Google Voice API Shutdown Saddens Me

Here's the untold story that dates back to 2006 or so when I was working on the social media aspects of GrandCentral, now Google Voice. Back then, I was traveling a lot to the UK and France and wanted to have access in both directions to my incoming calls and voice mail messages, as well … Read more

Are We About To Enter The World Of Really Free Calling?

Image via CrunchBase There's a lot of rumors swirling around that GoogleVoice is going to basically disappear and be fully merged into Hangouts. You can likely thank the likes of Gizmo Voice founder Michaeal Robertson and the now Uber UberConference team of Vincent Paquet and Craig Walker for all their pioneering work years back. Basically … Read more

WebRTC News for Tuesday June 25 2013-Early Edition

WebRTC Single Page Application (Photo credit: Tsahi Levent-Levi) As I wing it towards Atlanta I had a chance to do a quick read of the news that's coming out on the subject of WebRTC. As I mentioned earlier in the week, there will be lots of news announcements coming out surrounding the WebRTC World Conference … Read more

Miami Calling—Hello Startup Camp and IT Expo

Image via CrunchBase Tomorrow I say "cheerio" to London for the second time this year. And for the second time this year I'm not leaving London for home, but for an industry conference. In my mind the new year hasn't really started as I've only been home for five nights in my own bed before … Read more

Why I’m Excited About Next Week’s IT Expo

There's one reason I'm excited about IT Expo. It's called Startup Camp.  Startup Camp is perhaps the most relevant example of what is really happening in the telecom and tech world today at the twice annual confernence.  For the past four StartUpCamp they have had standing room only crowds, and key speakers iincluding startup luminaries … Read more

Should Google Voice Open Up?

Image via CrunchBase I was around just after Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet created and launched GrandCentral, which became post acquistion by Google, GoogleVoice. We worked with the two and helped make it a known qualtity, and to this day, my GV number is the number that makes me so easily reachable. But in over … Read more

Is Google Voice The Bride or the Bride’s Maid?

Image via CrunchBase Google left GoogleVoice off the list of presentations from Google I/O last week and Skype Journal's Phil Wolff is all upset and cranky. In a short terse post today the all things IP and Skype pundit and friend goes off on a semi rant asking: "Where’s the platform, folks? Will Skype’s platform … Read more