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WhitePages.com buys Snapvine, will provide free voicemail
- Free, private voicemail boxes
- SMS services
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Click the button and call a Jajah user for free
Jajah has made it easier for people to contact each other without giving away phone numbers with the Jajah Button.Jajah lets you make free calls to other users, or low-cost calls to phones using a web-based VoIP service. We have covered them before here with their low cost mobile web service.
With the new Jajah Button service, users can place a button on a website, blog, social network or in email signatures through an embed code and will be able to accept calls. This button will automatically connect the presser without giving out a phone number. Don't feel like answering the call? Reject it, or even block specific numbers. Again, if the button presser is a Jajah user, the call will be free. But there will be a charge per minute if they are not, that's were restrictions can be implemented.
Jangl also provides a similar service.
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Jangl dishes out a phone number for every email address
DLS has the scoop on a hot new Jangl feature that has just sprouted up today, a way for users to call anyone online at anytime without knowing their phone number.
If you know someone's email address, but not their phone number, it's now possible to talk to them through Jangl. Michael Cerda CEO of Jangl sees this as a way to virtualize the phone number, making them as disposable as email addresses. The new JanglService now gives people a great, and virtually inexpensive way to chat by phone in 31 countries worldwide at the moment.
The service is simple to use, users start by inputing an email address on Jangl's homepage to get connected. A phone number will be displayed with a private local number for you to call them on. The first call you make will be to a voice mail system that Jangl will deliver to the recipient via email. Once the message is received, the recipient will get a local number to call and connect to you. This all allows for a secure and safe personal number.
This new service from Jangl works on any phone and is free during the beta period, with currently no news as to the future cost of this feature, besides carrier and local airtime charges.
Jangl also has another cool feature called "Call Me". This lets people connect by phone through a safe number by appending an email address to the end of http://callme.jangl.com.
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Tagged gets Jangl'd
We have covered Jangl in the past, their unique service enables users to communicate with anyone through phone lines, without revealing phone numbers.Jangl widgets came out a short while ago, and now the team has announced a partnership with Tagged, a social network that has been quickly been climbing the ranks and currently has over 40 million members. So needless to say, now members of this site can easily communicate while keeping their privacy and preserving their anonymity. Tagged will utilize the Jangl widget, enabling users to generate private phone numbers in which they can exchange with Tagged friends and contacts they wish to communicate with by voice.
Keep your eye on Jangl. They aren't a giant company yet, but are on the forefront of social communications. Their services add a tremendous amount of value to those wishing to communicate, but still want to remain anonymous.
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Jangl beams out a signal with website widgets
Its time to get your Jang widget on! Jangl lets users communicate with anyone, without revealing what your mobile number is, or exchanging that number with anyone else. We covered its launch back in August. Now they are aiming at taking the widgets by storm.This is officially the time for widgets. Little desktop bits aimed at making our beloved services more accessible. Jangl has entered the arena with a new website widget that will do just that. It comes in a few designer patterns that will suit anyone's tastes, including brushed steel, racing blue, bubble gum, graphite tattoo, and mustard bling. The Jangl phone widget allows website and blog readers a way to get your Jangl number, created right on the spot, without leaving your site. In true widget spirit, it can be embedded on most social networks, blogs and websites via a snippet of HTML.
Jangl was at the VON conference in San Jose this past week, and dropped some other interesting news. Not only will they be unleashing the Jangl service in Canada, Latin America and Europe in the next few weeks, but they are also looking at a releasing a way to txt over sms via a secure and private Jangl number. Great news from the Jangl camp. Hey team Jangl, is there any news on a desktop widget in the works?
Check out Michael Cerda's talk at VON after the jump...
UPDATE #2- Tim from Jangl let me know that the desktop widget will come along shortly – it's married to a whole new, bigger app they have planned for the near future.
UPDATE - Jangl is looking at releasing the txt over sms in about one month
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Jangl your way to a private mobile phone number
Jangl lets you communicate with anyone, without revealing your mobile phone number, or exchanging it with anyone else. How it works is that your 10 digit phone number is masked by a Jangl ID number. It's as simple as letting someone know your easy to remember Jangl ID. No more remembering crazy 10 digit phone numbers when you don't have a pen lying around.
The Jangl service provides two way privacy, whereas both numbers on the mobile call are kept private at all times. Jangl gives users a unique 10 digit number for each relationship you have. When calling a number, the phone number that the other side will see will be the unique Jangl number that they have for you, ensuring that your privacy is secure. When you give out your Jangl ID, users visit jangl.com and enter the ID. The ID will create a special unique number that they will call you on. That person calling will only know you by that number, and you will only know that person by their unique number, allowing you to block it at anytime.
At the moment Jangl is in a closed beta, I have signed up, and will let everyone know how the service works. However, if anyone is currently using Jangl, let us know how it works in the comments.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
