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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 comps protective covers

Published on July 7, 2010 by Andre in Browser Based VoIP, Technology News, Tips and Tricks, VoIP Freedom, facebook web phone, iPad, iPhone 4 and iPhone and iPod VoIP. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Steve Jobs holds the iPhone in the "right" hand!

At first the connection problems with the iPhone 4 were the users fault. Then it was a software problem and now Apple comps protective covers, which indicates a hardware problem.

Owners of an iPhone 4 have been complaining about connection difficulties for weeks. The problems appear if left-handed users cover a particular point of the smart phone with their fingers. Steve Jobs commentary on this subject is meanwhile deemed to be legendary, since he just gave the advice to hold the phone in the other hand.

After this, Apple acknowledged their fault and announced that they will develop a software update, which patches the problem.

But now Apple virtually acknowledged a hardware fault according to the Internet site Appleinsider. A New Yorker Enterprise contacted Apple with a video showing the connection problems and as a result Apple gave them protective covers as a present. This protective cover prevents the option of touching this particular point. This falsifies Apples statement that it just deals with a software problem here.

But do not worry! If you are left-handed and you still want to call you friends you can use FriendCaller to do so, because we are not just offering the iPhone App.

Moreover we supply the Webphone!

iPhone, iPad and iPod touch conversion in to a FREE VoIP phone

Published on June 7, 2010 by Shabaz in Android, Android app, Tips and Tricks, VoIP Freedom, iPad, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

cut down phone billsWould you like to cut down the huge phone bills your iPhone or iPad operator sends you every month? Would you like to pay only the monthly base contract price and get rid of all the call charges applicable on your contract every month? We bet anyone would like to do that as soon as possible. The solution is to use the evolutionary Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. With VoIP you can call anyone on the Internet for FREE, and can make cheap calls to any mobile or landline worldwide.

FriendCaller VoIP app running in backgroundFriendCaller ranks among Top 10 apps in the Social Networking category in app stores around the world. One can download the free app for his/her iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and can make full use of the VoIP technology. Not to forget, FriendCaller is also available for Android. And the advantage for Android users is that they can use FriendCaller app on Android as a background service. This means that they can use their Android as they like; play games, browse Internet, watch movies, listen songs or use any other application, and side by side FriendCaller runs in the background, converting a normal cellular android phone in to a full featured VoIP phone. One can receive and make calls anytime and won’t have to quit current activity. Whereas, in case of Apple products, like iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, 3rd party application can not run in the background, and one has to quit the current activity to make a call or receive one.

The problem to convert the iPhone, iPad or the iPod touch in to a full featured VoIP phone has now been resolved. With the new release of Apple’s OS 4.0, multitasking is no more a problem now. Now you can make and receive calls on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch anytime, and you won’t have to quit the current application. This new multitasking feature of OS 4.0 makes using the iPhone or iPad so much easy, and finally any one can convert their device in to a full featured VoIP phone for FREE, and forget about the expensive cellular calling plans of their operators.

FriendCaller OS4.0 background Incoming call via FriendCaller running in background

Soon, you will be able to experience FriendCaller on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on OS 4.0. Please note that multitasking is only possible via OS 4.0 on iPad (all versions), iPod touch (3rd Generation only), and iPhone (3GS models only). Above you can see screenshots of FriendCaller on the new OS 4.0 running as a background app, and an incoming call notification. Stay tuned, and not long from now, you can enjoy it too :)