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There’s a new feature in RingCentral’s app for iOS devices: inbound voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) support. In addition to offering inbound VoIP, the latest version of the RingCentral iOS app – available for download now in the App Store – addresses a number of bugs. What does inbound VoIP support mean for you? If you’re a RingCentral [...]

DCIT develops point-of-sale and inventory-control software for jewelry retailers. The company’s MySQL-based software is designed to be reliable, scalable and easy to use – so it’s little wonder DCIT turned to RingCentral for business phone service. DCIT is heavily reliant on its phone system, company founder Raffi Minassian told us. DCIT sells its products through [...]

Ever tried to find an apartment? It’s not a fun process. One RingCentral customer, Apartment Hunters, helps make the apartment-discovery process a little less painful – for people in its central Florida operating area, at least. The firm’s service is completely free to use. (Its revenue comes from the apartment communities with which it collaborates.) [...]

Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phone systems are gaining traction for both personal and business use. What’s so great about online telephony – and why is it grabbing market share from old-line telecom providers? Here are 10 of the biggest reasons: 1. Hosted phone solutions require no on-site equipment. That means you have more space [...]

The year 1973 was a big one. No, it was not the year I was born. It was the year the Watergate scandal was in full swing and when Stevie Wonder topped the charts. It was also the year when the first handheld cellular telephone call was made on April 3, 1973 by Martin Cooper in New York City. Forty [...]

Most RingCentral customers rely on their phone systems to contact customers, vendors and partners – standard business use cases. But there are some in the RingCentral-verse who have much more innovative ways of making the most of their RingCentral service. RingCentral Superfan Owen McGab Enaohwo is one of the latter. Owen and his business partners [...]

Whether you’re a longtime iPad user or you just got one as a holiday gift, you’re probably quite familiar with the tablet’s entertainment options. There are, after all, a bevy of apps and platforms – from games like Angry Birds to media services like the iTunes Store – that make the iPad an entertainment powerhouse. [...]

We’re big fans of Fast Company magazine – it covers design, innovation, entrepreneurship and business success in a visually compelling and entertaining way. So we are excited to announce that Naveen Gupta, our chief product officer, authored a piece that appears this week on FastCompany.com. Naveen notes in his article the growing importance of text [...]

Cloud computing is revamping entire industries – and telecommunications is no exception. Compared to the legacy phone systems they’re designed to replace, cloud phone services like RingCentral are easier to access, more mobile-friendly and better able to bring virtual workforces together. How do RingCentral Office’s features improve accessibility, mobility and unity for businesses? Read on: [...]

One hundred and thirty-seven years ago yesterday, the first telephone call took place. Any guess as to who placed the call and what was said? (The answers are at the end of this post.) In honor of this most auspicious of audio anniversaries, we polled nearly 2,000 people to determine how our collective phone habits [...]