The 2009 Massive Technology Show in Vancouver on April 1st was a hit despite tough economic times. With a more focused approach this year, Massive attracted 1500 people to UBC Robson Square last week. The goal? Be empowered by technology. As you can see from the photos posted to flickr, people not only relished the opportunity to learn, but they had fun at the same time ;) Thanks to all of the speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors who helped shape a day full of inspirational ideas and powerful tools.
If you just caught the Tech Talk segment on Global TV and you’re interested in more information on visual voicemail, here’s a quick summary.
Both Telus and Rogers use a program by a company called spinvox.
Rogers costs $6/month but they only convert your voicemail to a text message
Telus’ is more robust and will convert your voicemail to text or into an email. Theirs costs $15/month.
You can also try PhoneTag. This service converts your voicemail to either text or email. When it sends you the email it also attaches the audio voicemail in case you want to listen to it.
I also talked about Telus’ Voice Control. This service is $6/month. It’s a really cool feature that allows you to have full control over your smartphone. For example, you can pull up weather, search the web, send email and text with your voice…it’s very handy.
Once in a while i like to go back into the oldie but goodie vault to share some of my favorite websites. For those of you who love a deal as much as I do, you might want to check out Deallocker. It’s a robust coupon search engine. I found it really easy to use and the best part is that it’s user driven. Meaning that when people find good coupons, they simply add them to the website so that you can enjoy the discounts too! It also works the other way whereby site visitors can flag coupons that have expired coupons and they are quickly removed from the site.
For those of you not familiar with Massive, it’s a business conference I started in Vancouver in 2005. The goal is to connect small and medium sized businesses with technologies that can help them grow. I’m really excited about this year…we’ve secured one Vancouver’s brightest thought leaders, Richard Goossen, who recently wrote the book e-Preneur and coined the phrase “crowdpreneur”. Our other keynote is Dave Steven’s the General Manager for MySpace Canada who launched Dose.ca for Canwest.
Now, if only I wasn’t sooo busy on the day of the event…I really want to enjoy the presentations too…but I usually have to sneak off :(
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