Telecommuting is Really Here

My name is Andy, and I am a telecommuter. Today's New York Times has a story about telecommuniting, a subject near and dear to my heart. You see, I've been telecommuting since before there even was the term. It began back in 1976 when at the end of every night my home office – it … Read more

Jajah Going ByeBye-What Does this Do To Yahoo Messenger?

Jajah is being shut down. Jajah was acquired about five years back for the inflated sum of a reported $207 million dollars by Telefonica. The purcahse was intented to give Telefonica a deeper involvment in VoIP and then enabled them to take over the operations of Yahoo Voice when Yahoo basically started to ween itself away from … Read more

IT Expo Heats Up Las Vegas with Jeff Bonforte of Yahoo

Many of us are traveling today and tomorrow for TMCNet's IT Expo in Las Vegas that runs the bulk of this week. For me, it's a chance to connect with friends and industry associates, moderate a few panels, and see what's new at Startup Camp, which to me, is the most exciting part of the … Read more

I’m Moderating At ITExpo, Jeff Bonforte Returns To Startup Camp

Later this month many of us in the telecom world will head to Las Vegas for the second ITExpo of the year. I agreed to moderate three panels and pal Larry Lisser is staging another StartUp Camp, and has wrangled Yahoo's Jeff Bonforte to handle the keynote. While the panels are interesting, and mine will … Read more

WhatApp Rumors with Google and What May Happen

I love WhatsApp. I use it daily, especially to stay in touch with friends in Europe and elsewhere to avoid the costs of SMS. Sure, I can use GoogleVoice, but if those across the water don't have a US based GoogleVoice number it means an international SMS. Whatsapp helps me avoid that. Recently rumors of … Read more

Yahoo Voice Shutting Down

Yahoo! Messenger Icon (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just learned that Yahoo Voice is shutting down at the end of January. Yahoo! will no longer offer Phone In and Phone Out services to our users, although free Messenger-to-Messenger calls will still be available through your Yahoo! Messenger service.     Interestingly, the news came to me from … Read more

Skype Deal Officially Closed – Now A Microsoft Division

After clearing all the regulatory hurdles in the EU and USA, Skype is now a division of Microsoft. For the first few months we likely won't see much change in how Skype behaves, but over time, we will. For many Skype users the change won't impact them, but for some, expect to see some things … Read more