December 2020

Dec

28

2020

What Is Hosted PBX, and What Are the Business Benefits?

More often than not, the needs of the business world demand much more powerful and professional-grade tools than their counterparts in the home. This can ring especially true in the area of communications, where reliable connections and a broad range of features can mean the difference between winning new business and missing out on valuable opportunities. And when it comes to office phone systems, having all the tools workers need to keep communications clear, open and freely flowing, both inside and outside the office walls, can be critical to a business’s success. The Power of PBX The Private Branch Exchange...

Dec

22

2020

How to Create a Memoji on an iPhone

Regular text and email users (and most everybody else by now, really) are likely familiar with emoji. These wildly popular images, symbols and icons are regularly used in text messages and emails, and they offer a simple way to quickly and succinctly express emotions, thoughts and other information with just a few clicks. Adding to their popularity, emoji recently took on a more personal touch. With the 2019 release of its then-new iOS 13, Apple upped the emoji game with the “memoji,” which allow users of Apple devices to create their own personalized avatar with facial features like their own,...

Dec

16

2020

5 Ways to Improve the Wi-Fi Experience in Your Waiting Room

For today’s connected consumers, getting through a stay in a businesses’ waiting room no longer has to equate to idle time spent with little to do besides make a cup of coffee, flip through outdated magazines or watch whatever happens to be on the waiting-room TV. With a speedy Wi-Fi connection and a laptop computer, or even just a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone, waiting-room guests can get their work done, catch up on online chores or the news, or take their pick from a broad array of online entertainment options. But as most consumers are painfully aware, not all waiting rooms...

Dec

07

2020

5 Sought-After Features in a Portable Bluetooth Speaker — and Some Top Models That Deliver Them

For today’s music lovers, modern technology has made pursuing sonic passions much easier and more convenient than in past eras of musical recordings. Case in point: A serious fan’s entire music collection, including days’ or even months’ worth of albums and tracks, can now be stored right on a smartphone and carried around in a pocket or purse, accessible at any time and from anywhere with just a few swipes and clicks. And for those who subscribe to streaming music services, virtual libraries filled with millions of artists, albums and songs can be accessed at home or on the go...

Dec

04

2020

FTC to Utilize New Vendor for Directory

FTC is transitioning the development of its directory, including its yellow pages, to the nation’s largest and oldest directory publisher of rural telephone cooperatives. Vivial, formerly known as the Berry Company and based out of Dayton, OH, will be taking over for Data Publishing, which produced the FTC “phone book” for the past decade. Dent Adams, FTC’s chief operating officer-subsidiaries, leads the division that oversees the directory. “Change is never easy, but we just found it was the perfect time for us, and we are excited about this partnership,” Adams said. “We conducted an exhaustive search and chose Vivial because...