Pam answering the phone at Dunder Mifflin became one of the most iconic refrains from “The Office,” and it’s really no wonder that it did: Businesses big and small have long run on c
Yac, the digital voice messaging service that launched last year, has raised new money from the Slack Fund as it continues to gain ground among companies looking to give their employees new communicat
With distributed workforces all the rage in the tech community these days, startups are trying to build new tools to keep those teams connected and communicating in the ways that make folks most comfo
If you’ve ever had a voicemail appear out of nowhere, there’s a good chance Stratics Networks was involved. The Toronto-based company is the self-proclaimed inventor of “ringless voi
Voicemail is so last century. The idea of phoning someone then leaving a rambling message when they don't pick up seems decidedly antiquated in the age of instant connectivity, where friends, family,
Apple has a new patent published by the USPTO today (via AppleInsider), and this one is a result of its deal to acquire Nortel’s considerable trove of intellectual property with the Rockstar con
Well, Twitter has become the pinnacle of gossip, grapevine chatter, and frankly, just good ol’ breaking news. Yesterday, Palm made a very subjective statement through the company’s Twitt
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/phps8ozxzjpg.jpeg"><a HREF="http://slate.com/id/2217998">Farhad Manjoo</a> at Slate makes a good point: voicemail, the clunky old process
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/axe.jpg" alt="axe" /><a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/Kodak/">Kodak</a> must not be doing so well. As part of a cust cutting move,
[photopress:10_voicemail.gif,full,center] Right now, I’m using a phone from Helio as my main phone. It’s no secret that we like what those guys are doing — they make full-featured ph
Visual voicemail, visual shmoisemail. Alltell wireless just launched Voice2TXT using SpinVox to transcribe users’ voicemail messages to text, ensuring that a simple message (“Pick me up at
I’d like to declare that the Mac vs. PC shtick is old and tired. If you’re releasing a new product, please refrain from spoofing those ads. That is all. YouMail lets you assign customized
Hot on the heels of the iPhone’s release comes SimulScribe’s SimulSays Beta, available for Blackberry owners (8800 series, Pearl, and Curve) and Windows Mobile users. SimulSays is a visual
I dislike listening to my voice-mail almost as much as I dislike answering my cell phone in the first place. CallWave Mobile allows me to monitor my messages via e-mail, and now thanks to a Widget for
to note that SpinVox is now launching within our borders. He’s been using the service since December and seems to be mighty pleased with it. Whenever you receive a voicemail, SpinVox converts th