MetaFilter posts tagged with telephony

Want to use Google Voice? There's no app for that.

mullingitover — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:36:47 -0800

The internet is atwitter over Apple's decision to block the Google Voice app from their App Store, and remove all existing apps that facilitate its use. Fingers are pointing at AT&T, but the app is blocked globally.

Phreaking subculture alive and well

Roach — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:01:51 -0800

If you thought phone phreaking was a dying art, you may be surprised to read the story of "Li'l Hacker", as told by old-school hack/phreaker Kevin Poulsen.

Telephone Central Office / Exchange Name Histories

loquacious — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:03:56 -0800

Telephone Central Office Histories - A fascinating collection of personal anecdotes and histories about telephony from the US and around the world, from The Telephone Exchange Name Project. Coral Cache links -1- -2- (via)

Reach out and Bush someone

Hands of Manos — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:27:17 -0800

TellBush.org Call 1.800.734.1463 To Leave A Voice Message For Bush. Your Voice Message Will Appear On TellBush.org And Get Itself Emailed To Bush At The Whitehouse. As messages are recorded, a flag gradually builds on the website.

P2P Telephony

davehat — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:08:38 -0800

Skype, a new P2P Telephony service from the people who created KaZaA. [more inside]

It's Little, It's Lovely, It Lights!

quonsar — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 07:20:39 -0800

It's Little, It's Lovely, It Lights! "I made my debut in the tail end of the fifties; just long enough to say I was there. I was this pink oval thing with a cord and yet I wasn't alone. For just a few months prior another pink oval thing made its debut. Actually its gestation period was a little longer than mine but in the end we found ourselves in the world together."

quonsar — Mon, 04 Sep 2000 09:19:35 -0800

Imagine that. A chat-enabled telephone... What's next - a broom-enabled vacuum cleaner? A walking-enabled automobile? A hand-scrubbing-enabled washing machine? Next thing you know, they'll want to move all television transmissions to wire, and move all telephony to wireless. Uh, wait...