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CIO.com is reporting that an expected upgrade in the Skype 3.0 internet phone software will include the ability to automatically detect and call phone numbers found on web pages.
This should be a handy feature for Skype users who do regular online public record research and people searches.
From the article –
Skype will begin testing an upgrade of its free communications software that can automatically detect phone numbers in webpages and initiate calls…
The new feature that recognizes telephone numbers in a webpage is called Click-to-call. It allows users to place calls to those numbers using the fee-based SkypeOut service.
Silive.com is reporting on a surveillance camera system that will monitor crime and potential terrorist threats on New York City buses.
From the article –
The camera-equipped buses were rolled out at the Michael J. Quill Depot, West 41st Street and 11th Avenue, to show off the $5.2 million system developed by Integrian Inc.
The state-of-the-art crimefighting camera system features multiple interior cameras, including one that faces forward to display the bus driver’s view.
The cameras are connected to a digital video recorder, which stores the footage for possible use in the investigation of accident injury claims and prosecution of criminal activity.
The new surveillance system will be a great deterrent of crime and vandalism, New York City Transit spokesman Charles Seaton said, adding that it also will be an important weapon against terrorism.
This 11/06/2006 article from Business Week details the pros and cons of the various people search, mapping and tracking technology that are featured on cell phones.
From the article –
They’re becoming increasingly sophisticated tracking devices popular in social networking circles
By now, anyone with a Net connection is familiar with social networking sites such as MySpace.com. The only name that may score higher on the buzz-o-meter is Barack Obama. But the momentum has really just begun. Site operators are linking their services to cell phones, enabling users to stay in constant touch without booting up a PC. Social networking has “become so incredibly viral,” says MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe, “it makes all the sense in the world to port this to a mobile device.”
Now more cell services are incorporating location-based satellite technology and maps from the likes of Navteq Corp., making all kinds of social applications possible. Services such as Dodgeball.com, Geocaching.com, and Plazes.com help satellite-linked users find restaurants, nightclubs, and movie theaters, and learn where friends in their network are congregating. All they need to do is press a few buttons to pull up the best route to a desired destination.
Source: The Long Arm Of The Cell Phone
A Taiwan-based technology company is reportedly the first to develop a Wi-Fi cell phone that is exclusively compatible with the Skype VoIP phone service. Users of this new cell phone will be able to make free Skype calls from any accessible Wi-Fi network.
From Blogger News –
Accton Technology Corporation, an elite provider of telecommunications and networking, unveiled its latest contribution to the evolving world of technology. The Taiwan based company has developed the first Wi-Fi phone made exclusively for Skype compatabilities. The phone, entitled the Accton VM1185T, is the first hand-held device to come equipped with Skype’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software. Because of this rarity the Accton VM1185T was subjected to pass Skype’s vigorous one month testing phase. It passed with flying colors.
Engadget is reporting on a German driver, who was so single-mindedly focused on the directions from his GPS navigation system that he forgot to pay attention to numerous road construction signs and crashed his Mercedes into a pile of sand.
Lesson — “Technology is a great tool, but don’t let it do your thinking for you.”
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