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#Mastodon #AI #phone #unix_surrealism #cable

Ok my US friends I need some help. I'm in the UK but I've had a NYC phone number (718) for ever via Skype, which is now closing.

My MiL uses the number to call us without international call charges.

I need a recommendation for a Skype replacement that I can port the number to and who can give me a mobile app to make and receive calls on. The ability to redirect calls to my landline would be an advantage.

Any recommendations gratefully received.

#Skype #SkypeNumber #AskFedi #Phone

#askfedi #phone #skype #skypenumber

I recently drove a car whose whole control and entertainment system was a gigantic iPad-like thing mounted to the dash. It caused me to have a realisation about the #Ui and #UX of touch screens.

There is no way to touch a touchscreen without it treating that touch as intentional. What I mean is: without taking my eyes off the road, I can grope across the dashboard, find a knob or button—by touching it—without activating any function. Touching the volume button or temperature knob doesn’t DO anything until I do it with more force and intentionality. Not so for a #touchscreen.

My mobile #phone (an #iPhone 13) has no dead space in its face. There’s no part of the phone face I can touch without it assuming I meant to do that and I wanted to activate whatever was under my finger. Old iPhones that had physical home buttons also had dead space to either side: a safe space to hold the phone without DOING anything.

Computer keyboard have little raised pips on the F and J keys so you can find them by touch without looking. I do this all the time. But I don’t type the letters F or J. Touch screens have no such affordances.

I look at the #blackberry keyboard in this photo and I see a raised space bar. It’s an #affordance that lets you orient your fingers, and orient how you hold the phone, without looking.

I miss buttons.

mobilesyrup.com/2025/02/15/bla…


BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired

Let's all close our eyes and go back to 2009 so we can feel the thrill of typing our first email on the go.
Brad Bennett (MobileSyrup)
#iphone #UX #ui #phone #blackberry #affordance #touchscreen

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

developers.google.com/android/…


Google System APK Transparency

Google for Developers
#android #apple #google #privacy #mobile #phone #androidsystemsafetycore

The first text message was sent on this day in 1992 by then a 22-year-old engineer Neil Papworth to wish "Merry Christmas" to his colleague.

"It didn't feel momentous at all. For me it was just getting my job done on the day and ensuring that our software that we'd been developing for a good year was working OK."

history.com/this-day-in-histor…

#OTD #OnThisDay #technology #history #phone #TextMessage #MerryChristmas

First SMS text message is sent

On December 3, 1992, the first SMS text message in history is sent: Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old engineer, uses a personal computer to send the text message “Merry Christmas” via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
Missy Sullivan (HISTORY)
#technology #history #otd #phone #onthisday #textmessage #merrychristmas

#app #phone #unix_surrealism #technomage

#email #passwords #phone

You can now get three kinds of #PureOS subscription from @purism!

Each of them:

- Helps maintaining releases and bug fixes
- Helps pushing code to other projects

Free and Open Source Software (#FOSS) developers also need an #income!

Consider subscribing if you want to advance #Linux #privacy friendly computing or if you are using #MobileLinux.

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#opensource #phone #librem5 #pinephone #chatty #mobian #linux

Search Results for “pureos subscription” – Purism

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#linux #foss #pinephone #opensource #privacy #mobian #librem5 #pureos #phone #MobileLinux #chatty #income @Purism

#purism #USA #phone #libertyphone

Funding available for (individual) #FOSS #developers and projects.

#NLnet is seeking project proposals between 5.000 and 50.000 euro.

Currently open for proposals:
1️⃣ #NGItaler (electronic payment related)
2️⃣ #NGImobifree (Android related)
3️⃣ #NGIzero (very broad)

Closing: 1 June 2024

Easily submit proposal:
nlnet.nl/propose/

More info:
nlnet.nl/funding.html

FAQ:
nlnet.nl/mobifree/faq/

#MobileLinux #Linux #opensource #librem5 #pinephone #mobile #phone #software #grant #EU #mobian

NLnet; Apply for funding

nlnet.nl
#linux #foss #pinephone #opensource #mobian #mobile #librem5 #software #nlnet #EU #phone #MobileLinux #grant #ngizero #developers #ngitaler #ngimobifree

#Tusky #email #google #apps #Instagram #sms #slack #linkedin #phone #viber #EducateMePlease #chats

#EU #tech #europe #righttorepair #phone #batteries

Ever need to get in contact with a company like Amazon, HP, etc.? Here is a website that you might want to bookmark! It is a alphabetical directory of companies and their contact information. Check it out and bookmark it! Directories - LiveAgent liveagent.com/directory/. #contact #Directory #Phone #Email #chat

Directories - LiveAgent

Can't find the support contact information? Check out LiveAgent directories and get in touch with the support you're seeking.
Quality Unit, LLC
#email #chat #phone #contact #directory

Congrats to the winners of the give-away raffle supported by Purism at the SCaLE 20x – the 20th Annual Southern California Linux Expo held in Pasadena, California. 🎉
#librem5usa #phone #linux #librem
#linux #librem #phone #librem5usa

If you have a Librem 5 or Librem 5 USA #phone or are planning to buy one, we strongly recommend adding the Lapdock Kit and unlocking all of this extra potential 🎉

Check out top 10 tips by President of Purism, and a Lapdock super-user, @kyle

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My Top 10 Lapdock Kit Tips – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#phone @Kyle Rankin

All SMS codes are archived by the operator.
is it possible to track the account associated with an sms code?
Does server record my #phone number?
I am concerned about the way accounts are stored / logged on the server. If my phone number is stored somehow then I am not interested with that solution.
Thankx,
#XMPP #Android
#xmpp #android #phone

📢 One and only chance this year! Final days to score $100 off on your Librem 5 USA. We ship your Made in USA electronics #phone within 10 business days. Use the code Librem5USA when you check out 🎉

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Extended till 10 December 2022: Special Year End Promotion for Librem 5 USA – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#phone

A lot of countries employ voting templates to allow blind votees to cast a ballot in local or state elections. It's the same in Poland and in my experience it has been pretty much prone to mistakes such as the ballot paper slipping a fraction underneath the template. This is why I was happy to learn that Australia and New Zealand employed the "voting by phone" system. Blind citizens of these countries are one of the groups elligible to vote by phone. In order to do that, one calls the central voting committee to register, is assigned unique credentials that allow the person taking the vote to identify the elligibility in an anonymous way. On the day of voting, the elligible person calls another number where only the previously agreed credentials are taken from them, the ballot paper is read and the vote is cast by telling the committee representative. Sounds simple and flawless but perhaps there are some security flaws I am not aware of that made it not a more globally adopted solution. Thoughts?
ecq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/p…
#Accessibility #Blind #AdventCalendar #Australia #NewZealand #Voting #Phone
#Accessibility #blind #voting #australia #phone #newzealand #adventcalendar

#privacy #News #tech #computer #data #phone #study

Just so you can get all your holiday orders in, we’ve extended the sale on Librem 5 USA #phone till Dec 10, 2022 🙌

Get a $100 off this holiday season on your order for Librem 5 USA with coupon code LIBREM5USA. Hurry and order now!🏃

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Extended till 10 December 2022: Special Year End Promotion for Librem 5 USA – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#phone

#privacy #security #phone #promo #sale

When I was 9 or so, I discovered that one of the cineplex complexes in Poland operated a phone line with an IVR system that would let you explore the entire schedule of currently running movies. This was my first means of accessing information independently and on-demand. I was the movies expert in our house at that time and with movies like "Shrek", "Matrix", "Starwars" and "Harry Potter" coming out this was the time to be alive. I dreamt then that we will be able to access all of the info we want through a telephone. Turns out that's what #Switzerland is doing right now.
Voicenet is the service of the Swiss Union of the Blind, where you can call in and receive all the information you need to access culture, shopping, receive advice, benefit from the organization's services etc.
Some things you can find there:
- the current supermarket prospects with all of the weekly discounts and special offers read by volunteers;
- TV and radio schedule, including information on movies with audiodescription aired throughout the week;
- traffic and construction works;
- rail schedules;
- signing up for the Union's events;
- a voice forum where users can ask for advice and exchange information;
All of that provided by volunteers and an editorial team in three languages: German, French and Italian with the ability to navigate through content E.G. jumping from beverages to dairy products with the phone's keypad.
I realize that things like the NFB Newsline exist but it seems that, as Switzerland is a much smaller country, it is easier to offer much more local information.
sbv-bvas.ch/voicenet-2/
#Accessibility #Blind #Phone #languages #Switzerland #German #French #Italian #AdventCalendar

Voicenet des Schweizerischer Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Sektion Aargau-Solothurn

VoiceNet ein interaktives Hörmedium +41(0)31 390 88 88 und bietet umfassende Informationen des Schweizer Blinden und Sehbehindertenverband
Bith (sbv-bvas)
#Accessibility #blind #languages #german #french #italian #phone #switzerland #adventcalendar

🎁 Score $100 off this holiday season on your order for Librem 5 USA. With the holiday season in full swing, this is a great gift for any one in your family concerned about secure supply chain or online privacy. Offer valid till 5 Dec 2022, so hurry!

Standard orders ship within 10 business days. 🚀

#librem5usa #librem #phone #purism #security #freedom #madeinUSA

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Special Year End Promotion for Librem 5 USA – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#security #purism #librem #freedom #phone #librem5usa #madeinusa

#Tusky #android #mobile #phone #mobileapp #androidphone

Convergence means having the same OS across multiple hardware platforms with apps that adapt to their hardware. Experience a #phone, #laptop, #tablet, #desktop, all running #software that respects your privacy and freedom. Take a look!

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Shape Shifting Computer, Powered by Convergence – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#software #Tablet #laptop #phone #desktop

#librem5 #News #phone

#linux #pinephone #Pine64 #phone

UnifiedPush is a set of specifications and free open source tools to help users get more control over how their phone's (or computers's) notifications are handled. You can follow the project at:

➡️ @unifiedpush

The project website is at unifiedpush.org

There are options for self-hosting notification systems if needed.

#UnifiedPush #Notifications #PushNotifications #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Smartphones #Phones #Smartphone #Phone #Dev #SelfHosting #Computing

UnifiedPush

UnifiedPush is a set of specifications and tools that lets the user choose how push notifications* are delivered. All in a free and open source way.
unifiedpush.org
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #floss #UnifiedPush #notifications #smartphones #libre #smartphone #selfhosting #dev #computing #phone #phones #pushnotifications @UnifiedPush

#phone

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