This is the news for the week of November 6th through November 12th, 2009. We hope you enjoy the new weekly news format. Here is the news we covered for this week:
MARKETWIRE — May 27 — Talkster, an alternative mobile communications company, won Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC) 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for its mobile application talki. talki gives consumers affordable alternatives to traditional long distance and international calling, plus SMS and MMS without any charges. Talkster has been awarded TMC's Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for the last three years, having won for its innovation in voice over instant messaging (VoIM) technologies in 2006 and for its innovative Free World Dialing(TM) ad-supported calling service in 2007. FULL ARTICLE @ AJAX WORLD MAGAZINE
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The above prices are only offered to respective members of each service. Like most VoIP services, they require that you sign up with each provider for at least a year (with the exception of Skype). Other Alternatives are Talkster, Rebtel, Fring, VoxOx. FULL ARTICLE @ DEAL NEWS
Mark Brooks: A glaring omission from most dating sites is voice. Here's a few examples of useful and inexpensive services. (Full Disclosure: Talkster is a client of Courtland Brooks)
PRESS RELEASE — Jan 22 – Talkster, the company delivering online communities instant mobile voice and text communications, announced TalkNow(TM), a new service that gives dating and social networking sites a zero integration model for offering voice services to their members. Using a couple of lines of code the Talkster TalkNow button can be easily integrated into any website creating a new anonymous calling feature where the caller pays for the call.
The full article was originally published at MSNBC, but is no longer available.
MARKETWIRE — Dec 15 — Talkster introduces software for mobile phones called Talki, that gives users unlimited text and picture messaging plus long distance and international calls for the same cost as local calls. Talki is available in more than 35 countries.
The full article was originally published at Marketwire, but is no longer available.
TORONTO DATING SOCIAL — Nov 30 — The first Toronto Internet Dating Industry Party for the owners and executives of the Internet Personals and Social Networking companies was held on November 25, 2008. This networking event was attended by 27 representatives of 15 dating technology companies. Companies that attended the Toronto Dating Social Party:
Date.com, OmniDate Inc., Dating Ad Network, Lavalife Corp., Epic Advertising, Canoe / Reseau Contact, ChristianCafe.com, Cupid.com, Talkster, Impact Mobile, Randodate.com, WorldFriends Networks, Personality Pro, Dating Essentials
The full article was originally published at Toronto Dating Social, but is no longer available.