Andy Abramson When eBay put started their search for a new CEO for Skype, one of the slow down messages was that eBay was pursuing strategic alternatives for the disruptive service. Skype certainly hasn’t been the boon they expected it to be, and now with Meg out of the way, a new CEO in place and a … Read more
J.A. Watson’s musing about client SightSpeed, and in turn Peter Csathy, neighbor, friend, colleague, client, got me thinking about my philosophy of Me Too, Me Also, Me Different. I want to add, Me Copy. Me Copy is the concept of taking an under exposed feature of a successful product and exploiting it as “New” when … Read more
I’ll admit upfront to being a Gagdet Guy, aka as a Toy Idiot by some who are less inclined to care about having all the latest, and sometime simply, one hit wonders. This story in the India Tech Times profiles three devices that on the surface converge functionality and make things simpler for consumers but … Read more
One of the news items last week that I liked was Gizmo Project adding Instant Messaging support for MySpace IM. It’s good, but I wish they had the kind of privacy features SightSpeed added in 2007 that keeps things safer. TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley has a nice recap today. The safe IM part aside, what I … Read more
I applaud Markus for his critical analysis of the benefits of call through. He has identified the core reason why Call Through is a big benefit to consumers. In making his analysis Markus takes on pal Dean Bubley, who has a slightly different perspective. My view is that VoIP is present in both arguments, but … Read more
Is 44 Billion dollars the right price? Well, the acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft would certainly help MSFT a lot in the quest to stay in the online world battle against Google. The two do fit nicely together. Both understand content, advertising, entertainment. There’s a lot of complimentary benefits. Here’s why. Yahoo which has a … Read more
There’s a conference in Miami this week focusing on the concept of Online Dating, while up the street is another on adult dating. One of the people hanging out and making news there is Jangl CEO and founder Michael Cerda who tells VoIPWatch that Jangl “let’s them practice safe dating. Online daters love Jangl because … Read more
When I was Europe and the UK, Israel and Spain recently I was carrying a few devices, my local SIM equipped Nokia N95, the 3SkypePhone (UK) and my Nokia E61i with a MaxRoam SIM. Back in December during Les Web pal Pat Phelan had slipped me a MaxRoam SIM. When I went to Spain I … Read more
Yes that was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi using SightSpeed More and more government officials are realizing the value of video conferencing as it earns its place in reducing carbon emissions and enables more face to face interaction both near and far.
Based on what I’m hearing all the third party apps are now gone…….
