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Skype Threatened & Alternative Online Phone Services

We've been Skype users for years now and have been a Skype-only household for months since cutting away our landline for budgetary reasons. But now we're hearing about a legal battle between Skype an...

Make the Most of Tech When You Work from Home

We all spend a lot of time and money getting our home offices looking good (That's why we're all here reading Unplggd, isn't it?). It makes you want to spend every minute that you can in there. You mi...

The Skype Certified Phone: Perfect If You Hate Headsets

Skype and VOIP type communication methods are rapidly becoming the dominant way to talk with others. It's a perfect way to use the internet to cut costs drastically on your long distance plan, if you ...

Good Questions: Best Affordable Skype Headset?
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"Dear Unplggd, my boyfriend and I are looking to save a few dollars here and there, and one of the most obvious places we can cut corners is to drop our landline and move over to a VOIP solution. Our ...

Ooma: One Time Fee VOIP Service

There are a multitude of VOIP systems out there. It's hard to make a choice. Ooma was launched last year and is a one-time fee VOIP service that actually has a really good looking handset. Plus there ...

Hanger Skype Phone: Great Design Helps Tech Stick

We have a friend living in London temporarily, but long enough that she got a new London cell and a new London phone number. Both of those things make it a pain (an expensive pain) to call her up in t...

DIY: How To Turn Your Old Cell Into A VOIP Skype Handset

Who hasn't got an old cell phone lying around? Almost all of us do, since we change cell phones every other year. There are programs by service carriers to recycle phones, but there are other things t...

Pappa*Phone: Furni for Hulger USB Handset

Furni, the Montreal maker of the beautiful Knox alarm clock and even the custom table for our Behind the Blog featured Mocoloco has now expanded further. A collaboration with the retro-tastic compan...

Tatung VOIP Phone: Skype With Style

Using VOIP has become easier and easier, so much that some people almost exclusively use it. Landlines are slowly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to VOIP technology. It's always been a challenge ...

iKnock, Almost as Annoying as Your Real Friends

Do you have annoying friends? Do you talk to them via AIM? Do you wish there was some way for your computer to capture the essence of their annoyingness when you’re chatting on the interwebs? Well, ...

CuPhone USB Phone Adapter For Any Handset

Got a regular landline handset you'd like to convert for Skype use? The CuPhone "Echo Free" USB Phone Adapter is a USB accessory with two RJ-11 ports allowing both landline and Skype use, and even thr...

Buffalo Keyboard With Skype Phone

Do you Skype? If you find yourself chatting via the web often, you may want to invest in this keyboard that has a built in Skype phone at your fingertips. Via: Uber Review...