Andy Abramson UPDATE–Apparently W Hotel City Center GM Edwin Frizell agrees with me on my displeasure. He refunded my entire stay. That’s class. Given I expressed upfront that there were certain levels of expectations that needed to be met, he felt they didn’t deliver. What was also disturbing is he never got any message that I asked … Read more
Network World reports that GENERAL DYNAMICS has been awarded a contract from the NSA to produce and deliver a three mode secure VoIP phone. At Cluecon this week, on a panel led by pal Dan York, we actually discussed the need for secure VoIP so this story is very timely. Basically this handset will include … Read more
Jajah and client Mobivox have rolled out a voice driven concierge service that is perfectly timed for the “look ma, no hands” cell phone mobile market that is sweeping the USA and other western nations. The service was demonstrated at the recent Jajah Labs event.
Baron’s Blogger Tiernan Ray thinks the long rumored Google phone is on hold at HTC for a variety of reasons.
As someone who can relate to being on the road, this post from InfoWorld’s Curtis Franklin hits home and rings my bell. He highlights all the good things about client Boingo, and brings out some of the challenges of using Entourage on the Mac. My solution to email is Google Premier Apps. Fast. Easy and … Read more
I read Jeff Pulver’s post this morning. Last night I read the same email from GIPS PR agency. I thought about doing the same thing, but it’s my birthday and I figured other would have the same idea and let it sit. Here’s the situation. There’s nothing wrong in requesting an embargo. What was wrong … Read more
Pat Phelan, the mind behind MaxRoam let me know that Twitterfone became more social and are on a roll to expand in the near future with a bunch of new features and options. In case you’re not Twitterfied, Twitterfone is the service that allows users to call/phone in your message to twitter has announced new … Read more
If you haven’t seen the news lately, client Fonolo, started by pal Shai Berger, is on a roll. Originally called FonCloud, they changed their name last spring, and debuted at eComm, showcasing their deep dialing end to customer service frustration for consumers. At eComm everyone from eTel founder Surj Patel to organizer Lee Dryburgh told … Read more
If you’re really into developing software for the telephony market or adding the best of what’s new to your IP based phone system, the ClueCon conference here in Chicago was the place to be. Brian West has grown this ultra-geek-tech event and broadened the appeal to the point of where without VON this year the … Read more
It looks like the concept of peering is being taken seriously in the cable industry, or at least in the Netherlands it is. Yesterday SIPX, the world’s first cable telephony peering federation project was announced and XConnect along with others are driving this. I’ve long been saying privately that one of the issues many of … Read more
