http://rocketvox.com Unified Messaging Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:03:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The online and mobile communication spaces are rife with opinion concerning world domination nowadays, as if they haven’t always been.  Everyone is speculating on who is going to rule the world and who the spoilers are. Will it be the Apple and the iPhone, Google and the Android(s), the Facebook ... http://rocketvox.com/2010/09/23/708/% As we build out our product, we try to keep our head down, but perhaps sometimes too much. To paraphrase ZDNet, 'Where are those guys?' Our only answer is that we're working away in obscurity, by choice, trying to build out a revolution.  To that end we always get told to, ... http://rocketvox.com/2010/04/26/hackers/% I don’t know who invented software, but sometimes I want to take them out back and wring their neck. The problem is that it always takes longer to build good software than you planned. And while it has gotten immeasurably easier over the years when we try to innovate we ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/10/23/getting-a-beta-launched-and-keeping-it-flying/% A simplified alternative to Facebook was recently made available for a select amount of users to test out. Facebook “Lite” is not completed yet and kinks are still being worked out, but it is apparently a faster loading version of the popular social networking site that enables users to ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/09/23/light-uis-hint-at-trend-toward-simplified-communications/%  The people at Zenbe have created a platform called Shareflow as a way to follow a group project, without the messiness of group e-mailing. The initiative to unify a group of people via real-time message boards is a movement toward simplification much needed by professionals with constant e-mail clutter. This ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/07/31/329/% Social Media has evolved beyond a series of platforms that enable user generated content into a genuine, peer-to-peer portal of constant discussions affecting the awareness, involvement, and overall direction of the brands we represent. Staying connected with friends, followers, and fans becomes increasingly more difficult due to the rapid expansion ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/07/22/social-customer-relationship-management/% I am a mobile professional who recently accepted a big corporate job. I also juggle many ventures outside my corporate life (for fun). That's not unusual; but joining this company has made my communications go from bad to worse to just plain ugly.  I already had three email accounts and a ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/07/21/corporate-communication-bad-to-worse-to-utterly-horrible/% In a recent article by Silicon Alley Insider, Nicholas Carlson stated that Twitter has over 11,000 registered applications, siting a tweet by Twitter CEO Evan Williams. Many of these apps are in development and not yet available but this is still a significant number. There are reportedly 52,000 apps built just ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/07/09/api-daydream/% One cumbersome task of the highly connected lifestyle is keeping track of multiple online identities without wasting valuable time. We are all guilty of skipping from website to website to enter usernames and passwords, many times hitting the “Forgot password?” link. The creators of Pageonce have come up with a ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/07/01/pageonce-helps-streamlines-online-activity/% The security of personal information on the web has been a concern since the web's inception. As more and more applications reside in the cloud, so does the data that constitutes your digital life. Recent articles in TechCrunch and GigaOM question the privacy of some of the most ubiquitous online ... http://rocketvox.com/2009/06/25/security-of-digital-gold-with-unified-messaging/%