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Topics: Communication, Voxox

 

Sometimes we do it when we’re busy, sometimes after a few beers, but there are just some people whose phone calls you let ring, and ring, and ring some more—every time they call. They don’t necessarily even have to be bad people, maybe they “did you wrong” as some would say, or maybe they’re just not very talented at life. Either way, the kibosh has been put on their calls.

Instead of having to go through this charade over and over, how ‘bout an easier solution like “Dead-Ending” their calls on Voxox, or as Kevin, one of our Big Kahunas, calls it, “The Ex-Girlfriend Feature.”

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication

LinkedIn Launched its New LinkedIn Platform Today

LinkedIn made an important and long-awaited move today when it announced the launch of its LinkedIn Platform and access to its LinkedIn APIs.



The platform will enable developers to easily create web applications and tools that leverage LinkedIn’s unique community of more than 50 million business professionals. Such platforms were key in the evolving success of Facebook, Twitter and other networks.



For Voxox, this means we can soon integrate LinkedIn into our core social networking capabilities. If you didn’t know, Voxox enables consumes to unify all of their communication channels – voice, video, text, chat, email, fax, etc. -- into a single interface. As part of this, we empower users to update all of their social networks with the single click of a mouse.

Topics: Voxox

Topics: Communication, SMS

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NOTE: Updated on 11-11-09 to include Ping.fm.


I heard a great catch phrase at the recent Blog World & New Media Exp in Las Vegas: “status-phere.”


Put forth by PR and social media strategist/author Brian Solis (@briansolis) during one of the keynote panels, it instantly struck a chord.


Status-phere. To me, it’s defines the work aspect of social media.


To engage, contribute, share and generally participate within social media and social networking, you must typically update some type of status, whether it’s up to 140 characters on Twitter (and on LinkedIn for that matter), or a general status update on Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, MSN or the myriad of other networks out there.



So how to contend with the all-consuming “status-phere”? How to participate effectively in social media and its many benefits without making it a part- or full-time job (not to mention putting up with a confusing array of browser windows and desktop clients)?



One way is to focus on the specific networks you find valuable. Another is to leverage an increasing number of tools that can help manage the task. These include services that can help manage multiple accounts on the same network (usually Twitter), and those that aggregate and help simplify updates to multiple networks.



Here’s a short list below. We’d love to hear your recommendations:




HootSuite's Tabbed Layou


• HootSuite – This web-based application is an extremely handy tool for managing multiple Twitter accounts. We use it at TelCentris to manage our consumer (Voxox) and business-to-business accounts, easily toggling back and forth between our different profiles. It allows you to schedule Tweets to any of your accounts, as well as create shortened, trackable URLs.


• Ping.fm - I missed this one initially, but Ping.fm is one of the more comprehensive tools for integrating and aggregating your social networking clients, everything from Twitter to Bebo to Delicious. A recent test to update Facebook and LinkedIn simultaneously went swimmingly. Ping.fm also purports to handle instant messaging and SMS as well. One thing I like is the ability to search and post song links.



• Trillian Astra – Known more for its ability to chat across multiple IM (instant messaging) networks at the same time, Trillian, which has been around since 2001, also has added functionality to update your Facebook, Twitter and Skype accounts. Although available for the iPhone, Trillian fans are still waiting for a Mac version.



• TweetDeck – TweetDeck continues to add new functionality to help you integrate your social networks. TweetDeck was one of the first to add Facebook functionality. They recently added MySpace. If you like managing your social networks in a power dashboard format, TweetDeck is good option.



• TweetMiner – Like HootSuite, TweetMiner enables you to manage multiple Twitter accounts from a single interface. I like TweetMiner mostly because of its simplified interface, and the way it allows you to search and post interesting news articles to your followers. You can manage up to five accounts, or upgrade to get increased functionality.




Voxox Enables Users to Update Social/IM Networks


• Voxox – You’re probably not surprised to find Voxox on this list. Still in beta, Voxox provides powerful functionality to update multiple social networks from one interface. They include Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, as well as MSN and Yahoo (both of which are turning their email portals into quasi-social networks). Like Trillian, Voxox also enables you to update all major IM networks. It also goes one (or two) steps further by providing free Internet calling and better-than-Google Voice-type features. All from a single, unified interface.



‘Status-phere’ got you bogged down? Try these tools to help you ease your communication overload.



Do you have other tools to recommend? We’d love to hear them.

Topics: Voxox

You may not have realized it, but as you signed into Voxox today, you were doing so with a service that is exactly one year old. That's right, Voxox went live on Nov. 3, 2008.


To celebrate this momentous occasion, we wanted to raise a virtual glass of champagne, or sparkling cider if you prefer, in your honor and personally thank all of our beta users for their support and participation over the last 365 days. We certainly have come a long way!


To give you an idea of our evolution, I wanted to show you a screenshot of what Voxox looked like upon launch, and what it looks like now (well, I guess you already know that).


One year ago ...



The Voxox User Interface Upon Launch


... and today.



The Voxox UI Today


In addition to the obvious difference in color, Voxox has been bolstered with an array of new features and functionality that -- taken as a whole -- you can't find anywhere else in the industry. No other service unifies eight major communication channels -- from voice to social networking -- into a single interface.


You can check out many of our bigger milestones -- the launch of Voxox 2, winning a Stevie's Award for best new product, our new unlimited monthly calling plans -- by visiting our press room. 


Also, if you haven't taken our user survey, please do! We would love to know what you think of our beta service and how we can improve it even further. With your help, our second birthday will be even better than the first.

Topics: Company Announcements, Voxox