Displaying items by tag: Voice calls

Phone calls were the most common contact method used by scammers to target victims in 2021, while text messages were the second-highest contact method used by scammers.

The only thing the iPad mini doesn't have is a traditional phone dialler, but with FaceTime support and the ability to have a landline number through Skype and other services, along with WhatsApp and plenty more, the awesome new iPad mini may well morph into a future iPhone Mega.

GUEST OPINION by Sam Deckert, Founder and Principal Consultant, Peak Insight: During this current period of disruption and uncertainty, the ways in which customers interact with businesses is changing. Face-to-face dealings are being replaced with phone and online encounters while deliveries are now favoured over in-store transactions.

In what is a clever marketing ploy for the Viber messaging, voice and video calling app, its CEO is making an appeal to Australians to use its services, with Viber stating it cut all business ties with Facebook back in June 2020.

Amazon's talented Alexa assistant has gained yet another new skill, letting users make Skype calls by voice, and with the Echo Show and Echo Spot, making video calls, too. 

UK-based global satellite communications company Sky and Space Global says it has successfully conducted the first ever phone call facilitated by its 3 Diamonds nano-satellite technology using a standard smartphone and its own proprietary hardware and application.

With 3G phone, video calling, GPS, fitness tracking, location tracking, parental control and more, July 2016 promises ‘the world’s most advanced kids’ smartwatch.’

ZipTel’s deal with Speedcast, a global satellite comms service, will dramatically lower the cost of satellite voice calls for maritime, oil & gas, mining and government users.

Research conducted by Macquarie University in association with amaysim shows that the common causes of bill shock aren't what you probably expect. And many users suffer bill shock despite not using all the 'included value' their plans promise.