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Whoa! I can RSS with iTalk Whoa!
Nov 15th
For those living in a nutshell, RSS is Really Simple Sindication. Okay, geddit? Now, let me continue with that I wanna talk about. 
I am currently using Google Reader for my RSS feeds. It’s a beauty, but I just realized that iTalkWhoa has this RSS function all along and I never knew about it.
With RSS feeds, you can just skip the “Register for Newsletter” and just get the feeds for any new updates from any online website. You also skip the “Bookmark” way as you lump everything at one place.
I was just meddling with the iTalk Whoa! account and here is the step by step way to configure the RSS with iTalk Whoa! It is very simple, if you just follow these steps… 
Step 1 – Go to www.italkwhoa.com and login with your user and password. If you haven’t sign up yet, what are you waiting for?
Step 2 – Select the RSS Feeds under Mail panel and click on “New Group” to create new category/group.
Step 3 – A pop up box will appear and you can key in your desired category/group name and then click “Add”.
Step 4 – Just wait for a moment or you just need to logout and login again to see the updated RSS feeds that you just entered.
To input any info on News category, just search for RSS News that interest you. In the example, the feeds gather from The star newspaper.
Just go to the The Star Url – http://thestar.com.my
Scroll further down till the end of the webpage and you will see image as below:
The RSS icon placed on the right side and click on it – 
You may input or place any RSS in iTalk Whoa! for any website that have the RSS icon that looks like this >
Oh, do you know that you can get RSS Feeds from:
• Any newspaper – The star [http://thestar.com.my/rss/]
• At PC/Entertainment website – Apple [http://www.apple.com/rss/]
• At blogger website
Shown above the link for RSS Feeds in The Star newspaper. Thus you can just choose any topic that interests you the most. In this example, Sport under News been selected.
Just right click on the RSS icon besides the Sport News and select ‘Copy Link Location’.
Go back to your iTalk Whoa’s account and highlight the News icon, input ‘Sport’ under ‘Feed Description’ and paste the url copied previously.
The Sport RSS url will appear and click ‘Add New’ button and the Sport RSS will appear in the Feed Name Box as below:
To view all the RSS Feeds for sport, just click on Sport under News at the Mail Panel:
All the Sport highlights will be display in split second and you can just click on any link to read/view the full story of the day.
Notes:
Sometimes, the link create does not appear immediately. Thus user need to wait for a few minutes before the link to appear. Or user may logout and login again into iTalk Whoa! to view the link.
Okay, you read it all here at YapThomas.Com
Save More with iTalkWhoa
Jul 27th
I have been making more and more calls lately to a few country. They are China, Australia, Africa and Hong Kong. Running my own business is a real challenge as I am constantly looking for a more convenient way which is affordable to sustain my business.
iTalkWhoa now has got a special promotion to call a few countries and it got my attention more than ever. The promotional rates was started on 15th July 2010 and it will last till 31st Dec 2010.
Join iTalkWhoa now to get all the special deals. Login now to www. iTalkWhoa.com
What’s even more convenient is that I can make my call from anywhere I am but still pay the rate from Malaysia. How cool is that? Can you find something similar for me? No right? How about I introduce you to use iTalkWhoa. You will sure like it…
And guess what? Now, iTalkWhoa supports Firefox! Wheee… I can never tell u how much I hate Internet Explorer. Actually, it is more like convenience rather than hate because I am a Firefox user and I like it fast just like it does.
So yeah, back to iTalkWhoa, I am currently using this to make my international call. Even if I am running out of credits, I can top it up with an online banking. All I need to do is click on “Purchase Credit” and then you can choose any of the 15 payment options available. (Read about payment options at Rojaks.Blogspot.Com)
Two photos above thanks to Rojaks@Wingz.
What you can do now is to head over to www.italkwhoa.com and register yourself and load up and talk away.
Cheaper Call Rates with iTalk Whoa!
May 28th
I’ve been recently making a lot of international calls. Some are to friends and some are to my clients and suppliers from oversea. Well, that’s what I get for working in the travel industry. The world is my classroom yo!
My last trip to Phuket, I was using the iTalk Whoa to sms back home using local Malaysian rate. Thanks to technology, I can do so. I even got to call home at local Malaysian rate. How cool is that man?
Then recently, a blogger friend told me about iTalk Whoa’s IDD and told me to check it out. He told me that it saves him a lot of money while calling Singapore and boil porridge with his girlfriend.
Feeling the itch, I did gave it a check and trust me when I say this. iTalk Whoa’s IDD rates are a lot cheaper and I mean a lot with capital A!
I’ve pretty much compared the rates for IDD by three big telco giants here in Malaysia. I’ve got a wider understand how these telcos charge and what not, but afterall, iTalk Whoa’s plan got to be the most comprehensive and not forgeting, cheapest!
Here’s a table of comparison I’ve made based on the few countries that I frequently call.
| Country/Telcos | Orange | Green | Yellow | Blue** |
| Australia | RM 0.81 | RM 0.99 | RM 0.93 | RM 0.92 |
| India | RM 0.50 | RM 0.62 | RM 0.62 | RM 0.62 |
| China | RM 0.11 | RM 0.43 | RM 0.43 | RM 0.48 |
| Hong Kong | RM 0.14 | RM 0.50 | RM 0.43 | RM 0.48 |
| Thailand | RM 0.35 | RM 0.43 | RM 0.43 | RM 0.48 |
| Indonesia | RM 0.32 | RM 0.33 | RM 0.72 | RM 0.72 |
| Nigeria | RM 1.35 | RM 2.39 | RM 1.28 | RM 2.28 |
| South Africa | RM 0.70 | RM 2.39 | RM 2.38 | RM 2.28 |
All call rates are charged based on per minute
** Promotional rates till June 2010
Look at how much the difference is? It’s like literally WHOA! I wouldn’t believe it until I compare and see it with my own eyes. I feel cheated for not knowing it earlier that I could save a lot more with iTalk’s IDD. What more even with iTalk Whoa’s IDD rates.
Now you know eh! I ain’t no lying to you my friend. You really gotta check it out.
Log on to www.italkwhoa.com for more info .
Whoa! I Can Talk More Now with TM iTalk
Apr 7th
Whoa! Now, I can call anywhere in the country or in the world for a very cheap rate. That’s not all about iTalk Whoa!. I can actually link everything online in one single platform.
What’s iTalk Whoa! you ask?
It is a Unified Messaging and Convergence platform providing single-point access to Messaging & Collaboration systems. You can make calls just like Skype to any possible countries and the rates are just as attractive as making a call from your normal iTalk with a phone. They also have a range of other features which I will list them below.
iTalk Whoa! has an interface that connects the following features:
- Webmail
- Push eMail
- Calendar & Task
- Instant Messaging
- Web SMS
- Synchronization
- Integration Framework (Facebook, Twitter, Gtalk, Gmail, Myspace and etc.)
I’m liking the feature which enables me to SMS or make a call to any phone numbers in Malaysia via my PC. Very convenient. What if my phone died out of battery and I’m still connected. Just the phone numbers I need to add it into the list.
See… I like this SMS system because while I was in Phuket recently, my company phone got barred and I used this system to send SMS out and I am only charged local rate, while I’m oversea. How cool eh?
Oh, did I mentioned also that when you sign up with iTalk Whoa! now, you get RM 5 credit for trial? Yes! I kid you not! Give it a try and if you don’t, let me know I will double the RM 5 for you!
I’ve already got my account activated and got my RM 5 credited into my account too.
But, I would like to inform you one thing. The website, www.italkwhoa.com is ONLY COMPATIBLE with Internet Explorer 6 and above with Flash 10 capability.
I know you Firefox or Google Chrome users will go, “WTF!”. Same here, but I’m here to give constructive criticism and hope the tech team that builds the website of www.italkwhoa.com will acknowledge the need to make this site compatible with not only Internet Explorer but other web browsers too!
So, what you waiting for? Head over to www.italkwhoa.com and get WHOA! now!
