Most small business owners and home-based business operators cannot afford to hire full-time receptionists, nor can them afford to waste their valuable time on answering phone calls all-day. This is where the concept of virtual receptionist becomes increasingly popular.
Why Virtual Receptionist?
To attract clients, you need to make your business appear professional. The biggest turn-off when some potential clients calls your business is being greeted by some recorded message and voicemail. In fact, majority of the people said that they would not leave a message in the voicemail and would rather take their business else where. For a small business, that represents a big loss in potential clients.
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Even though the 2010 Toyota Prius is the third generation of its kind, it received a 90% makeover in terms of its functional components. The car now boasts many new technologies that usually only appears on the more luxurious models. Before we get to the new technologies, it’s equally important to mention that the engine is now increased to 1.8-liters and the batter pack has been upgraded for more capacity. The air conditioning, water pump, and power steering systems are all electrically-powered now. The new Prius gets 51/48 fuel efficiency with a 10-year, 150,000-mile warranty.
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PBX which stands for private branch exchange, is a telephone exchange system. Originally a PBX was designed to control phone systems through in-house operators within a company. Today, a PBX has expanded functionalities to connect fax machines, computer modems, and other types of technology that route through the phone lines.
As businesses of all sizes begin to look into VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), virtual PBX suddenly became an attractive option. A virtual PBX arrangement, in which a telephony system is provided through an Internet download and then managed by an outside service, offers a low-cost and easy-to-set-up means without having to maintain a staff. Now, the telephone exchange system is hosted at an outside VoIP provider.
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Apple is long rumored to be working on a tablet-like device that’s bigger than iPod Touch, but smaller than its MacBook. Most likely, Apple has observed the success Amazon had with its Kindle device that it decided to jump in. There is clearly a market for these mid-size PCs as some projected 20 million devices will be shipped this year, doubling last year’s output.
Let’s say if Apple is indeed working on such device, its dream features would be
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Sony has joined in the video game race by unveiling its new technology inventions last week - a prototype of a motion-sensing system with a controller that can be wielded as a sword, a baseball bat, a gun and even a bow and arrow. Creator Richard Marks told an audience at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California. that the new system will hit stores in the spring of 2010.
Obviously Sony’s news is a direct response to Microsoft’s announcement of Project Natal - Microsoft’s motion-sensing controller. Nintendo also announced technological improvements to its popular Wii system. All three gaming companies seem to have agreed that the future of gaming lies in motion-sensing game play.
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Today’s the day which Microsoft officially replaces its unsuccessful Live Search with a new technology invention: Bing. How is Bing different from Google? For starters, Bing is also set up to organize search results in relevant groups rather than as a series of links. It uses technology from Powerset (a search technology company Microsoft acquired) for its search presentation.
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