Reinforcing its commitment to making international calling easier, MOBIVOX announced today the launch of its new “Call Me” button.

MOBIVOX members simply place the Call Me button into their e-mail signatures or onto social network profiles, blogs, auction sites and other Web pages, enabling them to receive calls from around the world, while keeping their phone numbers private. Source: Experience Mobility » Blog Archive » MOBIVOX Introduces International Calling Made Easier

I’ve tried MOBIVOX and agree with Alec Saunders that you should just try it.  Yes, Lypp is good too, but Lypp does require an IM client to work, MOBIVOX is a phone number.  Really both are awesome, just pick the one that works best for you.

Ironic isn’t it?  Canadians are pushing the boundaries of cell phone convenience and cost-savings while we have some of the worst rates and plans in the world.

Personally, while I use my Blackberry as a modem when I don’t have WiFi, I don’t think I really get everything out of the connection.  I think it could be faster.  I long for a really good PC card with an unlimited data plan that I can use in the US and Canada without costing me an arm and a leg.

That’s a post for another day, I guess.

Post from: EveryJoe

MOBIVOX innovates again with easy calling–Just "Call Me"

ConceptShare
Productivity

CoverItLive
Publishing & Photography

Dabble DB
Productivity

Flickr
Publishing & Photography

Flock
Browsing

Mobivox
Communication

StumbleUpon
Social

WordPress
Publishing & Photography

Source: All the Webware 100 finalists in one place | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

Okay I know that Flickr, Flock, StumbleUpon, and WordPress aren’t Canadian per se, but Flickr and SU were born here and both Flock and WordPress have folks up here.

Still this list is very impressive.  CoverItLive is one of my new fav online apps.  If I have a solid net connection at a conference, be sure I’ll be using it to cover the sessions.

There are also several companies on the list who aren’t Canadian, but are ones I really like:

BlogTalkRadio
Audio

Carbonite
Utility & Security

Delicious
Social

Feedburner
Publishing & Photography

FeedHub
Browsing

Firefox
Browsing

Gmail
Communication

OpenDNS
Utility & Security

Picnik
Publishing & Photography

Scrabulous
Social

Skype
Communication

Techmeme
Browsing

Technorati
Search & Reference

ThinkFree Online
Productivity

Twitter
Publishing & Photography

Congratulations to all the finalists … this is a great time to try a new app or three.  Sure some of the folks (IE, Yahoo, and all the Live services) are nothing terribly new or innovative, but they do influence the Internet and how we use it.

Update: Thanks to Greg at TechVibes for pointing out that I missed Toronto-based Octopz in my list of Canadian companies.  Cool, another company to check out!

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Canadian companies in the Webware 100