This means adding features to the Rebtel service such as group chat, voice messaging and video.
Comverse, a New York-based voicemail and voice messaging systems firm, was founded by Alexander in the 1980s.
If all goes according to plan, it will roll out free voice messaging and expand the service across Europe and later, China.
When that stalled, they left Virgin to found Pinger in 2005, secured funding from Kleiner Perkins and DAG Ventures, only to see their original voice messaging concept stumble.
Meanwhile, a broadly recognizable name goes a long way, especially when it comes to integrating voice, messaging and Internet services on a global scale.
According to TechCrunch, buying TokBox added new services that Telefonica could offer developers through its BlueVia Application Programming Interface (API) platform: these already included voice, messaging and billing APIs when the TokBox deal closed.
He went on to found several tech companies and launch groundbreaking products, including a voice recognition system Interpath in 1981, McAfee in 1988, and the instant messaging pioneer Tribal Voice in 1996.
He went on to found several tech companies and to launch groundbreaking products, including the voice-recognition system Interpath Inc. in 1981, McAfee in 1988, and the instant messaging pioneer Tribal Voice in 1996.
With an Internet-connected device, families, friends and colleagues can get together for free with messaging, voice and video.
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U.K. operator 3 has sold hundreds of thousands of so-called Skype phones, which have built-in support for Skype's voice and instant-messaging software.
Google released a new instant messaging and voice-chat program, ending months of speculation over whether the search giant would enter the heated IM market.
Taobao offered instant messaging and voice mail to mobile phones for buyers and sellers because Chinese users were cell-phone savvy rather than computer savvy.
Google on Wednesday released a new instant messaging and voice chat program, ending months of speculation over whether the search giant would enter the heated IM market.
Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) released a new instant messaging and voice-chat program, ending months of speculation over whether the search giant would enter the heated IM market.
ChatON uses phone numbers instead of ID and passwords, and provides easy instant messaging and group chatting in various formats-images, video, voice, contacts-to make messaging simple and intuitive.
Its only product was a free voice- and text-messaging service for cellphone users.
You can't completely pigeonhole Skype when it serves both as a partial substitute for traditional phone service and an instant messaging service with voice and video on top.
They point to future services that integrate mobile messaging, instant messaging, email and voice, all in one, that can be accessed from any device.
CallWave is now focused on a new service, called Fuze, which brings all forms of communication (instant messaging, alerts, voice and video) together on any portable device.
Messaging apps, known as "over-the-top" apps because consumers don't pay carriers directly for the services, typically go beyond plain-vanilla text messaging with features such as voice notes, camera applications, access to games and virtual stickers that are popular among teens and young adults.
More recently, Facebook has stapled on new features to its messaging app, like calling, voice mail and impermanent texts.
The messaging app already allowed for free voice calls over Wi-Fi, but in BB10 it's adding a FaceTime-like video-chatting feature.
What most telecommuters rely on e-mail, voice-mail, conference calls and instant messaging, plus a broadband-connected computer will do the job, but only just.
As a result, operators can more effectively ensure a carrier-grade quality of experience for end users of High Definition voice and video, Web conferencing, instant messaging and presence, and other broadband-intensive mobile applications that go beyond the reliability of Skype, Apple FaceTime and other services suited for consumers but inadequate for the rigors of enterprise use.
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"Small languages are using social media, YouTube, text messaging and various technologies to expand their voice and expand their presence, " said K David Harrison, an associate professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College and a National Geographic Fellow.
The usual stuff: phone calls, voice mail, email, Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, Blackberries, interruptions from co-workers.
For the user whom this handset is aimed at young, fashion-conscious, keen on text-messaging and music the ability to make voice calls is almost an afterthought.
Of course, as it's voice-only, you won't get data or text messaging as part of the plan.
As wireless customers spend less money on plain-vanilla cellphone voice calls, carriers are betting that data and entertainment services like text messaging, over-the-air music stores, streaming video and mobile Web browsing will lead growth.
Skype works very much like an instant messaging program, but allows users to call people on their buddy list and have a voice conversation instead of a text-based chat.
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