Andy Abramson

TokTumi Debuts At Staples

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It looks like Toktumi will be the next VoIP try at Staples. The office phone service creates a small business phone service over the net but works with any phone. You manage Toktumi using a WINDOWS PC…and a Phone Adapter on the premise. Here are some facts from the release: Toktumi’s monthly service fee is … Read more

Would You Like WiFi With Your Coffee?

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Esme Vos and I were having coffee in San Francisco a week or so back when she revealed her idea that would solve San Francisco, and many other cities Muni WiFi woes. Now why does this make sense versus the stupid concept of what I labeled Homeless Wireless two years or so back when Earthlink … Read more

Would You Like WiFi With Your Coffee?

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Esme Vos and I were having coffee in San Francisco a week or so back when she revealed her idea that would solve San Francisco, and many other cities Muni WiFi woes. Now why does this make sense versus the stupid concept of what I labeled Homeless Wireless two years or so back when Earthlink … Read more

Is Google Going To Go After Video Chat?

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One open source development house points to Google’s Summer of Code effort to include voice and video chat support for Pidgin, the open source Linux and Windows multi-headed Instant Messaging program using something called Farsight2. An example of what Farsight2 can do is available here on YouTube. Here’s more on Farsight2. It seems that Telepathy … Read more

IP Democracy’s Video Report

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I just read the soon to be released report on Video Communications that Cynthia Brumfield has authored. It’s a neat compendium about Video Telephony and Video streaming that covers more than the usual suspects. If Video is something you care about, you’ll be able to obtain a copy from Cynthia when she gets back from … Read more

Adobe to Host iPhone Dev Camp In August

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Talk about smart. Adoobe has made their fortune first on the back of Apple with Photoshop and Illustrator, so it’s no surprise that they’re keen enough to jump on the back of the iPhone and host an iPhone Developer’s three day camp at their San Francisco headquarters. Given Flash assets and other tools, this is … Read more

Vonage Put Under The Ikeroscope

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I happen to always enjoy reading Ike Elliott’s analysis of companies in the VoIP space that are publicly traded. God does his microscopic analysis remind me of what we used to see from James Enck before he ran off from being simply watched by the Japanese for every move he made with the EuroTelcoBlog to … Read more

Martin Muses on What’s Next

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Martin picked up on my post of earlier in the week where I through down the gauntlet to get some bright minds thinking out loud. Sir Martin really hit the mark on the integration of web and telco as this past week we saw Comcast and Vodafone grab address book managers Plaxo and Zyb. Give … Read more