Apparently, that inane but catchy yodel in Vonage's TV ads are working their magic, bringing Vonage's voice-over-Internet service to the masses.
In his keynote speech Tuesday, Barrett identified peer-to-peer networking -- popularized by Napster's music file sharing service -- as an important growth opportunity.
In addition to empowering both established and emerging creators, Vimeo's pay-to-view service promises to bring even more unique, quality content to Vimeo's 85 million monthly viewers.
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Much of the growth can be credited to Nextel's push-to-talk service, the walkie-talkie-like function that allows users to page and call friends instantly with a single button.
Steam's Big Picture Mode -- a TV- and controller-friendly version of Valve's widely used digital gaming service -- is the first volley in Valve's big living room push.
M-GO's pay-as-you-go streaming service helps people find, rent, buy and enjoy digital entertainment on the devices they use and choose - TVs, iPads, tablets, Blu-ray players, streaming players, Macs, PCs and soon game consoles and smartphones.
ENGADGET: M-GO video on-demand movie service launches, streams to PCs, Samsung and Vizio players
"It is frustrating for workers and visitors who want to use Bath and North East Somerset Council's park-and-ride service but discover the car park is full early in the day, " said councillor Roger Symonds (Lib-Dem, Combe Down).
And that's not the only modern first for the NHS. This winter the NHS will be the world's first health service - indeed the world's only - health service capable of providing the new meningitis vaccine to the groups most at risk.
FiOS, Verizon's fiber-optic solution, and Exede, ViaSat's high-bandwidth satellite service -- two common secondary offerings -- happen to be the two frontrunners in the FCC's latest broadband performance report, which rates companies based on actual download and upload speeds compared to advertised bandwidth, among other metrics.
Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, co-sponsored what they called a compromise package of safety standards for those Mexican trucks, including a safety audit for each truck firm before a U.S. operating certificate is granted, more scales and U.S. inspectors at the U.S-Mexican border crossings, and a requirement for Mexican truckers to comply with U.S. hours-of-service rules.
Beginning soon, you may be able to charge your compatible smartphone at European McDonald's restaurants, too -- the food service giant's support comes courtesy of Helsinki-based PowerKiss, which is now ditching Qi in favor of the PMA. The move is arguably the Alliance's most significant to date, and it could bring confidence to organizations currently considering their own strategies.
The founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service - the world's first teletext service - has died at the age of 85.
Microsoft's all-you-can-eat Zune Pass service is supported with streaming over both WiFi and Verizon's 3G network, though the company has told us that some tracks will have to be downloaded before they can be played.
He tackled the amministrazione pubblica, Italy's infamous not-so-civil service, slightly reducing the miles of red tape.
And in yet another case, our action (DOT's modernized hours-of-service rule for truckers) was overturned by a federal court but then reinstated by Congressional action.
While its DRM'd subscription deals remain in place, Rhapsody is now offering unprotected MP3 downloads via its Rhapsody MP3 store and via partners including Verizon's VCAST over-the-air service and Yahoo.
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MSN's new "Everyday Web" theme stresses personalized information and Web-based utilities such as Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail service, not mass-market content.
This scanner also comes with the obligatory one-year warranty and Internet-based help via HP's Web site and e-mail service.
Whistleblowers played a "significant" role in highlighting concerns about Cornwall's out-of-hours doctors service run by Serco, a report has found.
That's what O'Reilly, the former soigneur -- part masseuse, part go-fer for the U.S. Postal Service cycling team -- says Armstrong called her when she went public with accusations against him.
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Rail's city-center-to-city-centre service is also becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to flying.
Rory Collins, co-director of Oxford University's clinical-trials service unit (which demonstrated the efficacy of aspirin against heart disease) has managed to piggy-back on a commercial trial in order to test the notion that folic acid, a food-supplement commonly given to pregnant women, may also prevent heart attacks.
Typical test-marketing survey mumbo jumbo suggests that the phone would offer "all the exciting Google services from the PC" and -- thanks largely to targeted advertising -- affordable (as it's been suggested) flat-rate data service and a three-month trial.
Enter the Kyocera Torque, the latest Sprint smartphone featuring the network's CDMA-based Push-to-Talk service.
Sling Media VP of Market Development Jeremy Toeman has weighed in on the vague wording in certain carrier service agreements (most notably Verizon's) which seem to stipulate that multimedia streaming services -- like Sling's upcoming SlingPlayer Mobile -- violate the terms of service for allowable uses of 3G.
ENGADGET: Sling Media VP discusses the implications of 3G service agreements
Halo 2, out in 2004, turbocharged the popularity of Microsoft s then two-year-old online service.
Though e-mail been a success for Japan's NTT DoCoMo's i-Mode service, some observers are skeptical about the breadth of unified messaging's appeal.
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In 1999, CEO Reed Hastings launched the company's no-late-fee, by-mail subscription service as an efficient alternative to Blockbuster.
Tep's first-of-its-kind multi-country service alleviates connectivity concerns for business travelers and tourists alike meaning you can now get on a train in London and travel all the way to Vienna without losing connectivity or swapping your sim along the way.
It can be reached by phone at 1-800-303-5691 or the service's website.
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