The good folks at Botanicalls let you talk to your plants. Over the phone. The photo at the right is from their table at ETel07.
Sensors placed in a pot give up information
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Gtalk, MSN, and Yahoo! added to the PhoneGnome free calling community
The PhoneGnome free calling community now includes GoogleTalk (Gtalk), MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! users. In addition to the millions of people already reachable free though free calls to other PhoneGnome members and hundreds of compatible VoIP services, PhoneGnome users can now also place free VoIP calls to users on GoogleTalk (Gtalk), MSN Messenger, and Yahoo!
Calls to Google Talk user username@domain.com can
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Skype 3.1 for Windows out of beta, mostly
Download Version: 3.1.0.144. Includes the Skype Prime Beta and SkypeFind services. If you didn’t upgrade when they came out last week (build 134), now’s the time.
Technorati tags: skype, skypejournal, skypefind, skyeprime, prime
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What’s your most outrageous Skype Prime Badge?
Confess!
And Pay for the Privilege! No sins too small, no wallet too large! Will record your confession and blog it for the world to see. Expiation through public mortification. Be brief and save. Talk fast and save more! I will listen carefully and share your pain until the next confession. Give voice to your shame. Skype now!
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Eight ways to tweak the Skype Prime 30% fee
Let’s ignore if 30% is “too high” for a moment: Skype is just getting its feet wet and wants zero risk for this pilot project.
Better to ask: what are other options for Prime’s rate?
Quality. Discounts offered for high buyer feedback ratings weighted by dollars spent. Payout delays (120 days) drop to zero with a Gold consumer rating over 100 billed hours, for example.
Volume. Rates get better
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How might Skype Prime disrupt the premium phone service market?
Skype’s well-traveled Stephanie Robesky pointed to a BBC site’s factoid: “The premium rate phone services market in the UK is the biggest in the world, worth ВЈ1.2bn a year – that’s ВЈ20 each for every man, woman and child.” (Stephanie, does that make the UK the most psychically informed nation on Earth? And does that number include directory assistance?)
Skype Prime, the infant service launched last week,
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VoIP Phone Companies – What Are The Most Popular Voice Over IP Companies? Posted By : Mike Singh
Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP services have become increasingly popular in the last few years. In case you aren’t aware of VoIP, these services include full communication such as phone calls, videoconferencing and telephony services all of which can be completed over a high-speed internet connection. Most VoIp companies are worldwide as the only physical connection that you need to them is your high-speed internet
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Telco lobbyists lie about Skype. Again.
A little rant on US regulatory politics.
“Cheese Doodle-Eating Surrender Monkeys?” is how Hands Off The Internet 
slams Skype’s bit of consumer advocacy. Skype proposes anyone
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Remember “ET Call Home”? Now It’s “Skype Call Home”!
New enhancements to Skype Web Toolbar add three new cool features.
As mentioned in a previous post, I never dial phone numbers; one of my key tools is use of the Skype Web Toolbar for Firefox. (Firefox 2 is my default browser; MSIE 7 just does not cut the mustard!) With a couple of clicks I can SkypeOut to any phone number detected on a web page. Great for Canada411 lookups.
Now Skype has enhanced its Web Toolbar to version 2.3 with three new features:
20 of 100 Questions for Niklas
20 so far.
I mean Niklas ZennstrГ¶m has his own VC firm. He’s disrupted the music, phone, and television industries. 
He’s on eBay’s executive leadership
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