Over the past week I've been working on improving both communications and education in my company so I felt an internal newsletter that could quickly be generated would fit the bill. One of the tools I've discovered is FlashIssue, a very easy to use add-in that works with GMail, MailChimp or simply read as a … Read more
Vidtel, whom I am a shareholder in, continues to make moves in the WebRTC space with news today adding WebRTC-based screen sharing and content sharing. Now MeetMe participants can use their web browser to join and participate in videoconferences and with the news today, they can share content with other participants. Because it's all software based and … Read more
I was scouring the news today and found some forward thinking companies are using Infocomm as the springboard to launch or help propel their WebRTC efforts. Who did? Well rather than a series of blog posts, here's a quick summary: StarLeaf is promising video calling and conferencing hardware and software solution integration. Vidtel and IntelePeer are … Read more
WebRTC's roadmap (Photo credit: Tsahi Levent-Levi) WebRTC is hot. My agency already has 7 clients engaged deeply into the space as it is a disruptive technology that is changing the way the world communicates – While a benefit and threat to telcos, depending on how they approach it, already we're seeing that Enterprise companies are … Read more
With the upcoming WebRTC World Conference in Atlanta end of this month, we're already starting to see companies, both large and small begin to tip their hands, as they dip their toes into the WebRTC waters. So it's no surprise that Broadsoft has moved WebRTC into their UC-One platform, as today's news announcement lays out. … Read more
TracFone Wireless (Photo credit: Wikipedia) WalMart sells phones, landline and mobile. WalMart sells phone services, both mobile and landline, and I'm not saying they are the operator, but they are bringing out with consistency, services that provide an option to the traditional phone company or mobile operator. First up, is StraightTalk, which for $45.00 a … Read more
Long time VoIP personality Jeff Pulver, is back in the communications business with the recent funding of Zula, his cloud based mobile collaboration venture that he's starting with one of the original founders of DeltaThree, Jacob Ner-David. Pulver is best know for the VON Conference Series which he once sold, reaquired and then saw pulled out from under … Read more
If there ever was a time when Skype was ripe for being knocked off their throne, it's now. You see, Skype despite all of Steve Ballmer's promises to telecom leaders after the acquisition was first announced, and the claims that Skype will be an independent company, under Tony Bates' leadership, all signs indicate that Skype … Read more
Have you noticed that Google put Hangouts on iOS? And did you see that AT&T is saying the same thing to Google that they said to Apple about FaceTime and data plans…Do you think the billions into the network updates are not buying as much capacity as needed? At the same time the updates to … Read more
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Getting the SFR Paycard up and running was mostly an easy experience. Going to the product website, and using Google Chrome which translates foriegn langueges on the fly, made it easy. I went to the activate page, filled out the form, and found that I needed to use an address in France, … Read more
