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A GREAT START: WE’VE SECURED $2 MILLION IN SERIES A FUNDING FROM AN ESTEEMED GROUP OF INVESTORS

Published on August 6, 2010 by Andre in Browser Based VoIP, C2Call, Draper Investment Company, Features, FriendCaller, Martin Feuerhahn, Technology News, Tips and Tricks, iPad and iPhone and iPod VoIP. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .

C2Call

Well, this makes it official – we’ve raised $2 million in Series A funding from Draper Investment Company, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Mr. Klaus Wecken, co-founder of KHK Software AG.

Raising this sort of money from a group of such respected investors can certainly be seen not only as a vote of confidence, but also as a sign that we’re on the right track.
We’re especially excited that this fresh influx of funds will help accelerate our expansion, as we have already generated more than $2 million in revenues since April 2010 and now have more than 900,000 users, with an additional 15,000 new users a day. And our FriendCaller app is one of the most popular iPhone apps – ranking among the Top 15 free social networking apps.

Much has clearly happened since the idea for C2Call was born back when our CEO Martin Feuerhahn and CTO Michael Knecht traveled the world on projects and found that each region seemed to have its own solution. That made it impossible to communicate with partners and customers on one platform. They came up with C2Call and FriendCaller to solve that issue.

Now, even someone’s grandma can use FriendCaller because we have what we always set out to develop: a free, easy-to-use and straightforward solution. By making calls free over any Internet-ready device, and by enabling social media and other sites with integrated digital voice communication, we are just getting started.

No Chance for illegal apps – Google introduces Androids new “licensing service”

Published on July 29, 2010 by Andre in Android, Android app, Features, General, Technology News and Tips and Tricks. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Thats how it works!

Google announced that there will be a licensing service for applications in the Android Market Place to shield that Apps can be copied and spread without charges.  That way Google reacts on the sustained criticism of many developers that it is to easy for users to exchange apps illegally.

In the future the licensing service will synchronize the data with the Google server to detect if users are legitimized to use the software. If the opposite is true the app will withdraw the service.

So you can be glad that the FriendCaller App, which enables you free international calls, is for free!

Is it reasonable to use an iPad on the beach?

Published on July 28, 2010 by Andre in Technology News, Tips and Tricks and iPad. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Apples iPad

IPads have an overheating protection. If owners use their iPads in the sun it will naturally heat over the recommended operating temperature range of 35 degrees. Then a warning notice appears and the computer shuts off to cool down.

One would imagine that this sounds quite usual due to the fact that it deals with a very small CPU cooler in a very slim tablet pc. So far, so good.

Despite, three iPad owners try now to sue Apple in a class action, since they have the opinion that the product cannot be used under normal weather conditions. Moreover they claim that they cannot use it in the daytime as an E-Book-Reader owing to the daylight.

Who will be on right in court remains to be seen. But at least there is an opportunity to cool down the iPad in a timely manner. However users have to stick around a kitchen therefore.

Apple has been collecting iPhone-user locations secretly for 3 years

Published on July 26, 2010 by Andre in Tips and Tricks and iPhone 4. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Apple uses the location services to improve their ads!

Apple agrees that they have collected their users locations since 2008.  It is admittedly possible to disable the location services, but after changing the configurations no application can use the service anymore. The collected data shell be used for the advertising service iAd to tailor ads to single users. More precisely to show the users ads containing shops nearby. This hits all Apple products with location service, even Mac-Computers.

Whether this way of doing  is legal will be decided in court.

Amazon USA sells more E-Books than hardcovers

Published on July 20, 2010 by Andre in Technology News and Tips and Tricks. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Amazons own brand E-Book Reader Kindle.

Digital books are on the increase according to the business figures Amazon published. The world largest retailer sells meanwhile more E-Books than hardcovers. In the last month Amazon sold on 100 regular books 180 E-Books.  This led to triple business numbers of E-Books at the turn of the half-year 2010.

Amazon did not mention absolute numbers, but reinforced their own statistics with information of the Association of American Publishers, whereby the sale of E-Books increased by 207 percent in the annual comparison.

Chief executive Jeff Bezos cites the price cutting of the own brand E-Book Reader as ones reason.

Androids Market Place increased tenfold

Published on July 15, 2010 by Andre in Android, Android app, Technology News and Tips and Tricks. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

Googles Android: iPhones greatest competition.

The number of Apps for Googles Smartphone Software Android grows at express speed. The quantity of new added software has been increasing month to month for a year and now the mark of 90.000 Apps is passed. In June 2009 the number of new added applications amounted to about 1700 and in June 2010 it were nearly  already 17000 new software-apps, which means that the market place could decuple in a year.

This trend might continue in the future, since its no more than mid-July and there are already 10.000 new apps in the market place this month.  Based on this expansion rate there might be a million software downloads from android users right now.

Needless to say FriendCaller also offers an application for Android. For this reason Android users also have the chance to benefit from FriendCallers cheap prices for international phone calls.

American product testing company attacks Apple

Published on July 14, 2010 by Andre in Browser Based VoIP, Technology News, Tips and Tricks, iPhone 4 and iPhone and iPod VoIP. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .
Consumer Reports

The most important American testing company.

The American consumer magazine “consumer reports” denied giving the iPhone4 a recommendation to buy, since the product testers traced the connection problems to a defect of construction, which means that it deals with a hardware and not as Apple declared a software problem. Moreover the magazine recommended their readers to buy the old iPhone3G S instead of the new version, the iPhone4.

This critic will surely bring sorrow to Apple, since the magazines judgment has great influence on the Americans purchasing behavior. Furthermore “consumer reports” gave the sarcastic advise to bond the regarding part of the iPhone4 with isolating tape, because this could solve the problem.

If you are affected by the problem, keep in mind that you still have chance to use FriendCaller!

Aside from that it is the first time that an Apple iPhone does not get a recommendation to buy from the reputable magazine.

Italy’s popular platform Desky integrates FriendCallers VoIP-service

Published on July 9, 2010 by Andre in Browser Based VoIP, Desky, Tips and Tricks, Travel with iPhone and iPod touch, Uncategorized, facebook and facebook web phone. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Neatly arranged surface of everything you need!

The Italian platform Desky integrated FriendCaller’s Webphone into their service. Desky offers a surface containing a collection of useful Internet tools and pages, which includes among other things a video chat, e-mail service and a forum. In addition to this the enterprise acts as a social network to cover all important sectors, since its their designated target to create a place, which unifies everything users need.

One click on the icon ”Desky Phone” lasts to set up a connection to Friendcallers Webphone, which enables the function of free international calls. Desky also offers its service in English language therewith nobody is excluded.

Apple reveals iPhone 4

Published on June 8, 2010 by Shabaz in Features, Technology News, iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

iPhone 4Apple revealed its new iPhone 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. Furthermore, iPhone 4 is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera that has a LED flash with it. HD video recording is one of the features of iPhone 4 that will help sweeping the smartphone market with glory.

iPhone 4GiPhone 4 comes with the new Apple iOS 4. Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform. There are over 100 new features as compared to the last model, iPhone 3GS. The new iBooks app is also included in the iOS 4, and one can sync their books with bookstores, and can also read and store PDFs in iBooks. There are over 60,000 books available in the iBookstore, and since the launch of Apple’s iPad (two months ago), five million books have been downloaded.

iPhone 4 HDiPhone 4 users will be able to experience an amazing talk time of over seven hours on 3G networks, and up to 10 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi and up to six hours of web browsing on 3G. The battery life and graphic performance is enhanced due to the use of the Apple’s new A4 processor. iPhone 4 also offers 802.11 n Wi-Fi networking and adds quad-band HSUPA to provide 7.2mbps downlink and 5.8mbps uplink capability.

Apple plans to offer its iPhone 4 to customers in US, France, Germany, Japan and UK on June 24, and provides an opportunity to pre-order iPhone 4 from June 15. Also on June 24, a new iPhone 3GS 8GB model will be available, adding up to the 16GB and 32GB 3GS models stream released last year.

OS 4.0 updateiOS 4 can be downloaded after June 21 and iPhones (3GS models only), iPads, and iPod touches (3rd Generation) can be upgraded via iTunes 9.2 or later. FriendCaller has been successfully tested on the new iOS 4 and updates to the new version of FriendCaller for iOS 4 will be released shortly after the iOS availability via iTunes.

The iPad’s count is now a 2m

Published on June 4, 2010 by Shabaz in Technology News, iPad, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

ipad 2 millionOn May 31, 2010, Apple announced that iPad sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. A million iPads were sold out till 1st May, which was after the 28 days of its launch, and hence beating iPhone, which hit the 1m count in 74 days after its release date.

“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”

iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App store. Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps just for the iPad alone. The iPad also supports the 200,000 apps already available on App Store.

And yes, FriendCaller has been one of the new exciting 5,000 iPad apps, and is still running for free, marking its top 10 position among the top gross selling apps in app stores of United States, Germany, France, Australia, United Kingdom, and Italy.