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New Tools Will Mash Up Phone, Mobile, & Net

Ribbit debuts platform to blend services across all your connections

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(Newser) – A startup called Ribbit today unveiled a tool to let developers create voice communication applications that unify Internet-based and traditional telephony services, including phones and text messaging. Developers can include voicemail and calling functions, and can embed their apps in Web pages and Web-based services, reports Reuters. The platform supports Internet calling systems such as Skype.

Ribbit will allow developers to charge for their services and handle billing on their behalf. One developer already created an application that embeds calling and voicemail in Salesforce.com's web pages. In addition to making and getting calls, it lest users listen to and send voicemails, see transcripts of voice messages, and sort them. Ribbit said more than 650 developers are creating similar applications.

Exterior of the Salesforce.com building in San Mateo, Calif. is seen in this Aug. 15, 2007 file photo. Salesforce.com Inc. is expected to report quarterly earnings Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
Exterior of the Salesforce.com building in San Mateo, Calif. is seen in this Aug. 15, 2007 file photo. Salesforce.com Inc. is expected to report quarterly earnings Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul...   (Associated Press)
Logitech's ClearChat Pro USB headset features proprietary laser-tuned audio drivers, an audio equalizer switch and a noise-canceling microphone; the ClearChat Comfort USB headset features a padded headband and plush ear pads for exceptional comfort. (Photo
Logitech's ClearChat Pro USB headset features proprietary laser-tuned audio drivers, an audio equalizer switch and a noise-canceling microphone; the ClearChat Comfort USB headset features a padded headband...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by eBay, President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Meg Whitman, left, stands with Niklas Zennstrom, CEO and Co founder of Skype, the global Internet communications company, in central London, in this Monday Sept, 12, 2005 file photo. (AP Photos / Sergio Dionisio, eBay)
In this photo released by eBay, President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Meg Whitman, left, stands with Niklas Zennstrom, CEO and Co founder of Skype, the global Internet communications company,...   (Associated Press)
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