Category: Local Business

Google Voice. . .For EVERYONE!

admin
Jun 22 |19:08

The service, which started life out as GrandCentral, acts as a unified phone number. It can be used to make free calls to the U.S. and Canada, to send free text messages and more. Its voicemail system can even bechecked by e-mail.

Now, after more than fifteen months of testing with invite-only accounts, Google Voice is ready for the masses.

As great as the service is, it hasn’t existed without controversy. Last summer, Apple was criticized when the company barred the Google Voice iPhone app from its App StoreApp Store. The battle over Google Voice was arguably the first shot in the current Apple-GoogleGoogle war.

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52.5 Records: Battling Local Chain Retailers

Colin
Jun 8 |13:32
52.5 Records
Author: Colin

52.5 Records startred as a small record store that opened at 52.5 Wentworth Street in 1997 with 500 square feet of store space.  It out grew the space and move to 561 King Street in 2006 and has been a huge part of the music industry in Cannonborough ever since.  At 52.5 Records they have strong corporate culture that revolves around the music and not the money and coincidentally this has allowed them to compete with large chain retailers such as Best Buy, Target, and Wal-Mart.   Read More…

 

Trattoria Lucca; Bringing Tuscany to Chucktown

Colin
Jun 7 |14:36
italian food
Author: Colin

Trattoria Lucca is located at 41 bogard street in the heart of the Elliotborough neighborhood.    The restaurant is ran by Head Chef, Ken Vedrinski, who has found his passion for Italian cuisine through cooking in his grandmother’s kitchen under her passion-infused, Italian-influenced tutelage.  Vedrinski was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University which is evident if you have had a chance any one of his amazing dishes. Read More…

 

Dave’s: Fried Fish Done Right

Colin
Jun 3 |20:33
Daves Seafood
Author: Colin

Dave’s Carry Out has been serving the Cannonborough community since 2006 since when it moved to its corner storefront located at Morris street and Coming Street.  If you walk by the smell of delicious fried food fills the air and entices any passer by to step inside.  Dave’s specialty dish is it’s fried shrimp dish which comes with a bed of rice and french fries and is served on a styrofoam dish.   Read More…

 

Mia Pomodori; Best Pizza In Elliotborough

Colin
Jun 1 |13:55
Pizza
Author: Colin

Mia Pomodori is owned by Paul DeSantis, a native of Brooklyn, NY who knows pizza.  He grew up watching his mother cook which fostered his love for cooking.  His parents were immigrants of Bari, Italy who came to the States and brought some amazing recipes with them.  DeSantis puts his heart and soul in every pizza he makes and if you have ever tried his pizza you can believe it.   Read More…