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Get Voice Mails in Your E-Mail with K7.net

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Voice mail can be an inefficient way to retrieve information, especially a long rambling message. However, with K7.net, you can listen to your phone messages via your mail.
You can receive both voice mail and messages without having to be at the office. Your voice messages and fax messages will be sent as e-mail attachments and […]

My Hang-Up with Those Annoying Voice-Mail Machines

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

I pressed zero and got the assistant’s voice mail. She invited me to leave a message or press zero to speak with a co-worker. I pressed zero and got the …

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Why Unified Messaging Is Replacing Traditional Voice Mail Systems

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Traditional voice mail systems are being thrown off the roof. The implementation of unified messaging is now. With the ability to check faxes, e-mails, text messages, video messages, and your voice mail, these all-inclusive systems are taking over the industry.

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Voice Mail Messages: How to Turn Your Voice from a Liability to an Asset

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

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Visual Voicemail on the Edge of Becoming the Next Big Trend

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Since last February, I’ve been getting my home voice mail by e-mail, and I love it. Browsing and picking which messages to listen to is much better than . . .

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Practice Courtesy When Using Cellular Phones

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

1. Keep your voice to a low, conversational tone.
 
2. Watch Your Tone - Downloading the latest ring tone has become extremely popular among wireless users, . . .

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What Is Voice 2.0, and Does It Matter to You?

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

What does Voice 2.0 really mean? As with much of the terminology in the tech business, it can depend on whom you ask.
Is it just a fancy term for VoIP?
In December 2006, Paul Kretkowski tackled the question on the VoIP News website. He concluded that Voice 2.0 is “an umbrella term for a loosely defined […]

How Important Is It to Streamline Communication

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Communication in any form plays an important role in our lives. It is very important to streamline communication whether you are conversing in person or through an age-old snail mail, e-mail, or over the phone.

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Voice Phishing a New Type Of E-Mail Scam

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Be on the lookout for an interesting new type of phishing scam that involves the use of the telephone.

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Got Voice Mail

Monday, June 18th, 2007

“There’s not anybody who really cares
about using voice messaging the way I envisioned it,” according to
Gordon Matthews, the inventor of voice mail. He never anticipated that
his automated message system would be used to confuse and frustrate
business callers. He didn’t foresee how many ways businesses could
devise to misuse his system.
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