Andy Abramson Oovoo, Skype, SightSpeed and now Tandberg with the release of Movi 4.0 are all working to make multi-party video happen on the desktop. Tandberg, Lifesize and others are working to connect the enterprise with desktop HD systems. Then there are companies like IOMEET and Vidyo which is the cloud approach of hosted and managed video … Read more
Back in 2006 I helped build awareness around GrandCentral, now GoogleVoice. For me it was deja vu as I’d been a Webley/Comunikate user since almost when it started back in the late 90s, and had been using all kinds unified communications tools along the way. For me services like AT&T CallVantage, Vonage, PhoneGnome and just … Read more
Om’s post on T-Mobile not really embracing UMA and their move to make Wal-Mart an MVNO tells me a few things. 1. UMA is tied/was tied to the T-Mobile Hotspot initiative. Since they are pretty much out of that business other than in some airports and hotels, it’s not a priority. 2. Without UMA when … Read more
The new iPod Touch 4.0 arrived yesterday, all 64 GB in a very easy to open environmental package. Inside was the typical clear plastic package, and then once that was open the usual Apple clear practice wrapper around the touch. After a few minutes of syncing the new device to my Mac Book Pro I … Read more
SalesForce.com is crossing the chasm with Chatter, a social networking application designed for the enterprise to work on consumer devices like iPhones, Blackberries and Androids. What’s important here is that the functionality and security aspects found in SalesForce are inside Chatter, while being designed to bring all that SalesForce can enable into a shareable and … Read more
If you’re a resident of the UK and you get your broadband from BT you may want to check out pal Dean Bubley’s post about the new BT iOS for Smartphones. Add that, download a Truphone client, and start making phone calls. You can of course do the same with Skype, Gizmo or Bria from … Read more
If you’re a resident of the UK and you get your broadband from BT you may want to check out pal Dean Bubley’s post about the new BT iOS for Smartphones. Add that, download a Truphone client, and start making phone calls. You can of course do the same with Skype, Gizmo or Bria from … Read more
As I sit at the local Del Mar Starbucks on a Labor Day morning, there are just 10 people in the place, but seven, including me are connected, and four have iPads. Two people, both past sixty are reading the morning newspaper, getting news from mostly last week. We’ve hit a watershed moment. People are … Read more
When I see a story like the one in the New York Times today about rising airfares, more packed flights and less and less new routes being added, plus the additional costs, hassle factors and fear of being arrested for leaving a laptop on for ten seconds longer than the flight attendant thinks is necessary, … Read more
When I see a story like the one in the New York Times today about rising airfares, more packed flights and less and less new routes being added, plus the additional costs, hassle factors and fear of being arrested for leaving a laptop on for ten seconds longer than the flight attendant thinks is necessary, … Read more
