Andy Abramson 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
Image via CrunchBase For years those of us who have recognized that bits are bits and voice can be carried over data pipes (i.e. VOIP) have always simply looked at any data connection as a pipe. Give me unfettered access over the Internet and I'll give you a better way to communicate was the basic … Read more
Telecom Law Monitor, from regulatory law firm Kelley Drye tells us that the FCC is telling VoIP and Broadband service providers to report outages or pay the fines. Basically this means that service providers are more and more being told to play on a level playing field with no distinction between legacy and next generation. … Read more
For years roaming on WiFi was Boingo and everybody else. And with everybody else the back office issues were immense. And for mobile operators who have a back office solution for mobile voice and data roaming there already were solutions that made things like authentication and settlement easy. Well not so for WiFi. That's why … Read more
Image via CrunchBase So give props to pal Om Malik for breaking the story. Skype is going to Microsoft. It's a big win for a lot of people, most of all the original founders and it's a fit. As I wrote over the weekend there was little chance Google would really buy Skype. Too many … Read more
Om reports on the steady stream of rumors that Skype is likely to be bought by now either Facebook, Google or Microsoft. Here's why I think the company may be bought.. 1. Facebook-they need a realtime comms platform to put themselves inside. Skype's new Web OS effortes being led by Jonathan Rosenberg and Jason Fischl … Read more
According to tech support agent Sky at Verizon Wireless the LTE upgrade for the Motorola Xoom is now slated for the start of summer not the original 90 days after launch that was reported as "official." Techie Buzz, says it's because Verizon wants to beef up it's network…Well, if there are the 250K Xoom's out … Read more
Wired, Reuters and others are reporting that Skype is in talks at preliminary stages for various types of tie ups with FaceBook and Google. No surprise. In the past Google took a good hard look at Skype and bought Gizmo instead, but that doesn't keep the corporate development teams from kicking the tires. Ever since … Read more
Image by mohamedn via Flickr Since 1998, Ken Rutkowski and I have co-hosted KenRadio's World Technology Roundup, and while we've been missing for a few weeks due to Ken's travel and mine, I can't pass up this opportunity to wish him a Happy Birthday.
In the world of startups, you hope one day for an exit. In the case of many at Boingo it’s been a long time coming. Pal Christian Gunning has been there since the beginning, from it’s days inside an incubator called eCompanies Wireless, the Sky Dayton/Jake Winebaum progeny that was a JV with Sprint in Passadena … Read more
