on this blog post or on the Voxox Facebook page.

Topics: Voxox

Calling all ghouls to the Voxox Facebook page this Halloween!!

Topics: Voxox

Aloha! In the spirit of saying goodbye to summer, our love of tacky Hawaiian shirts, and well, the fact that we just like to have fun, the Voxox team got together for an end of summer luau!

Topics: Voxox

The Voxox team isn’t just your ordinary group of geeks, we’re a group of wild and enthusiastic people who love what we do! “Just another day at the office” doesn’t apply here. Whether it’s Nerf gun wars, free ice cream extravaganzas, or Monday morning bagels, there’s always something for us to get excited about! Get to know the team with our  behind the scenes, Q&A style blog series, “The People Who Make Voxox Rock”…



Nickname: Beers



Department: Operations



What is Operations?:  It’s a team that facilitates everything from Voxox consumer support; to customer service for our business clients (our Voxox In Business division); to the deployment of physical hardware, phones, servers, etc. here at Telcentris Inc. We solve problems, analyze data, identify trends, and whip up charts to show execs financial performance. I also like critiquing the bagel selection. Gotta wear a lot of hats in a start-up, yanno?



When you joined the Voxox team, what did you expect?: Well, not this. The office will sporadically blow up with Nerf gun fights, we celebrate birthdays, and have fun together. Working at a start-up that’s family-run lends itself to a more relaxed attitude. I can wear what I want, and I think the perception that dressing like you’re a businessperson isn’t what makes you a respectable employee here. It may seem unconventional, but it’s nice.



What’s your favorite part about working here?: Not the Nerf guns. I personally have a lot of freedom to develop my skill-set how I feel fit and for what best suits my team. I learned mySQL, and am in the process of teaching myself Perl and PHP. There aren’t a lot of jobs that would give you the freedom to learn these programs, so for my team to be OK with me spending time broadening my skills is pretty cool.



What are your hidden talents?: I’ve played bass guitar and sang backup in a few bands; a 3 piece grunge band, Pariah Piranha, and rock band, Via Satellite. We toured around a lot on the East Coast, playing in places like Baltimore, the Carolinas, and D.C. I actually ended up moving to D.C. after our tour because I just fell in love with the city and the people I met there. I’m also really good at video games – I like Assassin's Creed and Little Big Planet 2, which is a child’s game, but Mario 3 is my favorite game of all time. It reminds me of being a kid and it’s still challenging. When I was 8 years old, I could beat it, but I can’t beat it today. How is that possible? I get caught on the desert and water worlds; all the quicksand, and the sun with the armadillos. The desert levels kill me.



What’s your greatest personal accomplishment?: My parents are very proud of me and I’m really happy about that. I moved to California by myself, without anything, and that was really scary. I have a 2-year Associates Degree in Electronics Engineering, which isn’t really related to my role with Voxox, so I’d say I’m most proud of my work life. It’s nice to enjoy work and feel like I’m good at something.



What’ve you learned since you’ve been with the company?:  So much it’s hard for me to speak to it. But most importantly, my confidence level in general has improved since I’ve been forced to interact with customers – it’s not easy to talk on the phone with people!



If you could witness any event past, present, or future, what would it be?: I would like to have been at the Roswell crash.



What’s your least favorite chore?: I hate doing dishes. For real, they smell bad. I just got a dishwasher, actually, so that’s a big upgrade in my life. At first I didn’t know how to use it because I’ve never had one before - give me a break, I grew up in a log cabin in the middle of the woods.



If you were reincarnated as a color / drink / ice cream flavor, what would it be?: Green / Beer / Peanut Butter Ripple



Which animal do you least resemble?: An African Swallow



Mario or Luigi?: Mario 4 Life



Is it a pizza or is it a pie?: Where I'm from, it's pizza, but during my recent visit to New York, I repeatedly heard it referred to as 'pie'. However, they also say 'standing on line' instead of 'standing in line', so that sort of negates all of their preferred vernacular.



What should people know about Voxox?: Our rates are awesome. If you're calling someone internationally, it’s a super affordable way to get in touch with them.



If you're feeling in the dark, like we left you hanging, and you just can't get enough of "Beers," ask your questions here or on the Voxox Facebook page! We promise to answer them, so you can sleep at night...

Topics: Voxox

There are a few things in life we all (or most of us) love, crave, and sometimes need, like chocolate, coffee and well... um, you can fill in a few blanks here. However, according to a recent survey commissioned by TeleNav, Inc., a good number of us would be willing to go without these guilty pleasures for a week rather than give up our cells for the same duration of time.

Before you tell us what you'd be willing to give up in order to keep tabs on our phone, let us blow your mind with these interesting stats and survey results:

Picture courtesy of bgr.com /2011/08/03

So what's it going to be; chocolate, sex, shoes, coffee? (If you work at Telcentris, creators of Voxox, it probably isn't coffee!!) Let us know which precious pleasure you would give up for a week in order to hang on to your mobile phone...


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Topics: Telecommunication Trends, Voxox