Andy Abramson Image via CrunchBase Today's announcement of Level3 buying GlobalCrossing is a big deal in telecom. Rather than rehash the very saliant points made by Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOm let me go into some analysis: Level3 picks up a ton of similar technology based capacity and routes for their network. Thus customers who have been using both Level3 … Read more
Cisco wants you to know why Unified Communications is in your future…and here are six reasons why.
Image via Wikipedia The 2000 La Montagnette is a Cotes du Rhone that was made for importer Dan Kravitz of Hand Picked Selections by one of the better cooperative in France's Rhone Valley in the town of Estezargues. It's mostly Grenache, with some Syrah, Mourvedre and Carignan in the blend from what I recall. It has aged … Read more
Paltalk is one of those companies that keeps on ticking. They have a reported 70 million users, many of which are part of niche communities. Now they are adding texting and voice calling on mobile devices, starting with the Apple iOS series (iPhone, iPod touch and iPads) similar to so many other voice over WiFi and … Read more
One of the take-a-ways from the Skype living workplace survey was the point about the communications tool that is expected to have the biggest gain in usage next year will be video calling. This is not a stat to be taken lightly. And it's not all about Skype. Apple's FaceTime, Logitech's SightSpeed (a former client), client … Read more
Image by Getty Images via @daylife A new survey out today out from Skype shows that the popularity of remote working – or “teleworking” – is on the rise, and it’s being fueled by the advent of new technologies we’re all using and the perceived benefits that employers are seeing, including higher productivity and employee … Read more
LifeSize which is part of the Logitech family of video conferencing services and products is about to get a big boost with a certification from Microsoft's OCS platform. Their LifeSize HD video products will be qualified to be interoperable with Microsoft Office Communications Server for Unified Communications video calling within the enterprise and between one another's … Read more
Image by Getty Images via @daylife A new survey out today out from Skype shows that the popularity of remote working – or “teleworking” – is on the rise, and it's being fueled by the advent of new technologies we're all using and the perceived benefits that employers are seeing, including higher productivity and employee retention. That … Read more
If AT&T offers more bars in more places, T-Mobile is the mobile operator with more speed in more places. As of today they have added more markets to their "4G" network bringing it to 10 more markets, which means they estimate that their "4G" network now reaches 167 markets and more than 200 million people nationwide in … Read more
If you're in the UK with an iPad, or iPad2, mobile operator o2 has a gift for you that gives you more than the regular iPad data plan they offer. Now through April 14, if you top up your iPad they'll give you an extra GB of data use for your device starting on April … Read more
