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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

My sister (I may have mentioned her before) loves to communicate. As a teenager in the 1970s, she would talk on the phone for hours. Literally. She is a great communicator and has always been extremely social. She makes friends easily and is always the last one to leave the party.

So I was surprised at how difficult it was to get her to text. She just didn’t recognize the necessity. It wasn’t a cost issue. There are great apps, like Voxox, that let you text for free. Why would this extreme extrovert want to limit her communication options?

 

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

Here are some words you never want to hear when you’re in a college relationship and it’s time to register for the next semester: “Babe, I’m going to an out-of-state school this semester.”

First, there’s the distinct feeling that you just swallowed a huge rock. Then, your panicked response: “You’re going to school … out of state? What about us?”

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

Time for a pop quiz

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Meet George Jetson. In 1962 America met the Jetsons, the first show to air in color on ABC. It was set in 2062, 100 years into the future. The greatest thing about looking back at futuristic TV shows and movies is seeing what was once fantasy becoming today’s real technology.

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

The fax machine is alive and well. Just look around. Notice the scarcity of trees? Okay, you probably don’t live in a forest and aren’t watching the destruction of over ten million trees daily, but it’s happening around the world. About 35 percent of cut trees are used for making paper. Here in the United States, we are the top consumers, with each American using an average of over one-third ton of paper each year.¹

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In October of 2012, Solenne San Jose received a bit of a shock.

Solenne, who lives near the Bordeaux wine country in France, had terminated her service contract with Telecom Bouygues to change to a different provider. She was told by her old carrier that she would be required to pay a cancellation fee on the following month’s bill.

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