Archive for the ‘Instant Messaging’ Category

Are You Ready To Text Message For A Pizza?

By admin + August 22nd, 2007

Domino’s Pizza has launched a new program that they call Pizza by TXT.
After registering on their website, you can order up a large meat lover’s by sending them a text message. This way, you don’t have to deal with rude telephone operators and busy phone signals.
That’s right. The only human interaction you’re going to [...]

Skype 3.5.0.214 Released

By admin + August 18th, 2007

As most of my Geek With Laptop readers know, the Skype development and support team has been extremely busy the past 24-48 hours recovering from a major system wide outage.
As of a few hours ago things appear to be running normal again on the Skype network and moments ago they released a new version of [...]

Could you be paying $1,000 per MB for SMS?

By admin + July 28th, 2007

Many mobile phone prepaid service plans in the United States still require a per SMS charge. Most charge for sending and receiving and include a premium charge for sending to other countries.
Have you ever sat down to figure out how much you’re really paying for this frictionless and convenient mode of communication?
I’m about ready [...]

When the buzz about Twitter first broke, I was skeptical. I thought it seemed like a lame compromise between IM and blogging. I had no interest in posting short entries about going to the restroom or buying mouthwash in Wal-Mart.
During the first few months this year I watched Twitter, largely from the sidelines. I noticed [...]

Using Twitter As Business Tool

By admin + July 16th, 2007

It was only a matter of time until bloggers and technologists began touting Twitter as a business tool.
I can hear you already: How on earth can a blogging tool that restricts users to only 140 characters be useful for business?
The answer is easy: Twitter is a communications tool. If your business needs to [...]

Skype 3.2.0.175 Released

By admin + July 4th, 2007

As most people know, a lot of my Geek With Laptop readers, RSS subscribers, friends and clients use Skype to keep in contact, so I figured since moments ago a new release of Skype was unleashed to the world, it was time for a post.
So what can you expect from this latest release?
For starters, [...]

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