Andy Abramson The quarterly earnings call for eBay yesterday wasn’t a pretty picture but at least on the surface Skype’s numbers were positive. Chalk the revenues up to the Skype Unlimited plans. They look good on the balance sheet and provide a more consistent pattern of revenue.
This new travel router has a difference. It works with a 3’s 3G data stick. In many ways this is like Cradlepoint, the device I use to share my Sprint or ATT mobile broadband USB devices. These make sharing your Internet connection very easy. Try one. You never know who you’ll meet sharing the Net … Read more
Over in the UK the powerhouse team at STL included Martin Geddes and a few other excellent analysts who know what is news. Their latest news summary is a must read for those wondering what’s bubbling and about to burst into the mainstream business news cycles of telco and telecom.
I have to credit TMC’s Greg Galitzine with finding this story yesterday about the growth of residential VoIP. What’s becoming obvious and what has been for some time is that the baby Bells are really chasing the cable guys in moving their customers to VoIP. And the reason is they didn’t need to as their … Read more
Long time IDC VoIP Analyst, Will Stofega won’t be on the VoIP beat any more there. He’s moved up to lead the Mobile Device Technology and Trends Research at IDC. Rebecca Swenson, who has been on Will’s team at IDC, takes over on VoIP, Congrats to both!
Windows Mobile devices are one of the more popular platforms here in the USA so the new Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Video Engine announcement is a call for video and VoIP developers to get outside the box and begin thinking how they can bring real video to the mobile phone. CNET’s Crave blog also jumped … Read more
MaxRoam’s founder, Pat Phelan, picks up on my thread of how to be a better road warrior/Global Nomad with his recession busting travel tips. In many ways Pat picks up on some of my earlier tips, including client Boingo for hotel WiFi where he writes: Finally and most importantly get a Boingo account, Boingo were … Read more
One of the brightest bloggers I know is recovering attorney turned expert on WiFi, working at home and travel is Esme Vos. Her practical side comes through as she highlights 10 tips to survival in our challenging economic times. What’s warm to see is how she highlights two companies Working Anywhere loves, Truphone and MaxRoam. … Read more
Jazinga is a client of my agency’s and we’ve been steadily putting their innovative one box does all device into the hands of the more informed and patient bloggers while the product goes through a series of beta trials. One of the bloggers/analyst 2.0 types was Jon Arnold who has just written a review that … Read more
A new service out of Dublin Ireland’s Active Online called BookMeetingRoom.com looks appealing to those who have to manage and organize meeting rooms and conference rooms. While it’s a tad pricey, the concept is very useful, and I can see the application of this with online web conferences, video conferences and audio conference booking. As … Read more
