News tagged with voice communication

UK surveillance could yield window into lives

(AP) -- British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Battle to sell the iPhone heats up in Japan

Japan's third-largest mobile carrier Softbank on Friday unveiled a lower monthly fee for the new iPhone than bigger rival KDDI, as competition for smartphone users heats up among the nation's mobile firms. ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FCC seeks to crack down on phone bill mystery fees

(AP) -- Federal regulators are proposing new rules to make it easier for consumers to detect and challenge mystery fees on their phone bills.

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FCC to update phone subsidy program for broadband

(AP) -- The federal government spends more than $4 billion a year, collected from phone bills, to subsidize phone service in rural and poor areas. Now, it's considering ways to give those places more for the money: high-speed ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After tussle, Google Voice application comes to iPhone

Google launched a Google Voice for the iPhone application Tuesday after a lengthy dispute with Apple that drew the attention of US government telecom regulators.

Technology / Software

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Human brain becomes tuned to voices and emotional tone of voice during infancy

New research finds that the brains of infants as young as 7 months old demonstrate a sensitivity to the human voice and to emotions communicated through the voice that is remarkably similar to what is observed in the brains ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple backs VoIP calls over 3G networks for iPhone

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services over cellular networks.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain responds to human voice in one fifth of a second

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology researchers have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google expands availability of its free voice mail

(AP) -- Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

As Google, AT&T feud simmers, a partnership waits in the wings

It's not often that phone sex lines and Benedictine nuns enter into debates on telecommunications industry regulation, but AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. are making it happen.

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorola Provides World's First Live 2.6GHz TD-LTE Drive Demonstration

Motorola announced today that it has successfully deployed a Time Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network in the streets of Geneva to support China Mobile Communications Corporation’s presence ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone

(AP) -- Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application ...

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created Aug 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google invites US soldiers to Voice telephone service

Google on Tuesday set out to recruit US soldiers as users of its Voice online telephone service, promising it would help military families stay connected.

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created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

FCC asks Apple, AT&T to explain rejection of Google Voice

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked Apple and AT&T to explain the decision to reject an application developed by Google for the iPhone.

Technology / Software

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0