VOXOX Blog

It’s starting. The “buy-polar” craziness of the holidays. One minute we run up against an Ebenezer Scrooge, the next minute a Bob Cratchit crosses our path.

The culmination of an entire year gets stuffed into a single month, punctuated with decorating, shopping, visiting and stressing, and each year we get through it somehow. During all of this merry upheaval, we need to remember what the season does best — it fosters human contact.

Topics: Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Cost Savings, Android

It's Thankgsiving day and you're spending the holiday away from family this year. Whether your flight got canceled due to bad weather or you decided to spend it volunteering at a soup kitchen, you could still celebrate the holiday with the people you're thankful for most.

Here's a few fun ways to stay connected with loved ones this Thanksgiving...

Topics: Communication, Voxox, Text Communication

Recently someone I know (not me, I swear) was dumped in a text message. I think she was more shocked about how he broke up with her than she was about the actual breakup, and after seeing his cowardly approach, she and I agreed she was well rid of him. It was the equivalent of the Sex and the City episode where Berger breaks up with Carrie on a Post-It note.

Topics: Communication, iPhone, Messaging, SMS, Android

When you need to share a special moment, do you instantly start to compose a text message or do you go straight to your dialpad and make a call? A recent survey done by research firm ORC International^[1] shows that over 70 percent of adults prefer voice calling to texting when sharing important news. Not surprisingly (but a little amusingly) the survey of over 1,000 adults was conducted over the phone.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, Messaging, Android

Growing up, I never understood the entertainment value of horror films. In fact, I was terrified of them. Every Saturday, my mom would drop off a group of us kids at the movies for a double feature, regardless of what was playing. (The MPAA ratings system was in its infancy then.)

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

There’s no argument that communication is essential to the success of your medical practice. For a small medical office, the phone is the hub of communication. In the event of an emergency, patients and vendors should be able to connect quickly with a medical professional. 

Topics: Communication, VoIP

The best things in life are simple.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, Messaging, Cost Savings, Android

The First Technological President

Before Al Gore there was Abraham Lincoln.

Despite his detractors’ statements to the contrary, the former Vice President never actually claimed to have invented the Internet. However, he did recognize its importance and was considered by Vinton Cerf (the man often referred to as the "father of the Internet") to be the “first political leader to promote and support its development. 

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

We are thrilled to announce that our Voxox app has been selected as a Gold Winner of the 2014 Golden Bridge Awards for outstanding innovation in consumer products and services in telecom, cable, broadband, and voice. The annual Golden Bridge Awards program recognizes and honors the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, and much more – from every major industry in the world.

Topics: Communication, iPhone, Company Announcements, Voxox, VoIP, Android

Yes, the government can listen to your phone conversations. They can record them too. But unless you’re saying something really interesting to some really interesting people, they probably aren’t. Call it “national security insurance.”

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android