Jaxtr, the Voice (Phone) in your Blog or Social network

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Jaxtr has emerged from the private beta to Public beta. Everyone around the world can now sign up to receive a free jaxtr account that links their mobile or landline phones with their online network.
By adding their jaxtr widget to their online profile or blog, users can hear from callers worldwide while keeping their existing phone numbers private.
Jaxtr works with the world's most popular social networks and communities, including MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster, Flickr, YouTube, Wikipedia, Craigslist, eBay, LiveJournal, and Blogger.
You can Jaxtr me!

Links;
Jaxtr Launches Public Beta with VoiceBlasts
Jaxtr beta registration
Jaxtr blog post on Beta release
jaxtr in the works: Blasting your voice -- online

Tags: VoIP, Jaxtr, free Calls, Blog VoIP, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster, Flickr, YouTube, Wikipedia, Craigslist, eBay, LiveJournal, Blogger

AsteriskNOW, coming out in full force.

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The VON 2007 was a blast. Among many other things that I spent my two days at VON, I noticed very well how AsteriskNOW is coming out in full force. There were controversies related to Trixbox etc, but AsteriskNOW has opened the IPPBX application to thousands more users who would have stayed away due to the complexities of running Asterisk.
Now that the GUI management tool is providing a way to manage most of the Asterisk tasks, more and more people will be searching the value of Asterisk, through AsteriskNOW. According to official reports, there were more than 2,000 Downloads a Day of AsteriskNOW Beta since it's release.
The new beta version of AsteriskNOW, AsteriskNOW beta 5 is slated to be the the final beta leading up to Q2 availability of AsteriskNOW 1.0. Customers can deploy AsteriskNOW in minutes to start using Asterisk.
I deployed an AsteriskNOW server with Digium hardware, two TDM400P cards, in less than 20 minutes. The deployment was in a real world scenario, PBX, IPPBX for a 6 person startup. Although there are Linux experts in the group, the groups receptionist, handles and manages AsteriskNOW.
What hardware did they use? well $299 Fry's PC with an additional hard drive (Used for mirroring).

Links;
Digium's press release on AsteriskNOW
AsteriskNOW, go get it

Tags: Asterisk, AsteriskNOW, Digum, TDM400P, IPPBX, PBX, AsteriskNOW 1.0, trixbox

American Idol, Sanjaya, VOIP and Tom Keating

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I read both the the articles on American Idol, by Ravenii and Tom Keating. Also the comments. After speaking to Ravenii and explaining the intent of Tom, a joke, Ravenii seems to be seeing the light a bit.
It is evident that Tom was joking about rigging the votes, and I an sure he is frustrated as I am, about votes and voters choices and singing. Yet I accept what others have voted for, specially when I did not bother to vote.
I would rater be watching KQED than the AI.
Expect an article soon, once he gets back from his sailing trip.

Links;
Toms article in question
Ravenii's response

Tags: VoIP, American idol, Ravenii, Tom Keating

Jott down that thought with Jott or Blackberry in the supermarket

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Scobleizer writes about and podtech podcasts about jotting down your thoughts while driving or way to have your shopping list emailed to you! Carry that blackberry every where!
Follow the links for;
Scobleizer post about Jott

Don't forget, Jott it with your cell phone at podtech

Tags: jott, cell phone

Another Mobile VoIP disruption by Qool Labs, Skype, and Skyqube

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There are bunch of photos and a report over at CNET, UK explaining about Skyqube found at CeBIT.
It will route and forward calls and messages made to your mobile phone or landline via SkypeOut to another number anywhere in the world. But you will have to leave your cell phone behind and your PC on! No Last minute calls from Airport! Or you have to ask your wife, husband,* to remove the sim from your phone and insert it into Skyqube and and attach the skyqube to your network! and turn on your pc.........

See more photos and a write up following the link below.

Links;
Qool Labs SkyQube brings Skype to your mobile