Posts Tagged ‘ google ’

Google Voice Introduces Web App To Circumvent Apple App Store Rejection

  • February 7th, 2010
  • Posted in iPhone

Some months ago, Apple rejected Google’s app for Google Voice, apparently nudged by AT&T to stop customers using Google’s free VOIP phone service, thus forcing them to continue to use their wireless phone plans. Google then abandoned plans to make a specific iPhone app, instead opting to produce a web app, which can be accessed from You may also like:

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  3. Watching BBC iPlayer Outside the UK – Now Using Google Chrome
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Watching BBC iPlayer Outside the UK – Now Using Google Chrome

  • December 27th, 2009
  • Posted in Thoughts

Following up from my earlier post, where I described how you could watch BBC iPlayer (or any geo-restricted content for that matter) from outside the UK. The process involved using Firefox and a plugin called FoxyProxy. Since then, I have taken a liking to Google Chrome as my web browser, because it is so much faster You may also like:

  1. Watching the BBC iPlayer outside of the UK, safely and reliably
  2. Dropping Vonage In Favour Of Google Voice
  3. Google Voice Introduces Web App To Circumvent Apple App Store Rejection
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Dropping Vonage In Favour Of Google Voice

  • December 7th, 2009
  • Posted in iPhone

When I first moved to the States from England three years ago, one of my first tasks was to ensure I had a viable way of calling my friends and family back home. It was around the time that Vonage was becoming really popular and unlimited calling within the US and back to the UK You may also like:

  1. Google Voice Introduces Web App To Circumvent Apple App Store Rejection
  2. Watching BBC iPlayer Outside the UK – Now Using Google Chrome
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Wolfram Alpha

The much fanfared arrival of Wolfram Alpha has finally arrived and I’ve been tinkering with it today while at work. I must say that I am very impressed with how easy it is to use, and how extensive it’s functions are, especially as a civil engineer. If you head over to the examples page, you This post is apparently so unique that there are no related posts.[ READ MORE ]