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A few weeks ago I was in Portland at the CivicWebs Hackathon talking with Amber Case and Aaron Pareki when Amber asked me why Tropo is better than Twilio.  She acknowledged that while she and Aaron love Tropo and built their GeoLoqi app on Tropo’s API, a lot of other people seem to like Twilio.   “So why is Tropo better?” she asked. I responded with all the certainty, aloofness and charm I could muster: “Because we are!” For most normal people, that answer might suffice, but Amber Case is a Cyborg Anthropologist .  It’s hard to win her over with just charm.  So I started laying out some of the reasons why Tropo is just plain better, and I figured rather than just keep them between me and Amber and Aaron, I’d share… 1) Features – Twilio for pranks, Tropo for business This is where Tropo really blows Twilio away, and even Twilio’s own people acknowledge it.  At an API vendor shootout session at Internet Telephony Expo earlier this year, Daniel...

Anti-government mass uprising? What anti-government mass uprising? Steve Watson | PrisonPlanet | 31 January 2011: While the ailing dictatorship government in Egypt is busy rounding up and arresting Al Jazeera journalists in an attempt to control the release of footage and accounts of the mass uprising going on throughout the entirety of the country, the disgraceful corporate American media has once again shown itself to be just as strictly regulated in terms of the content it provides to viewers. In Britain and Canada anyone interested in following the mass unrest in Egypt can simply turn on the television and tune into the English version of Al Jazeera, which has round the clock reports and uninterrupted live footage from journalists on the ground in Cairo and around the rest of the country. The channel has been running and offering its content worldwide since 2006, yet unless you live in certain parts of Ohio, Vermont or Washington, D.C. , you cannot even access the ch...

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30 January 2011 Last updated at 09:51 Share this page Facebook Twitter Share Email Print South Sudan referendum: 99% vote for independence There was a vast turnout for the vote, which lasted a week Continue reading the main story Sudan: Set for divorce? One country or two? 'X-Factor' to find new anthem Could Abyei dispute reignite war? Q&A: South Sudan referendum Some 99% of South Sudanese voted to secede from the north, according to the first complete results of the region's independence referendum. A ...

La Paz, 31 ene (ABI).- Para lograr el respeto del uso tradicional y cultural de la hoja de coca, "Bolivia busca mecanismos y líneas de acción que podrían llevar hasta la denuncia de la Convención de 1961 de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU)", manifestó el lunes el presidente Evo Morales Ayma. En un encuentro con los jefes de las misiones diplomáticas acreditadas en Bolivia que le presentaron el saludo protocolar anual, Morales se refirió a la enmienda enviada a la ONU para lograr la despenalización del masticado o "acullicu" de la hoja de coca. Esta práctica cultural ha sido penalizada por la ONU e inclusive la hoja de coca fue incluida en la lista de estupefacientes de la mencionada Convención. El Jefe Estado lamentó que "por falta de información, en algunas naciones todavía se confunda la hoja de coca con la cocaína, a los productores de este cultivo con narcotraficantes y a las poblaciones que usan la coca en su estado natural como de...

Between the Lines Larry Dignan, Sam Diaz, Andrew Nusca Mobile RSS Email Alerts 24 Comments Share Print Facebook Twitter 6 Votes Yahoo Buzz Digg Email Facebook Twitter StumbleUpon Reddit Home / News & Blogs / Between the Lines Intel hit with chipset design flaw in Sandy Bridge rollout By Larry Dignan | January 31, 2011, 7:18am PST Summary If you just purchased a system powered by Intel’s Core i5 or i7 chipset, get ready for a return or repair. Intel has a chipset issue that affects the launch of Sandy Bridge. Topics Flaw , Intel Corp. , Chipsets , Semiconductors , Hardware , Components , Larry Dignan Blogger Info Larry Dignan Bio Contact Biography Larry Dignan Larry Dignan...

Nuance Advances Voice Biometrics Portfolio through Launch of VocalPassword and FreeSpeech http://persay.com/news-content.asp?pageId=news&newsId=01_27_2011#   First New Voice Biometrics Offerings based on the Powerful Combination of Nuance and PerSay Multi-Channel Verification Solutions BURLINGTON, MA, January 27, 2011  - Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced Version 7.0 of Nuance VocalPassword™ and Nuance FreeSpeech™, which provide underlying technology for the world’s largest customer-facing voice biometrics deployments. These solutions handle millions of voiceprints and help address the security demands of leading financial institutions, telecom service providers, healthcare providers, enterprises, and law enforcement and government agencies. Nuance’s enhanced voice biometrics portfolio draws upon the innovation and technology leadership of PerSay , a voice biometric company that Nuance acquired in 2010. The combin...

SEO Whistleblower Stephen Chapman Mobile RSS Email Alerts 1 Comment Share Print Facebook Twitter 2 Votes Yahoo Buzz Digg Email Facebook Twitter StumbleUpon Reddit Home / News & Blogs / SEO Whistleblower The missing guide to Twitter: Unorthodox ideas for exceptional people like you! By Stephen Chapman | January 28, 2011, 10:42am PST Summary Sure, you’ve used Twitter… but have you used it like THIS? Topics Twitter Inc. , Benefits And Compensation , Human Resources , Stephen Chapman Blogger Info Stephen Chapman Bio Contact Biography Stephen Chapman Stephen Chapman has cut his teeth on blogging and various aspects of Internet marketing for a number of years now through freelance, consulting, and agency work....

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