17 links tagged “rebtel”

I thought my life would only flash before my eyes when I was facing certain death. Who knew that this phenomenon could be achieved on the web? Diane Perlman asseses the ongoing popularity of social networking site - Facebook

We just received a tip that the source code for the Facebook main index page has been leaked and published on a blog called Facebook Secrets. There are at least two possible ways that the source code got out - the first is that a Facebook developer has sent it out, or the more likely option that a security hole or other method has been used on either one of the Facebook servers or in their source code repository to reveal the code. The blog that published the code only has a single post on it, so it was created exclusively to publish this code - meaning that whoever is behind this both isn’t taking credit for the hole and doesn’t want to be associated with it. While there is no certain way to verify if the code is actually from Facebook, by taking a quick look through the code and by double-checking some paths that have been referenced, we can say with some certainty that this seems to be both real and also a recent version of the main Facebook page.

A cool phone service, Rebtel, has launched their official Facebook application. The app allows you to contact your international friends and family for the price of a local call. While this is pretty cool in theory, it doesn’t frequently work. I signed up for Rebtel late last year to try and call my sister in Israel. Unfortunately, my sister’s local phone calls from her cell phone somehow ended up costing more than her international calls (don’t ask me why). In the end, the system ended up being an inefficient solution. I also read a post from one of the application users who was having problems making calls from Puerto Rico. That’s because service is not currently offered there. With all these downfalls, why am I reviewing this application? Great question! With all great applications come many bad ones and that is a fact of life. I will be discussing critical items to a successful application in an upcoming post. If you want to make international calls at the price of local ones go grab the Rebtel application. Be sure to let me know if it works!

There is a fine line between viral and annoying, and a far finer line between being annoying and being ignored. The image above is what anyone who doesn’t have nudgemii will see on your profile once you’ve installed this Facebook application. I understand that everyone is trying to get users, but I promise, this is not the way to do it.

Are you a facebook addict too?

Studying chinese online - using new media to enabling new ways of learning.

3 cutes roaming charges, below the EU recommended limits.

VoIP being regulated outside of Europe.

Post about regulatory rulings on the usage of voip services in US.

Get away, out of the office to your local coffee shop to unleash your ideas.

The age of conversation book.

A discussion on how to approach the Facebook platform.

Blog about what's special about the facebook users and how to target them with your applications.

The Rebtel blog.

A blog post by Alex about virtual economies.

A great description of social networking, but in plain english..

Blendtec "will it blend" campaign".