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Expat Tech: Watch Netflix and Hulu from Argentina

August 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

I had previously written about downloading or streaming US television shows and movies while in Buenos Aires, but as that article is now almost a year and a half old, I’ve been meaning to get around to updating it.  In the time since I wrote that post, I’ve switched to a new solution that I [...]

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Expat Tech: New iPhone Jailbreak Released For All iPhones

August 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

A new, incredibly simple iPhone jailbreak has just been released for all iPhones, including the new iPhone 4.  Whereas previous jailbreaks required some technical knowledge and figuring out what software package to download, this new jailbreak is as simple as visiting the jailbreakme.com web site from your iPhone’s Safari browser. Now, while this new tool will [...]

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Expat Tech: Skype Now Supports Multi-Tasking

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

We previously reported at the end of May on Skype adding support for 3G calling to their iPhone app and are now happy to report that as of yesterday, Skype now also supports multi-tasking on Apple’s new iOS 4 for the iPhone 4 and 3GS. What this means is that you can now run Skype [...]

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Vonage Reduces Cost to Call Argentine Cell Phones by 65%

July 21st, 2010 · No Comments

I’ve long been a customer and fan of Vonage, so it was especially nice to get an email from them today announcing a number of rate decreases.  While Vonage offers free calls to most foreign landline phones, they often charge for calling mobile numbers. With today’s announcement, they have reduced the per-minute rate from U$S [...]

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